Personal information | |
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Full name | Rafał Konrad Omelko |
Nationality | Polish |
Born | Wrocław, Poland | 18 January 1989
Education | Academy of Physical Education [1] |
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Running |
Event | Sprints |
Club | AZS AWF Wrocław |
Coached by | Marek Rożej |
Medal record |
Rafał Omelko (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrafaw ɔˈmɛlkɔ]; born 16 January 1989) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. [2] He won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships.
Omelko finished fourth at the 2013 Summer Universiade and reached the semifinals at the 2014 World Indoor Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 45.14 seconds outdoors (2016) and 46.08 indoors (2017).
Omelko and his teammates qualified to the 4 × 400 metres relay final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina broke the world indoor record in the men's 4x400m with a stunning finish to the final track event of the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Krzewina overtook the leaders from the beginning - Americans on the last straight and achieved the greatest success in their career. [3]
†: Competed only in heat.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Rafał Konrad Omelko |
Nationality | Polish |
Born | Wrocław, Poland | 18 January 1989
Education | Academy of Physical Education [1] |
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Running |
Event | Sprints |
Club | AZS AWF Wrocław |
Coached by | Marek Rożej |
Medal record |
Rafał Omelko (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrafaw ɔˈmɛlkɔ]; born 16 January 1989) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. [2] He won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships.
Omelko finished fourth at the 2013 Summer Universiade and reached the semifinals at the 2014 World Indoor Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 45.14 seconds outdoors (2016) and 46.08 indoors (2017).
Omelko and his teammates qualified to the 4 × 400 metres relay final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina broke the world indoor record in the men's 4x400m with a stunning finish to the final track event of the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Krzewina overtook the leaders from the beginning - Americans on the last straight and achieved the greatest success in their career. [3]
†: Competed only in heat.