George Manangoi

George Manangoi
Full name	George Meitamei Manangoi
nation	Kenya
birthday	29th November 2000 (age 19)
place of birth	Kenya
Career
discipline	1500 meter run
Best performance	3: 31.49 min
status	active
Medal table
Africa Games 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U18 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Africa Games gold Rabat 2019 1500 m  Junior World Championships gold Tampere 2018 1500 m Junior African Championships gold Abidjan 2019 1500 m  Youth World Championships gold Nairobi 2017 1500 m
last change: March 14, 2020

George Meitamei Manangoi (born November 29, 2000 ) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 meter run . He is the brother of the world champion on this discipline, Elijah Manangoi .

Athletic career

George Manangoi gained his first experience in international championships at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Nairobi , where he won the gold medal in 3: 47.53 minutes. The following year he won the U20 World Championships in Tampere, Finland in 3: 41.71 minutes and in 3: 47.55 minutes at the Junior African Championships in Abidjan in 2019 . He then took part in the Africa Games in Rabat and also won there in 3: 38.27 min and thus qualified for the World Championships in Doha , where he was eliminated with 3: 38.39 min in the first round .

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 1: 47.20 min, March 8, 2018 in Pretoria
• 1000 meters: 2: 18.07 min, July 20, 2018 in Monaco
• 1500 meters: 3: 31.49 min, July 12, 2019 in Monaco

Web links

• George Manangoi in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pawel Jackowski: The sky's the limit for world U18 champion Manangoi ( English ) IAAF. July 26, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2019.