Edward Zakayo
Appearance
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Birth name | Edward Pingua Zakayo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Narok | 25 November 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 5000 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 5000 m: 13:19.74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edward Pingua Zakayo (born 25 November 2001) is a Kenyan male long-distance runner who competes in the 5000 metres. He was the bronze medallist in that event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Born in Narok, he said his aim in his running career was to help his mother out of poverty and pay for his education.[1] In 2017 he won the Kenyan youth trials and was selected for the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships, where he took a silver medal over 3000 metres in front of a home crowd in Nairobi.[2][3] On June 11, 2018 he won the Kenya World U20 trials with a new personal best of 13:19 to qualify for the U20 World Championships in Finland.[4]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2017 | World U18 Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 2nd | 3000 m | 7:49.17 |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 3rd | 5000 m | 13:54.06 |
World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | 5000 m | 13:20.16 | |
African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 1st | 5000 m | 13:48.58 |
References
- ^ Edward Pingua ZAKAYO. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
- ^ Edward Zakayo Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2018-04-08.
- ^ Report: boys' 3000m – IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 . IAAF (2017-07-16). Retrieved 2018-04-08.
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