Munyo Solomon Mutai

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Munyo Solomon Mutai athletics

Munyo Mutai Beijing 2015.jpg
Munyo Solomon Mutai 2015 in Beijing

nation UgandaUganda Uganda
birthday October 22, 1992
place of birth Bukwo ,  Uganda
Career
discipline Marathon run
Best performance 2:08:25 h
National squad since 2012
status active
Medal table
World championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Commonwealth Games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
IAAF logo World championships
bronze Beijing 2015 marathon
Commonwealth Games Federation logo Commonwealth Games
silver Gold Coast 2018 marathon
last change: April 7, 2019

Munyo Solomon Mutai (born October 22, 1992 in Bukwo ) is a Ugandan long-distance runner .

Mutai started running in 2009 while he was in school. He achieved the first notable results in 2012 with second place at the Kampala half marathon in 1:01:26 hours and 26th place at the World Half Marathon Championships in Kawarna in 1:04:21 hours. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, he narrowly missed a medal in the marathon when he finished fourth, three seconds behind his compatriot Abraham Kiplimo, who was third.

In April 2015, Mutai set a new personal best by finishing fourth in the Hanover Marathon with 2:10:42 hours. He celebrated his greatest international success to date four months later. At the World Championships in Beijing , he surprisingly won the bronze medal in the marathon in 2:13:30 hours. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he finished 8th in the marathon.

In March 2017, Mutai increased his personal best in the Lake Biwa Marathon to 2:09:59 hours and finished third. At the World Championships in London in August he was eleventh in 2:13:29 hours over the marathon distance. In April 2018 he won the silver medal in the marathon at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in 2:19:02 hours behind the Australian Michael Shelley . At the Shanghai Marathon in November, he finished sixth with a new personal best of 2:09:27 hours.

At the Vienna City Marathon 2019, Mutai increased his best performance again to 2:08:25 hours and thus finished third in the race.

Web links

Commons : Solomon Mutai  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Athlete portrait by Munyo Solomon Mutai ( English ) Glasgow 2014. Accessed August 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hanover Marathon 2015: Jacob and Salem win in Hanover . runnersworld.de. April 19, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Len Johnson: Report: men's marathon - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 ( English ) IAAF. August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Len Johnson: Hawkins collapse hands Commonwealth marathon victory to Shelley while Johannes makes history for Namibia ( English ) IAAF. April 15, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ Weekend marathon round-up: Course records tumble in Rotterdam, Daegu, Vienna and Rome while Italian all-comers' records fall in Milan ( English ) IAAF. April 7, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Mutai, Munyo Solomon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ugandan long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Bukwo