Alphonce Simbu

Alphonce Simbu
Alphonce Simbu at the 2017 London Marathon
Full name	Alphonce Felix Simbu
nation	Tanzania
birthday	14th February 1992 (age 28)
Weight	55 kg
Career
discipline	Long distance running
Best performance	2:08:27 h ( marathon ) 1:01:59 h ( half marathon )
Medal table
World championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
World championships bronze London 2017 marathon
last change: August 26, 2019

Alphonce Felix Simbu (born February 14, 1992 ) is a Tanzanian long-distance runner who specializes in road running.

Athletic career

He took part in the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing, where he finished twelfth in the marathon with a time of 2:16:58 h .

At the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro , he finished fifth in the Olympic marathon in 2:11:15 h. He was the flag bearer of the Tanzanian team at the closing ceremony of the games.

2017 started for Simbu in January with victory in the Mumbai Marathon in 2:09:32 h. He achieved his best marathon time at the London Marathon 2017 with 2:09:10 h. In the same place, he won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2017 World Championships behind the Kenyan Geoffrey Kirui and the Ethiopian Tamirat Tola in 2:09:51 h.

Web links

Commons : Alphonce Simbu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alphonce Simbu in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 2015 Men's Marathon
2. ↑ Rio 2016 . Archived from the original on September 8, 2016. Retrieved on August 24, 2016.
3. ↑ The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony . August 21, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.