Rafał Omelko

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.

Rafał Omelko

Personal information
Full name	Rafał Konrad Omelko
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1989-01-18) 18 January 1989 (age 36) Wrocław, Poland
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 Men's athletics Representing  Poland World Indoor Championships 2018 Birmingham 4 × 400 m European Championships 2016 Amsterdam 4 × 400 m 2014 Zürich 4 × 400 m European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade 4 × 400 m 2015 Prague 4 × 400 m 2017 Belgrade 400 m 2015 Prague 400 m European Team Championships 2019 Bydgoszcz 4 × 400 m Universiade 2015 Gwangju 4 × 400 m 2017 Taipei 400 m

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 4 × 400 m 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.