Žan Rudolf | |
Sport: | Track |
Event: | 800 metres |
Country: | Slovenian |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1993 |
Birth Place: | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Height: | 1.84 m[1] |
Weight: | 64 kg |
Pb: | 400 metres 47.03[2] |
Updated: | 18-8-15 |
Žan Rudolf (born 9 May 1993) is a Slovenian track athlete who specializes in the 800 metres. He holds the Slovenian national record for the 800 metre discipline.
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, 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.[3] Rudolf also ran the 800 metres at the 2013 European Indoor Championships, although did not qualify past the first round.