Gidamis Shahanga
Appearance
Gidamis Shahanga (born September 4, 1957 in Katesh) is a retired Tanzanian long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and the marathon race.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Tanzania | |||||
1978 | Commonwealth Games | Edmonton, Canada | 1st | Marathon | 2:15:40 |
1979 | African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | 2nd | Marathon | 2:36:46 |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 15th | Marathon | 2:16:47 |
1982 | Commonwealth Games | Brisbane, Australia | 1st | 10,000 m | 28:10.15 |
6th | Marathon | 2:14:25 | |||
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 10,000 m | 28:01.93 |
1984 | Rotterdam Marathon | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:11:12 |
Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 22nd | Marathon | 2:16:27 | |
1988 | East and Central African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | 10,000 m | 29:17.3 |
1990 | Vienna Marathon | Vienna, Austria | 1st | Marathon | 2:09:28 |
External links
- Gidamis Shahanga at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gidamis Shahanga". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-10-18.
Categories:
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Tanzanian male long-distance runners
- Tanzanian male marathon runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Tanzania
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Tanzania
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Tanzania
- University of Texas at El Paso alumni
- UTEP Miners men's track and field athletes
- Tanzanian athletics biography stubs
- Tanzanian sportspeople stubs