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| Nationality | Czech | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 August 2007 České Budějovice | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 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 | ||||||||||||||
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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. [1]
He is a member of SK Čtyři Dvory, where his coaches include Pavel Suchý and Pavel Brlica. [2]
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 to 3:45.92. [3]
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 U18 in history behind Niels Laros and Jakob Ingebrigtsen. [4] [5] That month, he won the Czech U18 title over 800 metres in Ostrava. [6]
He won gold in the 1500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banská Bystrica. [7]
He finished third in the Czech junior cross country championships in November 2024. [8] He was subsequently selected for the European Cross Country Championships in December 2024. [9]
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