James Tanui
James Tanui ( 1974 - December 10, 2003 ) was a Kenyan long-distance runner .
The successes of the athlete from Kapsabet who started for the SC DHfK Leipzig included a victory in the Hamburg Half Marathon 2000 and a victory in the Wachau Marathon of the same year in the then record time of 2:14:32.
At Frankfurt Marathon 2003 he served Luminita Zaituc in their victory as pacemakers . A few weeks later he collapsed while on a training run while he was home and could not be resuscitated even after being admitted to hospital.
Web links
- James Tanui in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Wachau Marathon winner 2000 James Tanui dies , notification in Standard , December 20, 2003
- Marathon runner dies during training run , report from mephisto 97.6 , December 12, 2003
Footnotes
- ↑ History of the Frankfurt Marathon on Laufreport.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with photo of Zaituc and Tanui
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| SURNAME | Tanui, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 2003 |