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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Rafał Konrad Omelko |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Born | (1989-01-18) 18 January 1989 (age 35) Wrocław, Poland |
| Education | Academy of Physical Education |
| 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: ; born 16 January 1989) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships.
Career
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.
Competition record
: Competed only in heat.
References
- 2015 WSG profile
- Rafał Omelko at World Athletics
- "Report: Men's 4X400m final – IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018". iaaf.org. IAAF. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
External links
- Rafał Omelko at World Athletics
- Rafał Omelko at European Athletics
- Rafał Omelko at the Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki (in Polish)
- Rafał Omelko at Olympedia (archive)
- Rafał Omelko at Olympics.com
- Rafał Omelko at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
| European Indoor Champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay | |
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- World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Poland
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
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- 21st-century Polish sportsmen
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