Rasmus Mägi

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Rasmus Mägi athletics

Rasmus Mägi (2014)
Mägi (left) in Zurich 2014

nation EstoniaEstonia Estonia
birthday 4th May 1992 (age 28)
place of birth Tartu , Estonia
size 187 cm
Weight 77 kg
Career
discipline 400 meter hurdles
Best performance 48.40 s Sport records icon NR.svg
society Tartu Ü. ASK
Medal table
European championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
U23 European Championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
EAA logo European championships
silver Zurich 2014 400 m hurdles
EAA logo U23 European Championships
bronze Tampere 2013 400 m hurdles
last change: August 13, 2020

Rasmus Mägi (born May 4, 1992 in Tartu ) is an Estonian hurdler who specializes in the 400-meter distance , but also competes in other disciplines.

Athletic career

Rasmus Mägi gained his first international experience in 2009 when he reached the semi-finals in the 400-meter hurdles at the youth world championships in Brixen , where he was eliminated with 53.97 seconds. He then won the bronze medal in 52.85 s at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Tampere . The following year he retired from the Junior World Championships in Moncton with 53.86 s in the first round and in 2011 he took part in the 400-meter run at the European Indoor Championships in Paris , where he also retired with 48.49 s. He then finished fourth at the European Junior Championships in Tallinn in 50.63 s and then made it to the semi-finals at the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen with 50.14 s. In 2012 he reached fifth place at the European Championships in Helsinki in 50.01 s and thus qualified for the Olympic Games in London , where he was eliminated in the first round with 50.05 s .

In 2013 he won the bronze medal behind the Serbian Emir Bekrić and Sebastian Rodger from the United Kingdom at the U23 European Championships in Tampere with a new national record of 49.19 seconds . He then took part in the World Championships in Moscow for the first time and was eliminated there with 49.42 s in the semifinals. The following year he won the silver medal behind the Swiss Kariem Hussein at the European Championships in Zurich in 49.06 s and had previously improved his national record in the semifinals with 48.54 s. He then represented Europe at the Continental Cup in Marrakech , where he was fourth in 49.23 s. In 2015 he again took part in the World Championships in Beijing and reached the semi-finals there , where he was eliminated with 48.76 s. Also at the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam in 2016 he was eliminated in the semifinals with 49.50 s and also managed to qualify again for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he reached the final and there with a new national record of 48.40 s took sixth place.

In 2017 he qualified again for the World Championships in London, but did not start there at short notice. The following year he was sixth at the European Championships in Berlin in 48.75 s and in 2019 he was eliminated from the World Championships in Doha with 48.93 s in the semi-finals .

In 2012, 2016 and 2017 as well as 2020 , Mägi was Estonian champion in the 400-meter run and in 2014 and 2015 over 400 m hurdles. In the hall he won over 400 meters from 2010 to 2013, in 2011 also in the 200-meter run and in 2012 in the long jump .

Personal best

  • 200 meters: 21.90 s (+1.2 m / s), July 6, 2011 in Rakvere
    • 200 meters (hall): 21.95 s, January 24, 2012 in Tallinn
  • 400 meters: 46.26 s on August 8, 2020 in Tallinn
    • 400 meters (hall): 47.23 s, February 18, 2012 in Tartu
  • 400 m hurdles: 48.40 s, August 18, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro ( Estonian record )
  • Long jump: 7.25 m (+0.1 m / s), July 30, 2011 in Tallinn
    • Long jump (indoor): 7.73 m, February 19, 2012 in Tartu

Awards

Web links

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