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Polish sprinter
Rafał Omelko
Full name Rafał Konrad Omelko Nationality Polish Born (1989-01-18 ) 18 January 1989 (age 35)
Wrocław ,
Poland Education Academy of Physical Education
[1] Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Weight 82 kg (181 lb) Sport
Running Event
Sprints Club AZS AWF Wrocław Coached by Marek Rożej
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 .
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.
[3]
Competition record
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing
Poland
2008
World Junior Championships
Bydgoszcz, Poland
5th
4 × 400 m relay
3:08.65
2010
European Championships
Barcelona, Spain
24th (h)
400 m hurdles
52.54
2011
European U23 Championships
Ostrava ,
Czech Republic
2nd†
4 × 400 m relay
3:05.96 (h)†
2013
European Indoor Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
–
4 × 400 m relay
DQ
Universiade
Kazan, Russia
4th
400 m
45.69
World Championships
Moscow, Russia
7th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:01.73
2014
World Indoor Championships
Sopot, Poland
9th (sf)
400 m
46.94
4th
4 × 400 m relay
3:04.39
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
19th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:05.16
European Championships
Zürich, Switzerland
21st (sf)
400 m
46.69
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
2:59.85
2015
European Indoor Championships
Prague, Czech Republic
3rd
400 m
46.26
2nd
4 × 400 m relay
3:02.97
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
9th
4 × 400 m relay
3:03.23
Universiade
Gwangju, South Korea
13th (sf)
400 m
46.62
3rd
4 × 400 m relay
3:07.77
World Championships
Beijing, China
11th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:00.72
2016
European Championships
Amsterdam, Netherlands
6th
400 m
45.67
2nd
4 × 400 m relay
3:01.18
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro ,
Brazil
19th (sf)
400 m
45.28
7th
4 × 400 m relay
3:00.50
2017
European Indoor Championships
Belgrade, Serbia
2nd
400 m
46.08 PB
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:06.99
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
9th (h)
4 × 200 m relay
1:24.78
3rd (B)
4 × 400 m relay
3:07.89
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
18th (sf)
400 m
45.37
7th
4 × 400 m relay
3:01.59
Universiade
Taipei, Taiwan
3rd
400 m
45.56
–
4 × 400 m relay
DNF
2018
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
8th (sf)
400 m
46.39
1st
4 × 400 m relay
3:01.77
WIR
European Championships
Berlin, Germany
5th
4 × 400 m relay
3:02.27
2019
European Indoor Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
4th
4 × 400 m relay
3:08.40
† : Competed only in heat.
References
External links
2000:
Czech Republic (
Mužík ,
Poděbradský ,
Tesařík ,
Bláha )
2002:
Poland (
Plawgo ,
Rysiukiewicz ,
Gąsiewski ,
Maćkowiak )
2005:
France (
Maunier ,
Wallard ,
Panel ,
Raquil )
2007:
Great Britain (
Garland ,
Tobin ,
Taylor ,
Green )
2009:
Italy (
Marin ,
Galvan ,
Rao ,
Licciardello )
2011:
France (
Macedot ,
Djhone ,
Hanne ,
Décimus )
2013:
Great Britain (
Levine ,
Bingham ,
Strachan ,
Buck )
2015:
Belgium (
Watrin ,
D. Borlée ,
J. Borlée ,
K. Borlée )
2017:
Poland (
Kozłowski ,
Krawczuk ,
Waściński ,
Omelko )
2019:
Belgium (
Watrin ,
J. Borlée ,
D. Borlée ,
K. Borlée )
2021:
Netherlands (
Dobber ,
Bonevacia ,
Angela ,
van Diepen )
2023:
Belgium (
Watrin ,
Doom ,
D. Borlée ,
K. Borlée )
1991:
Germany (
Lieder ,
Carlowitz ,
Just ,
Schönlebe )
1993:
United States (
Hall ,
Irvin ,
Rouser ,
Everett )
1995:
United States (
Tolbert ,
Davis ,
Long ,
Atwater )
1997:
United States (
Rouser ,
Everett ,
Maye ,
Minor )
1999:
United States (
Morris ,
Johnson ,
Minor ,
Campbell )
2001:
Poland (
Rysiukiewicz ,
Haczek ,
Bocian ,
Maćkowiak )
2003:
United States (
Davis ,
Young ,
Campbell ,
Washington )
2004:
Jamaica (
Haughton ,
Colquhoun ,
McDonald ,
Clarke )
2006:
United States (
Washington ,
Merritt ,
Campbell ,
Spearmon )
2008:
United States (
Davis ,
Torrance ,
Nixon ,
Willie )
2010:
United States (
Torrance ,
Nixon ,
Tate ,
Jackson )
2012:
United States (
Wright ,
Smith Jr. ,
Mitchell ,
Roberts )
2014:
United States (
Clemons ,
Verburg ,
Butler III ,
Smith Jr. ,
Parros ,
Babineaux )
2016:
United States (
Clemons ,
Smith Jr. ,
Giesting ,
Norwood )
2018:
Poland (
Zalewski ,
Omelko ,
Krawczuk ,
Krzewina )
2022:
Belgium (
Watrin ,
Doom ,
Sacoor ,
K. Borlée )
2024:
Belgium (
Sacoor ,
D. Borlée ,
Iguacel ,
Doom ,
De Smet )