Kenneth Mburu Mungara

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Kenneth Mburu Mungara athletics

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Kenneth Mburu Mungara (2014)

nation KenyaKenya Kenya
birthday 7th September 1973 (age 46)
place of birth Kenya
Career
discipline Marathon run
Best performance 2:07:36 h
status active
last change: July 3, 2018

Kenneth Mburu Mungara (born September 7, 1973 ) is a Kenyan marathon runner .

Life

His first major success was winning the 2008 Prague Marathon in 2:11:06 h. In the same year he also won the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 2:11:01 h.

In 2009 he ran the fastest time on Indian soil with 2:11:51 in the Mumbai Marathon . In the Prague Marathon, on the other hand, he only came in third despite a personal best of 2:10:29 h. In Toronto, on the other hand, he not only defended his title, but also ran a personal record of 2:08:32 and the fastest time on Canadian soil.

In 2010 he was fifth in the Beppu-Ōita marathon and seventh in Prague. With his third win in a row in Toronto, he improved both his personal record and the Canadian All-Comers record to 2:07:58 h.
At the end of the season, he also won the Singapore Marathon in December .

In 2011, as second in Prague, he increased his personal best to 2:07:36 h and defended his title in Toronto for the third time.

In 2013 he won the Nairobi Marathon , in 2014 the Singapore Marathon again , in 2015 the Milan Marathon , in the same year and again in 2016 he won the Gold Coast Marathon in Australia.

In January 2018 he won the Hong Kong Marathon and in July the 44-year-old won the Gold Coast Marathon for the third time after 2015 and 2016 with a time of 2:09:49 h.

Personal bests

  • Marathon: 2:07:36 h, May 8, 2011, Prague

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IAAF: Mungara, Yulamanova take Prague Marathon titles ( Memento of 13 May 2008 at the Internet Archive ). May 11, 2008
  2. ↑ IAAF: Mungara and Kebebush take Mumbai Marathon titles ( Memento of 21 January 2009 at the Internet Archive ). January 18, 2009
  3. ^ IAAF: Mungara Defends in Toronto with Canadian All Comers Record ( Memento of September 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). September 27, 2009
  4. ^ IAAF: Mungara and Cherop take Toronto Marathon titles as Canadian All-Comers records tumble ( Memento from September 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). September 26, 2010
  5. ^ IAAF: Mungara and Kosgei prevail at Singapore Marathon ( Memento from December 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). 5th December 2010
  6. ^ IAAF: Mungara claims fourth Toronto Marathon title ( Memento of October 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). October 16, 2011
  7. ↑ 45-year-old wins marathon in world class time (July 3, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Mungara, Kenneth Mburu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan marathon runner
DATE OF BIRTH 7th September 1973