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Personal information | |
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Born | Ljubljana, Slovenia | May 9, 1993
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Slovenian |
Sport | Track |
Event | 800 metres |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 400 metres : 47.03 [2] 800 metres : 1:46.00 [2] |
Updated on 18-8-15. |
Žan Rudolf (born 9 May 1993) is a Slovenian track athlete who specializes in the 800 metres. He holds the Slovenian national record for the 800 metre discipline.
Rudolf, although still a teenager, ran the 800 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships. It was his first senior-level major competition appearance. A month later, he ran at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he made it to the semi-final round in the men's 800 metres. He won the 800 metre race at the 2013 Gugl Indoor Meeting, recording a time of 1:46.96 which remains the Gugl Indoor record as of 2014. [3] Rudolf also ran the 800 metres at the 2013 European Indoor Championships, although did not qualify past the first round.
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