Filip Rak
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Polish |
| Born | 3 February 2003 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Middle distance, Cross Country |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:45.97 (Olkusz, 2024) 1500m 3:33:74 (Chorzow, 2024) 3000m 7:56.51 (Toruń, 2024) |
Filip Rak (born 3 February 2003) is a Polish middle distance and cross country runner. He is the Polish indoor champion over 1500 metres and 3000 metres, and national U23 record holder over 1500 metres indoors and outdoors.[1]
Career[edit]
He broke the Polish U18 record for the 1500 metres in Gdańsk in August 2020, running 3:45.86.[2] He finished ninth at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships over 1500 metres in Talinn.[3]
He won the Polish U20 1500 metres indoors title in February 2022. He qualified for the final in the Men's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, placing tenth overall.[4][5]
He finished fourth in the Polish national cross country championship in November 2023 and was part of the Polish team that finished seventh at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels the following month.[6]
He finished eighth at the 2024 Copernicus Cup over 1500 metres in February 2024, and broke the Polish U23 indoors record with a time of 3:30.37.[7] The following week he claimed Polish national titles over 1500 metres and 3000 metres indoors, running a 3000m personal best of 7:56.51.[8]
In May 2024, in Olkusz he ran a time of 1:45.97 in the 800 meters.[9] The following week he lowered his outdoor 1500 metres personal best to 3:33.74 in Chorzow, a Polish national U23 outdoors record which met the qualifying standard for the 2024 European Championships in Rome.[10] The time also places him third on the all-time Polish list.[11]
Personal life[edit]
He runs for AZS Politechnika Opoleska club and attends the University of Opole.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ "Filip Rak". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ Jankowski, Piotr. "Filip Rak set a Polish record in the 1500 meters run". czasnapole. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Kenyan Duo storm 1500 final". Nation.Africa. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Men's 1500m Results: World Athletics Junior Championships 2022". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "29th SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Swoboda is the best in the world, Rak holds the Polish U23 record. Report from Orlen Copernicus Cup 2024". bieganie.pl. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (February 20, 2024). "Brits rewrite 5000m all-time lists plus national indoor champs round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Meeting record, Polish record. Crazy finish after the minimum. Nine seconds difference". Sport Inertia. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ Haughey, John (18 May 2024). "Griggs runs 1500m PB to better European tests mark". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "O włos od igrzysk! Filip Rak i brakujące 24 setne sekundy". Sport.tvp.pl. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ Gumiński, Wiktor (20 February 2024). "Athletics. Filip Rak, representative of the AZS Politechnika Opoleska club, multi-medalist of the Polish Indoor Championships". nto.pl. Retrieved 1 May 2024.