Douwe Amels

Douwe Jorn Amels (; born 16 September 1991) is a Dutch track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump. He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships, becoming the first Dutchman ever to win gold in the event and the first Dutch high jump medallist at these championships since 1977.

In 2010, he set a national junior record for the high jump and competed at the World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Moncton, Canada. His first senior national titles followed in 2011 and 2012, when he won both outdoor and indoor titles.

Amels was selected to compete for the Netherlands at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, but at that competition he was some way off his new best, being eliminated in the qualifying rounds with a best jump of . He failed to improve upon his best in the 2014 and 2015 seasons (jumping 2.23 m and 2.24 m, respectively), though he was also undertaking a degree in corporate law at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam during this period.

In 2025 he ended his professional sports career.

Statistics Amels jumps at the 2011 Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn. Douwe Amels during the high jump event at the 2021 Dutch Championships in Breda.

International competitions 1No mark in the final

National titles Dutch Athletics Championships High jump: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships High jump: 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024