diff --git a/qdrant_client/http/api_client.py b/qdrant_client/http/api_client.py
index 4c907c3cf..6cfafb2a3 100644
--- a/qdrant_client/http/api_client.py
+++ b/qdrant_client/http/api_client.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def request_sync(self, *, type_: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:  # noqa F811
         """
         This method is not used by the generated apis, but is included for convenience
         """
-        return get_event_loop().run_until_complete(self.request(type_=type_, **kwargs))
+        return self.request(type_=type_, **kwargs)
 
     def send(self, request: Request, type_: Type[T]) -> T:
         response = self.middleware(request, self.send_inner)
diff --git a/tests/test_qdrant_client.py b/tests/test_qdrant_client.py
index db7651203..b882cc0e4 100644
--- a/tests/test_qdrant_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_qdrant_client.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from pprint import pprint
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from time import sleep
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
@@ -1757,6 +1758,33 @@ def test_timeout_propagation():
     )
 
 
+def test_api_client_request_sync_returns_value():
+    # Regression for #1336: sync client wrapped the return value in
+    # run_until_complete, so any non-awaitable result raised TypeError.
+    from qdrant_client.http.api_client import ApiClient
+
+    sync_client = ApiClient("http://localhost:6333")
+    with patch.object(sync_client, "request", return_value={"ok": True}) as mocked:
+        result = sync_client.request_sync(
+            type_=dict,
+            method="GET",
+            url="/collections",
+        )
+
+    assert result == {"ok": True}
+    mocked.assert_called_once_with(type_=dict, method="GET", url="/collections")
+
+    with patch.object(sync_client, "request", return_value=None) as mocked_none:
+        result_none = sync_client.request_sync(
+            type_=None,
+            method="GET",
+            url="/collections",
+        )
+
+    assert result_none is None
+    mocked_none.assert_called_once_with(type_=None, method="GET", url="/collections")
+
+
 def test_grpc_options():
     client_version = importlib.metadata.version("qdrant-client")
     user_agent = f"python-client/{client_version}"