{{Short description|Dutch athlete (born 1996)}} {{family name hatnote|van Diepen|Diepen|lang=Dutch}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Tony van Diepen | image = Tony van Diepen (NED) 2022.jpg | image_size = | caption = Van Diepen in 2022 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|04|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Heerhugowaard, Netherlands | height = 1.83 m | weight = 68 kg | country = Netherlands | sport = Athletics | event = 400 metres, 800 metres | club = Haag Atletiek | coach = Grete Koens<br>Laurent Meuwly<ref>"[https://worldathletics.org/awards/news/coaching-achievement-award-2023-laurent-meuwly Meuwly receives Coaching Achievement Award]" (press release), ''World Athletics'', 4 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.</ref> | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|the {{NED}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2022 Eugene|4 × 400 m mixed}} {{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Belgrade|4 × 400 m relay}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Glasgow|4 × 400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition|World Relays}} {{MedalGold|2021 Chorzów|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2021 Toruń|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Gold|2025 Apeldoorn|4 × 400 m mixed}} {{Medal|Gold|2025 Apeldoorn|4 × 400 m relay}} {{Medal|Silver|2021 Toruń|400 m}} {{Medal|Bronze|2019 Glasgow|400 m}} }}
'''Tony van Diepen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈtoːni vɑn ˈdipən|lang}}; born 17 April 1996) is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the 400 and 800 metres.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> He won the bronze medal in the 400 m at the 2019 European Indoor Championships and silver at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. Van Diepen earned five medals with Dutch 4 × 400 m relays, either men's or mixed, at major championships, including silver for the men's relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
He took four national titles.
==Achievements== [[File:Tony van Diepen at 2019 Dutch Championships.jpg|thumb|Van Diepen at the 2019 Dutch Athletics Championships in The Hague.]]
===International competitions=== {|{{AchievementTable|nation=NED|Event=yes|Time=yes|NotesOff=yes}} |- |2013 |European Junior Championships |Rieti, Italy |24th (h) |800 m |1:53.44 |- |2014 |World Junior Championships |Eugene, OR, United States |16th (sf) |800 m |1:50.86 |- |2015 |European Junior Championships |Eskilstuna, Sweden |19th (sf) |800 m |1:53.60 |- |rowspan=2|2017 |European Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |22nd (h) |400 m |48.57 |- |European U23 Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |16th (h) |800 m |1:50.38 |- |2018 |European Championships |Berlin, Germany |9th (h) |4 × 400 m relay |3:04.93 |- |rowspan=2|2019 |European Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |400 m |46.13 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Dutch}}''' |- |World Relays |Yokohama, Japan |5th (B) |4 × 400 m relay |3:05.15 |- |rowspan=5|2021 |rowspan=2|European Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Toruń, Poland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m |46.25 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:06.06 |- |World Relays |Chorzów, Poland |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:03.45 |- |rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan |23rd (h) |800 m |1:46.03 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 400 m relay |2:57.18 |- |rowspan=5|2022 |rowspan=2|World Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Belgrade, Serbia |19th (h) |800 m |1:49.80 |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 400 m relay |3:06.90 |- |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Eugene, OR, United States |18th (sf) |800 m |1:46.70 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 400 m mixed |3:09.90 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Dutch}}''' |- |European Championships |Munich, Germany |6th (sf) |800 m |1:47.64 |- |2023 |European Indoor Championships |Istanbul, Turkey |14th (h) |800 m |1:48.50 |- |2024 |World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 400 m relay |3:04.25 |- |rowspan=2|2025 |rowspan=2|European Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Apeldoorn, Netherlands |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m mixed |3:15.63 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:04.95 |- |2026 |World Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |4th |4 × 400 m relay |3:06.05 |}
===Personal bests=== * 400 metres – 45.83 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2019) ** 400 metres indoor – 46.06 (Toruń 2021) * 600 metres – 1:16.08 (Pliezhausen 2018) ** 600 metres indoor – 1:17.73 (Ulsteinvik 2020) * 800 metres – 1:44.14 (Paris 2022) ** 800 metres indoor – 1:46.36 (Liévin 2023) * 1500 metres – 3:53.58 (Tilburg 2020)
===National titles=== * Dutch Athletics Championships ** 400 metres: 2018 * Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships ** 400 metres: 2018, 2019, 2020
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{World Athletics}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20241213064122/https://www.atletiek.nl/atleten/tony-van-diepen/ Tony van Diepen] at Atletiek.nl (archived) {{in lang|nl}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{TeamNL|tony-van-diepen|old_id=6258-tony-van-diepen}}
{{Footer European Indoor Champions 4 × 400 metres relay Men}} {{Footer European Indoor Champions 4 × 400 metres relay Mixed}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diepen, Tony Van}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Alkmaar Category:Athletes from North Holland Category:Dutch Athletics Championships winners Category:Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships winners Category:Dutch men sprinters Category:Dutch men middle-distance runners Category:European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen