Elijah Manangoi

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Elijah Manangoi athletics

1500 m men final Beijing 2015.jpg
Manangoi (left) at the 2015 World Championships

Full name Elijah Motonei Manangoi
nation KenyaKenya Kenya
birthday 5th January 1993 (age 27)
place of birth Narok , Kenya
size 182 cm
Weight 64 kg
Career
discipline Middle distance run
Best performance 800 m: 1: 44.15 min
1500 m: 3: 28.80 min
National squad since 2014
status blocked
Medal table
World championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Cross Country World Championship 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Commonwealth Games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
African Championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
IAAF logo World championships
gold London 2017 1500 m
silver Beijing 2015 1500 m
IAAF logo World Cross Country Championships
bronze Aarhus 2019 Mixed relay
Commonwealth Games Federation logo Commonwealth Games
gold Gold Coast 2018 1500 m
 African Championships
gold Asaba 2018 1500 m
last change: July 23, 2020

Elijah Motonei Manangoi (born January 5, 1993 in Narok ) is a suspended Kenyan middle-distance runner .

Athletic career

Manangoi began athletics training at St. Patrick's School in Iten in 2009, before later joining the Rongai Athletics Club . Initially, he mainly started in the 400-meter run . In 2013 he finished fourth at the Kenyan championships over this distance. From 2014 he concentrated on the 1,500-meter run and immediately became Kenyan runner-up. At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow he reached 12th place.

Manangoi achieved his breakthrough to the top of the world in the 2015 season. On July 11, he won the Kenyan championships for the first time over 1500 meters. Six days later at the Herculis in Monaco, he increased his best performance by around five seconds to 3: 29.67 minutes, which was only sixth place in the high-class race. At the Kenyan eliminations in early August, he qualified third behind Asbel Kiprop and Silas Kiplagat for participation in the World Championships in Beijing . There he celebrated the greatest success of his career to date, when he surprisingly won the silver medal behind Kiprop and ahead of the Moroccan Abdalaati Iguider . A few days later he also finished second behind Kiprop in the Weltklasse Zürich .

In May 2016, Manangoi finished second in the 1,500 meter run at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha and third over a mile at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene. In June he celebrated his first victory in a Diamond League race over 1500 meters at the Golden Gala in Rome . At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he finished second in his preliminary run, but did not make it to the semi-finals due to a thigh injury.

In the 2017 season Manangoi was again in strong form. At the beginning of May he beat a world class field in 3: 31.90 minutes at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. At the end of July he increased his best performance to 3: 28.80 minutes at the Herculis in Monaco. At the World Championships in London he finally won the title in the 1500 meter run in front of his compatriot Timothy Cheruiyot and the Norwegian Filip Ingebrigtsen .

At the Commonwealth Games 2018 in the Australian Gold Coast, he also won the 1500 meters and again relegated Cheruiyot to second place. In the same year he also prevailed at the African Championships in Asaba in the final against Cheruiyot and celebrated his next title win.

In 2019 Manangoi won the bronze medal in the mixed relay at the World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus together with Conseslus Kipruto , Jarinter Mawia Mwasya and Winfred Nzisa Mbithe .

As the Independent Integrity Commission ( AIU ) of the World Athletics Association published on July 23, 2020, Manangoi violated the reporting obligation of the anti- doping rules and was therefore temporarily suspended. A date for the hearing has not yet been set.

family

Manangoi's younger brother George Meitamei Manangoi became the U18 world champion in the 1,500 meter run in 2017.

Web links

Commons : Elijah Manangoi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Elijah motonei Manangoi - Biography ( English ) Glasgow XX Commonwealth Games. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Ayumba Ayodi: Asbel Kiprop, Geoffrey Kamworor light up national trials ( English ) Daily Nation. July 11, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Dibaba breaks 1500m world record in Monaco with 3: 50.07 - IAAF Diamond League ( English ) IAAF. July 17, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ Mutwiri Mutuota, Alex Isaboke: Rudisha beaten by Cheruiyot but other top stars excel at Kenyan Trials ( English ) IAAF. August 1, 2015. Accessed September 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ Steve Landells: Report: men's 1500m final - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 ( English ) IAAF. August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  6. ^ Phil Minshull: Ayana wins the battle of the world champions in Zurich - IAAF Diamond League ( English ) IAAF. September 3, 2015. Accessed September 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Rohler moves to second on world all-time list with 93.90m in Doha - IAAF Diamond League ( English ) IAAF. May 5, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  8. ↑ Bolt picks up speed for World Cup - Röhler wins in Monaco . Time online. July 21, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  9. ↑ Len Johnson: Obiri and Manangoi lead Kenyan 1-2s on day seven of Commonwealth Games ( English ) IAAF. April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  10. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Mixed relay report: Ethiopia gains revenge on Kenya in Aarhus. In: iaaf.org. March 30, 2019, accessed March 30, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Nicolas Walter / dpa: Missed doping tests: Elijah Manangoi temporarily suspended , notes, on: Leichtathletik.de, from July 23, 2020, accessed July 24, 2020
  12. ↑ Pawel Jackowski: The sky's the limit for world U18 champion Manangoi ( English ) IAAF. July 26, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Manangoi, Elijah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manangoi, Elijah Motonei (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan middle distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH 5th January 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Narok