Fanni Rapai
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Born | 7 January 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 200m: 24.16 (Budapest, 2023) 400m: 52.73 (Budapest, 2023) |
Fanni Rapai (born 7 January 2000) is a Hungarian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She represented her country at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in the 400 metres. That year, she was part of a team that ran a new Hungarian indoor national record in the women's 4 x 400 meters relay.[1]
Career
[edit]Rapai is a member of Ikarus BSE in Budapest.[2] In March 2018, she won a bronze medal at the Hungarian junior indoor championships in the 400 metres.[3]
In February 2022, Rapai ran an indoor 400 metres personal best when she ran a time of 55.22 seconds in Budapest.[4] Rapai ran as part of the Hungarian 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, in August 2022.[5]
In January 2023, Rapai along with Evelin Nádházy, Sára Mátó, and Janka Molnár, ran a new indoor national record in the 4 x 400 meters, running 3:37.11 in Nyíregyháza.[6]
In June 2023, she was part of the Hungary team that participated at the 2023 European Team Championships in Poland, and achieved promotion by winning Division Two.[7] In July 2023, she ran a new 400 metres personal best time of 53.32 seconds at the 2023 Hungarian Athletics Championships.[8] She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 where she ran a new personal best of 52.73 seconds for the 400 metres but did not proceed to the semi-final.[9]
She ran as part of the Hungarian mixed 4 x 400m relay team that competed at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fanni Rapai". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "The competitors of Ikarus are also starting at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest". bp16.hu. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Budai, Tamas (2 March 2018). "9 medals - Youth and Junior Indoor Championships". Ikarusatletika.hu. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Budai, Tamas (February 1, 2022). "Indoor Budapest Championships with personal bests". Ikarusatletika.hu. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ "European Championship". Sportoljvelynk.Veszpremben.hu. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Dupla világkupa győzelemmel és országos csúcsokkal kezdte az évet a MATE-GEAC". Agrargazdasag.uni-mate.hu. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "The Hungarian team is among the best again". Magyarnemzet.hu. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (July 11, 2023). "World-leading sprints in US and Jamaican champs – overseas round up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Rapai ran a personal best, but was eliminated in the 400 meters". Nemzetisport.hu. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Mixed 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
