Arop after winning gold at the 2023 World Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born
(1998-09-20) September 20, 1998 (age 25) Khartoum, Sudan
Home town
Edmonton, Alberta[1]
Height
193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight
78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country
Canada
Sport
Track
Event
800 metres
College team
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Club
Voléo Athletics
Coached by
Christopher V. Woods
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
1st (800 m, 2023)
Personal bests
800 m: 1:42.85 NR (Eugene 2023) 1000 m: 2:14:35 NR (Monaco 2022)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Canada
World Championships
2023 Budapest
800 m
2022 Eugene
800 m
Pan American Games
2019 Lima
800 m
NACAC Championships
2018 Toronto
800 m
Pan American U20 Championships
2017 Trujillo
800 m
Marco Arop (born September 20, 1998) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the middle distance events. Arop is the reigning world champion in the 800 m, winning gold at the 2023 World Athletics Championship, after winning bronze the previous year at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. He was the first Canadian win a world championship in the 800 m. Arop was also the 2019 Pan American Games champion in 800 m. Arop represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics and he currently holds a Canadian national record personal best of 1:42.85[2] in the 800 m.
^"Canadian Olympic Committee profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
^"De Grasse stuns 200m field to become Canada's 1st Diamond League champion since 2011". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. September 17, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
MarcoArop (born September 20, 1998) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the middle distance events. Arop is the reigning world champion...
m h 400 m h 3000 m st 1 Xiamen Christian Coleman (USA) 10.13 SB - - MarcoArop (CAN) 1:43.61 WL - Lamecha Girma (ETH) 12:58.96 MR, SB Daniel Roberts (USA)...
2:14.30 Marcin Lewandowski Poland 25 August 2016 Lausanne 19 2:14.35 MarcoArop Canada 10 August 2022 Monaco 20 2:14.41 William Yiampoy Kenya 5 September...
Men's 800 Metres Place Athlete Age Country Time Points MarcoArop 25 Canada 1:43.61 8 Wyclife Kinyamal 26 Kenya 1:43.66 7 Tshepiso Masalela 24 Botswana...
September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023. Harrison, Doug (10 August 2022). "Arop runs to Canadian record over 1,000 metres, placing 3rd at Diamond League...
division. He not only qualified for the final, but placed third behind MarcoArop and Brandon McBride. In the process he set a new Canadian U18 record in...
player September 19 – Trae Young, American basketball player September 20 MarcoArop, Canadian middle-distance runner Trevon Diggs, American football cornerback...
Ireland 44.31 Quincy Hall United States 44.37 PB 800 metres details MarcoArop Canada 1:44.24 Emmanuel Wanyonyi Kenya 1:44.53 Ben Pattison Great Britain...
Hurdles NR 7.75 Jessica Hull 3000 metres NR 8:24.93 Marta Garcia NR 8:38.34 MarcoArop 1000 metres NR 2:14.74 Nozomi Tanaka 1500 metres NR 4:08.46 March 8th...
college in Boston, won the 300 metres event. In the 1000 metres, Canadian MarcoArop bested the American field and ran a time of 2:14.74, a Canadian record...
Field Championships. Six championship records were set during the event: MarcoArop in the men's 800 m, Adam Keenan in the men's hammer throw, Ceili McCabe...
professional wrestler Gene Kiniski (1928–2010), professional wrestler MarcoArop (born 1998), track and field Ewan Beaton (born 1969), judoka Gary Beck...
Championship record Men 1:42.34 Donavan Brazier (2019) Women 1:54.68 Jarmila Kratochvílová (1983) Reigning champion Men MarcoArop (CAN) Women Mary Moraa (KEN)...
Men's 800m Place Athlete Country Time Points MarcoArop Canada 1:45.41 8 Benjamin Robert France 1:46.22 7 Bryce Hoppel United States 1:46.33 6 4 Jake...
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