Filip Toul Explained

Filip Toul
Nationality:Czech
Sport:Athletics
Event:Middle distance
Birth Date:2 August 2007
Pb:800m: 1:48.71 (2024)
1500m: 3:40.98 (2024) NU18R
3000m: 8:09.11 (2024) NU18R

Filip Toul (born 2 August 2007) is a Czech middle distance runner. He is the Czech national under-18 record holder over 1500 metres and 3000 metres.[1]

Career

He is a member of SK Čtyři Dvory, where his coaches include Pavel Suchý and Pavel Brlica.[2]

In May 2024 in Domažlice he ran a new Czech junior national record for the 1500 metres, improving Jakub Davidík's five-year-old record by four tenths to 3:45.92.[3]

In June 2024, he ran 3:40.98 for the 1500 metres at the age of 16 years-old, which placed him as the third fastest European U18 in history behind Niels Laros and Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[4] [5] That month, he won the Czech U18 title over 800 metres in Ostrava.[6]

He won gold in the 1500 metres at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banská Bystrica.[7]

He finished third in the Czech junior cross country championships in November 2024.[8] He was subsequently selected for the European Cross Country Championships in December 2024.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Athletics. Filip Toul . 20 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Filip Toul is the junior European champion. ceskobudejovicky.denik.cz. 4 December 2024. Vladimir . Majer. 20 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Nabitý atletický víkend doma i za hranicemi. Atletika.cz. 4 December 2024. 13 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Exciting men's sprint and middle distances prospects on show. European Athletics. 3 December 2024. 13 July 2024.
  5. Web site: 10 stars to watch in Banska Bystrica 2024. European Athletics. 20 August 2024. 18 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Athletics SK Čtyři Dvory České Budějovice. a4dvory.cz. 4 December 2024. 14 June 2024.
  7. Web site: Toul wins first part of a distance double with 1500m gold in Banska Bystrica. European Athletics. 20 August 2024. 20 July 2024.
  8. Web site: Nymburk athlete Daniel Marák won another triumph and will go to the European Championship. nymbursky.denik.cz. 4 December 2024. Vladimir. Malinovsky. 29 November 2024.
  9. Web site: Euro Cross 2024: who, what and when guide. Athletics Weekly. 4 December 2024. Jasmine. Collett . Dec 3, 2024.