Filip Ostrowski

{{Short description|Polish athlete (born 2001)}}

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| nationality = Polish

| sport = Athletics

| event = 800m, 1500m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|7|12|df=yes}}

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| pb = 800m:1:45.62 (Karlsruhe, 2023)
1500m: 3:36.03 (Bydgoszcz, 2023)

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Filip Ostrowski (born 12 July 2001) is a Polish track and field athlete. In 2023, he became Polish national champion in the 1500 metres.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/poland/filip-ostrowski-14739414|website=World Athletics|accessdate=23 August 2023|title= Filip Ostrowski}}

Career

In 2020, he moved Łódź to join the training group of coach Stanisław Jaszczak. That year he lowered his 800 meters personal best to 1:46.89.{{cite web|url=https://bieganie.pl/sport/filip-ostrowski-cale-zycie-biegalem-sam-teraz-mam-ekipe/|website=bieganie.pl|accessdate=23 August 2023|title= Filip Ostrowski: I've been running alone all my life, now I have a team |date=24 June 2022}} In August 2022, he won Polish U23 titles in both 800 metres and 1500 metres.{{cite web|website=Kwidzyn.Naszemiasto.pl|url=https://kwidzyn.naszemiasto.pl/potrojny-sukces-filipa-ostrowskiego-na-mistrzostwach-polski/ar/c2-8934477|title= Triple success of Filip Ostrowski at the Polish U23 Championships in athletics. Gold medals in the 800 m and 1500 m races|accessdate=August 23, 2023|first=Miroslaw|last=Wisniewski|date=August 2, 2022}}

In May 2023, he lowered his 800m personal best to 1:45.62, out sprinting Robert Farken in Karlsruhe.{{cite web|url=https://kwidzyn.pl/filip-ostrowski-w-swietnej-formie-37191/|website=Kwidzyn.pl|accessdate=23 August 2023|title= Filip Ostrowski in great shape|date=May 23, 2023}} In July 2023, he qualified for the final of the 1500m at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.{{cite web|url=https://bieganie.pl/newsy/me-u23-ostrowski-i-wyderka-w-finale-na-1500-m/|website=bieganie.pl|title= ME U23. Ostrowski and Wyderka in the final at 1500 m|date=13 July 2023|accessdate=23 August 2023}} Later that month he became Polish champion for the first time, winning the 1500m title at the Polish Championships.{{cite web|url=https://sportowy24.pl/dzialalem-instynktownie-i-dalem-z-siebie-wszystko-mistrz-polski-na-1500-metrow-filip-ostrowski/ar/c2-17756985|website=Sportowy.24|accessdate=23 August 2023|title= "I acted instinctively and gave it my all" - Polish champion in 1500 meters Filip Ostrowski|first=Piotr|last=Olkowicz|date=27 July 2023}}

At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he qualified for the semi-finals of the 800m.{{cite web| date=23 August 2023|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4563/men-s-800m-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|website=Watch Athletics|title=Men's 800m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://sport.tvp.pl/72185822/mateusz-borkowski-w-polfinale-mistrzostw-swiata-w-biegu-na-800-metrow-kapitalny-finisz-polaka/amp|title= Mateusz Borkowski w półfinale mistrzostw świata w biegu na 800 metrów! Kapitalny finisz Polaka|website=sport.tvp.pl|accessdate=23 August 2023}}

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