Gresa Bakraçi
Kosovar middle-distance runner
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Gresa Bakraçi (born 11 September 1995) is a Kosovar middle-distance runner. She has represented Kosovo at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games. She is a multiple-time national record holder.[1]
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| Born | 11 September 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 2:07.67 (2023) NR 1500m: 4:17.57 (2025) NR 3000m: 9:17.80 (2025) NR 5000m: 16:50.24 (2025) NR 3000m S'chase: 10:42.39 (2023) NR Indoor 800m: 2:09.53 (2022) NR 1500m: 4:23.01 (2024) NR 3000m: 9:31.15 (2026) NR Road 10k 35:32 (2022) Half marathon 1:17:24 (2022) NR | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
From Peja, Bakraçi set new Kosovo national records competing indoors over 800 metres and 1500 metres in February 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia. That month, she ran 1:17:24 for the half marathon in Split, Croatia.[2] The following month, she competed over 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[3]
That year, Bakraçi ran a new personal best for the 1500 metres of 4:20.56. She represented Kosovo at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene running 4:22.77 for the 1500 metres, and the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, where she ran 4:38.16.[4][5]
Competing over 3000 metres, she represented Kosovo at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, completing the race in 9:36.96.[6] In August, she ran in the 1500 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, without completing the race.[7]
Bakraçi won the bronze medal over 3000 metres at the 2024 Balkan Athletics Championships in İzmir, Turkey in May 2024.[8] In August, she competed over 800 metres at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, and was eliminated following the repechage round.[9][10]
Bakraçi won the silver medal over 3000 metres, and the bronze medal over 5000 metres, setting a new 5000m national record, at the 2025 Balkan Athletics Championships in Volos, Greece.[11][12] Bakraçi was the sole Kosovar participant at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she ran 4:22.06 in the 1500 metres, without advancing to the semi-finals.[13]
In March 2026, she competed over 1500 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[14]