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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Marco Arop is the 3,800th most popular athlete (up from 6,122nd in 2019), 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 3,800 out of 6,025. Before him are Carlette Guidry-White, Stéphane Diagana, Olena Krasovska, Chioma Ajunwa, Naman Keïta, and Kayla Harrison. After him are Olivia Borlée, Henk Grol, Steven Holcomb, Vitaliy Rahimov, Lisa Fernandez, and Magali Messmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1998, Marco Arop ranks 168. Before him are Justin Bijlow, Daniel Altmaier, Rex Orange County, Eray Cömert, 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 Moritz Wagner (null), Mohamed Ahmed Bashir (1983), Bol Bol (1999), Musab Kheder (1993), Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag (1987), and Abubaker Haydar Abdalla (1996).

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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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