Filip Toul

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Filip Toul
Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (2007-08-02) 2 August 2007 (age 17)
České Budějovice
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle distance
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:48.71 (2024)
1500m: 3:40.98 (2024) NU18R
3000m: 8:09.11 (2024) NU18R
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE
European U18 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Banska Bystrica 1500m

Filip Toul (born 2 August 2007) is a Czech middle distance runner. He is the Czech national under-18 record holder over 1500 metres and 3000 metres, and under-20 record holder over 1500 metres. He won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships. [1]

Career

He is a member of SK Čtyři Dvory, in České Budějovice, where his coaches include Pavel Suchý and Pavel Brlica. [2]

In February 2024, he finished in second place at the Czech Indoor Athletics Championships in Ostrava, running a time of 3:53.27. [3] In May 2024, in Domažlice he ran a new Czech junior national record for the 1500 metres, improving Jakub Davidík's five-year-old record by four tenths of seconds, by running a time of 3:45.92. [4]

In June 2024, he ran 3:40.98 for the 1500 metres at the age of 16 years-old, which placed him as the third fastest European under-18 in history behind Dutch runner Niels Laros and Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway. [5] [6] That month, he won the Czech under-18 title over 800 metres in Ostrava. [7] He won gold in the 1500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. [8]

He finished third in the Czech junior cross country championships in November 2024. [9] He was subsequently selected for the European Cross Country Championships in December 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey. [10]

Toul set a new Czech junior record in the one-mile run in Ostrava in February 2025 at the Czech Gala, running 4:00.13, a time which is waiting ratification from World Athletics as a European under-20 record. [11] [12]

References

  1. "Filip Toul". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. Majer, Vladimir (20 July 2024). "Filip Toul is the junior European champion". ceskobudejovicky.denik.cz. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. Novák, Pavel (February 18, 2024). "Filip Toul wins silver at the Czech Men's Championships in Ostrava, what a dream!". a4dvory.cz. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  4. "Nabitý atletický víkend doma i za hranicemi". Atletika.cz. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  5. "Exciting men's sprint and middle distances prospects on show". European Athletics. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  6. "10 stars to watch in Banska Bystrica 2024". European Athletics. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  7. "Athletics SK Čtyři Dvory České Budějovice". a4dvory.cz. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  8. "Toul wins first part of a distance double with 1500m gold in Banska Bystrica". European Athletics. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  9. Malinovsky, Vladimir (29 November 2024). "Nymburk athlete Daniel Marák won another triumph and will go to the European Championship". nymbursky.denik.cz. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  10. Collett, Jasmine (Dec 3, 2024). "Euro Cross 2024: who, what and when guide". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  11. "Filip Toul a week ago and again yesterday in Ostrava". a4dvory.cz. 13 Feb 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  12. "Czech Indoor Gala - Men's Mile Short Track Results". World Athletics. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.