Rafał Omelko (Polish pronunciation: ; born 16 January 1989) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships.
Career Omelko finished fourth at the 2013 Summer Universiade and reached the semifinals at the 2014 World Indoor Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 45.14 seconds outdoors (2016) and 46.08 indoors (2017).
Omelko and his teammates qualified to the 4 × 400 metres relay final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina broke the world indoor record in the men's 4 × 400 m with a stunning finish to the final track event of the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Krzewina overtook the leaders from the beginning - Americans on the last straight and achieved the greatest success in their career.
Competition record Representing 2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th4 × 400 m relay3:08.652010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain24th (h)400 m hurdles52.542011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic2nd†4 × 400 m relay3:05.96 (h)†2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden –4 × 400 m relayDQUniversiadeKazan, Russia4th400 m45.69World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia7th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:01.732014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland9th (sf)400 m46.944th4 × 400 m relay3:04.39IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas19th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:05.16European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland21st (sf)400 m46.69 3rd4 × 400 m relay2:59.852015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic 3rd400 m46.262nd4 × 400 m relay3:02.97IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas9th4 × 400 m relay3:03.23UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea13th (sf)400 m46.623rd4 × 400 m relay3:07.77World ChampionshipsBeijing, China11th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:00.722016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands6th400 m45.672nd4 × 400 m relay3:01.18Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil19th (sf)400 m45.287th4 × 400 m relay3:00.502017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia 2nd400 m46.08 PB 1st4 × 400 m relay3:06.99IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas9th (h)4 × 200 m relay1:24.783rd (B)4 × 400 m relay3:07.89World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom18th (sf)400 m45.377th4 × 400 m relay3:01.59UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan3rd400 m45.56 –4 × 400 m relayDNF2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom8th (sf)400 m46.391st4 × 400 m relay3:01.77 WIREuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5th4 × 400 m relay3:02.272019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom4th4 × 400 m relay3:08.40 †: Competed only in heat.
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