Marco Arop
 Arop at the U20 Pan American Championships in July 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | September 20, 1998 Khartoum, Sudan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Mississippi State Bulldogs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 800 m: 1:43:26 (2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marco Arop (born September 20, 1998) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the middle distance events. He currently holds a personal best of 1:43:26 in the 800 m.
Early life[]
The Arop family fled Sudan during the civil war of the 1990s, when Marco was a toddler. He spent his early years sharing an apartment in Egypt with his parents and three older brothers, before they migrated to Canada, and took up residence in Edmonton, Alberta.[1]
College career[]
Arop competed for Mississippi State in the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field 800m in Eugene, Oregon, finishing in second place. He finished first in the 800 m 2019 Pan American Games setting a new Pan Am record.[2]
2021[]
In 2021 he made his first Olympic team, competing in the 800 m event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He finished seventh in his semi-final and did not advance to the event final. In his next event that season, the Prefontaine Classic on the 2021 Diamond League circuit, Arop claimed the gold medal ahead of the reigning Olympic gold and silver medalists, Emmanuel Korir and Ferguson Rotich.[3]
Five days later, at the Athletissima in Lausanne, Arop again defeated Korir and Rotich to claim his second Diamond League gold.[4]
Competition record[]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Canada | |||||
| 2017 | Canada Summer Games | Winnipeg | 1st | 800 m | 1:49:23 |
| Pan American U20 Championships | Trujillo | 2nd | 800 m | 1:47.08 | |
| 2018 | Canadian Track and Field Championships | Ottawa | 1st | 800 m | 1:46:15 |
| NACAC Championships | Toronto | 2nd | 800 m | 1:46.82 | |
| 2019 | Canadian Track and Field Championships | Montreal | 2nd | 800 m | 1:46:93 |
| Pan American Games | Lima | 1st | 800 m | 1:44.25 | |
| World Championships | Doha | 7th | 800 m | 1:45.78 | |
| 2021 | BAUHAUS-galan | Stockholm | 2nd | 800 m | 1:44:00 |
| Herculis EBS | Monaco | 3rd | 800 m | 1:43.26 | |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo | 14th (sf) | 800 m | 1:44.90 | |
| Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | 1st | 800 m | 1:44.51 | |
| Athletissima | Lausanne | 1st | 800 m | 1:44.50 | |
| Meeting de Paris | Paris | 3rd | 800 m | 1:44.74 | |
References[]
- ^ "Mississippi State Athletics". hailstate.com. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ "Mississippi State Athletics". hailstate.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "Andre De Grasse claims 100m victory with blazing time at Prefontaine Classic". CBC Sports. August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ "Canada's Marco Arop wins 2nd consecutive Diamond League 800m race". CBC Sports. August 21, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- "IAAF: Marco AROP | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- "TFRRS | Marco Arop". www.tfrrs.org. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
External links[]
- Marco Arop at World Athletics
- Marco Arop at Olympedia
|
Authority control  |
|---|
  | This biographical article relating to Canadian athletics and track and field is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Canadian male middle-distance runners
- Canadian people of Sudanese descent
- Black Canadian track and field athletes
- Sudanese emigrants to Canada
- People from Khartoum
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Mississippi State Bulldogs men's track and field athletes
- Olympic track and field athletes of Canada
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada
- Canadian track and field athletics biography stubs