Marino Bloudek

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Marino Bloudek
Personal information
Born (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 26)
Virovitica, Croatia
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 800 m : 1:44.02 (Ostrava, 2025) NR
  • 1000 m : 2:17.02 (Zagreb, 2025) NR
  • 1500 m : 3:41.56 (Tampere, 2024)
    Indoors
  • 800 m : 1:46.15 (Ostrava, 2025) NR
  • 1000 m : 2:19.55 (Zagreb, 2025) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
European U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Grosetto 800m

Marino Bloudek (born 18 July 1999) is a Croatian middle-distance runner. He is national record holder over 800 metres, both indoors and outdoors, and is a multiple-time national champion. [1]

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Personal life

Bloudek was born in Virovitica on 18 July 1999. [2] [3]

Career

Bloudek won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy. [4] He won the senior Croatian Indoors Athletics Championships in Zagreb in February 2018. [5] He competed at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. [6]

He won the Croatian Athletics Championships over 800 metres in 2021 in Karlovac. [7] He competed at the 2021 European Team Championships. [8] Bloudek became the national champion in 10 km road race in November 2022. [9]

He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, [10] and the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, where he was a semi-finalist in the 800 metres. [11]

He set a new Croatian national indoor record over 800 metres in Poland in February 2025, running 1:46.15. [12] He was a semi-finalist at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in March 2025. [13]

Competing in May 2025 over 800 metres in Bydgoszcz, Poland he set a new personal best of 1:44.74. [14] On 10 June, he won the 800 metres at the International de Montreuil meeting, part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze series, running a new personal best time of 1:44.56. [15] He set a Croatian national record of 1:44.02 to finish in second place in the 800 metres at the Golden Spike Ostrava on 24 June. [16] He won the 800 meters competing for Croatia at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor. [17]

References

  1. "Marino Bloudek". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  2. "Virovitičanin Marino Bloudek bez finala na 800 metara". glas-slavonije.hr (in Croatian). 8 March 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  3. "Marino Bloudek". semafor.hns.family. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  4. "European U20 Championships". World Athletics. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  5. "Virovitica's "son of the wind" Marino Bloudek with Mayor Ivica Kirin". virovitica.hr. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  6. "Marino Bloudek runs for the World Championship final today". virovitica.net. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  7. "Return of the Virovitica native: Marino Bloudek became the senior Croatian champion in the 800 meters in Karlovac". vpz.hr (in Croatian). 7 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  8. "Marino Bloudek, wearing the Croatian jersey, won 5th place in the 800-meter race, running his best result this year". icv.hr. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  9. "Marino Bloudek Croatian individual champion in 10 km road race, Kvarner wins team competition". icv.hr (in Croatian). 2 November 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  10. "Marino Bloudek na Svjetskom atletskom prvenstvu nije se kvalificirao u polufinale na 800 metara". Nacional.hr (in Croatian). 22 August 2023.
  11. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  12. "Hrvatski atletičar Marino Bloudek srušio 37 godina star dvoranski rekord". net.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  13. "Marino Bloudek bez finala Europskog prvenstva na 800 metara". nacional.hr (in Croatian). 8 March 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  14. "Marino Bloudek s osobnim rekordom drugi na mitingu u Poljskoj". prigorski.hr (in Croatian). 31 May 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  15. "Bloudek celebrates with second personal best in 10 days". Sport.hrt.hr. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  16. "Duplantis and Koech among meeting record-breakers in Ostrava". World Athletics. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  17. "2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division". World Athletics. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.