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: ; 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 )
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