John Nzau Mwangangi

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John Nzau Mwangangi 2010

John Nzau Mwangangi (born November 1, 1990 in Mwingi ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner .

Mwangangi grew up with three older siblings in the village of Mwingi and later moved to his uncle in Machakos . There he was discovered in 2006 by the Swiss athlete supervisor Peter Pfister, who brought him to Europe.

Mwangangi soon collected numerous victories in important road races , initially mainly in Switzerland. In 2008 he won the Greifensee run and the Murten run, among others . He was able to repeat both successes in 2009 and also win the Grand Prix of Bern and the Corrida Bulloise as well as the Route du Vin in Luxembourg. In the same year he finished second in the 5000 meter run at the Junior African Athletics Championships in Mauritius .

In 2010 Mwangangi was third in the CPC Loop Den Haag , second in the 10-kilometer run in the Tilburg Ten Miles and won the Dam tot Damloop and the 20 km from Paris . He celebrated his first title win at an international championship at the 2011 African Cross Country Championships in Cape Town. A second place in the Lisbon half marathon was followed by a victory in the Rabat half marathon. In the autumn he finished third in the Dam tot Damloop, defended his title in the 20 km of Paris and won the Valencia half marathon. In 2012 he finished second again in Lisbon. At the half marathon world championships in Kawarna , he finished third.

On November 15, 2015, he won the Valencia Marathon in 2:06:13 hours.

Top performances

  • 5000 m: 13: 42.88 min, August 1st, 2009, Bambous
  • 10 km road run: 27:43 min, September 18, 2011, Zaandam (intermediate time)
  • Half marathon : 59:45 min, October 23, 2011, Valencia

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The John Mwangangi phenomenon: the 19-year-old Kenyan wins all Swiss road races ( memento of the original from December 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.startblatt.net archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: startblatt. November 21, 2009
  2. ^ IAAF: Fast ten mile runs for Kibet and Mwangangi in Zaandam ( Memento from September 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). 20th September 2010
  3. ^ IAAF: Cherono and Mwangangi victorious at inaugural Africa Cross Country Champs ( Memento of March 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). March 7, 2011
  4. ↑ IAAF: Mwangangi and Chepchirchir triumph in Paris 20Km ( Memento from October 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). October 9, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Mwangangi, John Nzau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Mwingi