Fanni Rapai Explained

Fanni Rapai
Nationality:Hungarian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Sprint
Birth Date:7 January 2000
Pb:200m: 24.16 (Budapest, 2023)
400m: 52.73 (Budapest, 2023)

Fanni Rapai (born 7 January 2000) is a Hungarian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.[1]

Career

Rapai is a member of Ikarus BSE in Budapest.[2] In March 2018, she won a bronze medal at the Hungarian junior indoor championships in the 400 metres.[3]

In February 2022, Rapai ran an indoor 400m personal best when she ran 55.22 in Budapest.[4] Rapai ran as part of the Hungarian 4x400m relay team at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in August 2022.[5]

In January 2023, Rapai along with Evelin Nádházy, Sára Mátó, and Janka Molnár, ran a new indoor national record in the 4x400 meters, running 3:37.11 in Nyíregyháza.[6]

In June 2023, she was part of the Hungary team that participated at the 2023 European Team Championships and achieved promotion by winning Division Two.[7] In July 2023, she ran a new 400m personal best time of 53.32 at the 2023 Hungarian Athletics Championships.[8] She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 where she ran a new personal best of 52.73 for the 400 metres.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fanni Rapai. World Athletics. 13 July 2023.
  2. Web site: The competitors of Ikarus are also starting at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. bp16.hu. 18 August 2023. 17 August 2023.
  3. Web site: 9 medals - Youth and Junior Indoor Championships. Ikarusatletika.hu. 18 August 2023. Tamas. Budai. 2 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Indoor Budapest Championships with personal bests. Tamas. Budai. Ikarusatletika.hu. February 1, 2022. August 18, 2023.
  5. Web site: European Championship. 18 August 2023. Sportoljvelynk.Veszpremben.hu. 28 August 2022.
  6. Web site: Dupla világkupa győzelemmel és országos csúcsokkal kezdte az évet a MATE-GEAC. Agrargazdasag.uni-mate.hu. 18 August 2023. 31 January 2023.
  7. Web site: The Hungarian team is among the best again. Magyarnemzet.hu. 18 August 2023. 23 June 2023.
  8. Web site: World-leading sprints in US and Jamaican champs – overseas round up. Athletics Weekly. 18 August 2023. Steve. Smythe . July 11, 2023.
  9. Web site: Rapai ran a personal best, but was eliminated in the 400 meters. Nemzetisport.hu. 5 January 2024. 20 August 2023.