21 Facts About Marco Arop

Marco Arop was born on September 20,1998 and is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the middle distance events.

Marco Arop represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics, running a personal best of 1:41.20 over 800m to win a silver medal in Paris.

Marco Arop holds the North American record in the 1000 m, with a time of 2:13.13.

The Arop family fled Sudan during the civil war of the 1990s when Marco was a toddler.

Marco Arop spent his early years sharing an apartment in Egypt with his parents and three older brothers before they emigrated to Canada.

Marco Arop competed for Mississippi State in the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field 800m in Eugene, Oregon, finishing in second place.

Marco Arop won the gold medal in the 800 m at the 2019 Pan American Games, setting a new Pan American record in the process.

Marco Arop then made his World Championship debut at the 2019 edition in Doha.

In 2021, Marco Arop competed in his first full professional season, making his first Diamond League podium with a silver medal at the BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm.

Marco Arop did not advance to the event final, a major disappointment that he and his coaches attributed to a longstanding habit of starting too quickly, resulting in fading toward the end of the race.

Five days later, at the Athletissima in Lausanne, Marco Arop again defeated Korir and Rotich to claim his second Diamond League gold.

Marco Arop began 2022 with this debut at the World Athletics Indoor Championships at the 2022 edition in Belgrade.

Marco Arop started a race hard and was leading the 800 m at the halfway point, but faded badly down the stretch and finished in eighth place.

Marco Arop had the fastest time in the heats of the 800 m in Eugene, Oregon, advancing to the semi-finals.

Marco Arop was second in his semi-final, passed just at the line by Algerian Slimane Moula, and secured automatic qualification to the final.

Marco Arop proceeded through the heats by finishing in first place and won his semifinal heat, leading both from start to finish.

Marco Arop began his 2024 season on 4 February, competing in the short track 1000m run at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, Massachusetts.

Marco Arop won the event in a time of 2:14.74, breaking Nate Brannen's previous national record in the short track 1000m of 2:16.87 set back in 2014.

Marco Arop missed Ayanleh Souleiman's short track 1000m world record of 2:14.20 by only 0.54 seconds, but still set a new North, Central American and Caribbean area record in the event.

Marco Arop finished only one hundredth of a second behind Wanyonyi, who ran 1:41.19.

Marco Arop finished ahead of Sedjati, who took third place in a time of 1:41.50.