Žan Rudolf (born 9 May 1993) is a

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

n track athlete who specializes in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

. He holds the Slovenian national record for the 800 metre discipline.

Running career

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 The 2012 World Athletics U20 Championships, World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international Sport of athletics, athletics competition for athletes qualifying as Junior (athletics), juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the E ...

, 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. Rudolf also ran the 800 metres at the 2013 European Indoor Championships, although did not qualify past the first round.

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Youtube: Men's 800 m Tallinn European Junior Championships
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rudolf, Zan 1993 births Living people Athletes from Ljubljana Slovenian male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovenia Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovenia Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Slovenia

Running career

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