Peter Bol (runner)

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Peter Bol in 2017
Personal information
Birth namePeter Bol
NationalityAustralia
Born (1994-02-22) 22 February 1994 (age 27)
Khartoum, Sudan
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Sport
Country Australia
SportTrack and field
Event(s)800 metres
University teamCurtin University[1]
ClubSt Kevins Athletics Club
TeamAthletics Australia
Coached byJustin Rinaldi
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1:44.11 (2021)
For the Sinologist, see Peter Bol.

Nagmeldin "Peter" Bol (born 22 February 1994) is an Australian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics[2] and at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early life and education[]

Bol was born on 22 February 1994 in Khartoum, Sudan.[3] His mother is Sudanese, and his father from the region that is now South Sudan.[4] His family fled the civil war in Sudan when he was four.[5] In 2016, it was reported that they lived in an Egyptian refugee camp for four years before emigrating to Australia,[5] but according to Bol himself and another report, published in 2021, Bol has never been in any such camp.[4]

At the age of eight, Bol arrived in Toowoomba, Queensland.[5] He grew up in Perth and attended St Norbert College,[3] on a basketball scholarship.[4] In 2017, he completed a degree in construction management at Curtin University.[3][4] As of 2021, he was intending to train as an engineer.[4]

Athletics career[]

Bol was a promising basketballer in Perth, Western Australia. When he was 16, a teacher at St Norbert College suggested he try 800 m running after a promising cross-country race.[3]

In 2013, Bol stormed to victory in the junior men's 800 m at the Australian Athletics Championships in a personal best time of 1:48.90.[3] In December 2015, he moved from Perth to Melbourne to train with coach Justin Rinaldi, who also coached joint national record holder Alexander Rowe.[3] In 2016, he ran two Olympic qualifying times (1:45.78 and 1:45.41) and was selected on the Australian team for the 2016 Rio Olympics.[6] At the Olympics, he finished sixth in his heat in 1:49.36. At the 2017 IAAF World Championships, he finished seventh in his heat in 1:49.65.[7]

On 10 June 2018, at IAAF meet in Stockholm, Sweden he set a personal best of 1:44.56 in the 800 m defeating training partner Joseph Deng.[6] On 1 August 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, he set a new personal best of 1:44.11 in the men's 800 m semi-finals to book a place in the final. In the final, despite a superb race in which he led at the halfway mark, he finished fourth with a time of 1:45.92.

References[]

  1. ^ Bol, Peter (1 March 2015). "The Power of Consistency". Runners Tribe Journal. Runners Tribe. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Peter Bol". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Butler, Steve (5 December 2015). "Bol on the fast track to Olympic dream". West Australian.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Pender, Kieran (3 August 2021). "Peter Bol: 'Get to know the person, instead of the assumptions'". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Gleeson, Michael (12 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Peter Bol, the man who ran from Sudan to Australia". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Peter Bol". Athletics Australia Profiles. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Nagmeldin 'Peter' Bol". Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

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