Paul Tanui
Kenyan long-distance runner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paul Kipng'etich Tanui (born 22 December 1990) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the 2010 Kenyan cross country title and went on to take the silver medal at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
Quick Facts Medal record, Men's athletics ...
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics | ||
Representing Kenya | ||
Olympic Games | ||
2016 Rio de Janeiro | 10,000 m | |
World Championships | ||
2013 Moscow | 10,000 m | |
2015 Beijing | 10,000 m | |
2017 London | 10,000 m | |
World Cross Country Championships | ||
2011 Punta Umbría | Men's race |
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He represented Kenya over 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and took ninth place. He also competed in the 2013 Moscow World Championships and took the bronze medal in the same event. In 2016, he won the silver medal in the men's 10,000m at the 2016 Olympics.
He has a personal best of 26:49.41 minutes for that event.