Marco Arop
 Arop at the U20 Pan American Championships in July 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 20, 1998 Khartoum, Sudan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Mississippi State Bulldogs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Voléo Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800 m: 1:44:25, Lima, Peru, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marco Arop (born September 20, 1998) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the middle distance events. He competed in the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field 800m in Eugene, Oregon, finishing in 2nd place. Arop currently holds a personal best of 1:44:25 in the 800m. He finished first in the 800m 2019 Pan American Games setting a new Pan Am record. The previous record was 1:44.58, set by Cuba's Yeimer Lopez in Rio de Janeiro in 2007.
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2017 | Canada Summer Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 1st | 800 m | 1:49:23 |
| Pan American U20 Championships | Trujillo, Peru | 2nd | 800 m | 1:47.08 | |
| 2018 | Canadian Track and Field Championships | Ottawa, Canada | 1st | 800 m | 1:46:15 |
| NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 2nd | 800 m | 1:46.82 | |
| 2019 | Canadian Track and Field Championships | Montreal, Canada | 2nd | 800 m | 1:46:93 |
| Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 1st | 800 m | 1:44.25 | |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 7th | 800 m | 1:45.78 | |
References
- "IAAF: Marco AROP | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
- "TFRRS | Marco Arop". www.tfrrs.org. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
- "Mississippi State Athletics". hailstate.com. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
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Categories:
- Canadian male middle-distance runners
- Black Canadian sportspeople
- Sudanese emigrants to Canada
- People from Khartoum
- Living people
- 1998 births
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada
- Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Canadian track and field athletics biography stubs