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Marco Arop

1998 - Today

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Marco Arop (born September 20, 1998) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the middle distance events. Arop is the reigning world champion in the 800 m, winning gold at the 2023 World Athletics Championship, after winning bronze the previous year at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. He was the first Canadian to win a world championship in the 800 m. Arop was also the 2019 Pan American Games champion in 800 m. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Marco Arop is the 4,044th most popular athlete (up from 6,102nd in 2024), the 34th most popular biography from Sudan (up from 39th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Sudanese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Marco Arop ranks 4,044 out of 6,025. Before him are Olena Krasovska, Chioma Ajunwa, Naman Keïta, Kayla Harrison, He Ying, and Ian Edmunds. After him are Elin Kristiansen, Olivia Borlée, Ennio Falco, Irene Eijs, Henk Grol, and Steven Holcomb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1998, Marco Arop ranks 176. Before him are Daniel Altmaier, Rex Orange County, Eray Cömert, Ryeoun, Taty Castellanos, and Morgenshtern. After him are Jacob Bruun Larsen, Cavetown, Steve Lacy, Soojin, Ariel Winter, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Marco Arop ranks 34 out of 38. Before him are Salih Mahmoud Osman (1957), Abubaker Kaki Khamis (1989), Awadeya Mahmoud (1963), Almoez Ali (1996), Ismail Ahmed Ismail (1984), and Abdalelah Haroun (1997). After him are Lubna al-Hussein (null), Moritz Wagner (null), Mohamed Ahmed Bashir (1983), Bol Bol (1999), Hawa Abdallah Mohammed Salih (null), and Wenyen Gabriel (1997).

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Among ATHLETES In Sudan

Among athletes born in Sudan, Marco Arop ranks 4. Before him are Abubaker Kaki Khamis (1989), Ismail Ahmed Ismail (1984), and Abdalelah Haroun (1997). After him are Moritz Wagner (null), Abubaker Haydar Abdalla (1996), Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed (1993), and Lidiia Iakovleva (null).

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