Rafał Omelko (Polish pronunciation: ; born 16 January 1989) is a retired Polish

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who specialised in the

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. He won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the

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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

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final at the

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, Brazil. The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk,

Jakub Krzewina Jakub Krzewina (Polish pronunciation: ; born 10 October 1989) is a Polish track and field Sprint (running), sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. A frequent competitor for Poland in the 4 × 400 metres relay, he has won two medals at the Eur ...

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.

Competition record

^†: Competed only in heat.

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Rafał Omelko
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1989 births Living people Polish male sprinters Athletes from Wrocław World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Poland World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-sprint-athletics-bio-stub