John Yuda Msuri

John Yuda Msuri ( born June 9, 1979 in Kwapakacha, Kondoa district, Dodoma region ) is a Tanzanian long distance runner.

Msuri began with the Running in elementary school and operating it as a hobby in addition to his work as a mechanic in Dodoma on. In 2000, he managed to qualify for the national championships and was fifth respectively in the 5000m and 10,000 m. He was taken in a running club for the elite preliminary and ran his first marathon in August in 2:20:12 h

Further training in cross country enabled him to start of next season to participate in the World Cross Country Championships in 2001 in Ostend, where he was ranked 14 on the short - and 27th place on the long haul. He was taken from KIMbia Athletics under contract and denied now successfully road races. Among other things, he won the Würzburg Residenz run and was second in the 25 km from Berlin, only Rodgers Rop, the world record was beaten. In the World Half Marathon Championships in Bristol, he won behind Haile Gebrselassie and Tesfaye Jifar a personal best of 1:00:12 h bronze.

In 2002 he was. At the World Cross Country Championships in Dublin on the long distance runner Kenenisa Bekele behind and pulled at the World Half Marathon Championships in Brussels Bronze again, this time behind Paul Malakwen Kosgei and Jaouad Gharib This season, he was also a successful track runner and set national records in the 5000m and 10,000 m. At the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, he won the bronze medal over 10,000 m, and the Great North Run ( half marathon, whose route is not the best fit list because of the steep slope ), he was second in 1:00:02 h

The following year he was plagued by injuries and came at the World Athletics Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis in the 10,000 m not on the twelfth square. Twelfth. In the World Half Marathon Championships in Vilamoura he suffered in the final phase of convulsions, but fought his way through and still wore with a fifth place to the fact that Tanzania for the first time at World Half Marathon Championships won team gold. A week later won Msuri the Great South Run.

At the end of the year he was involved in a serious traffic accident, but suffered only minor injuries. His marathon debut in the professional field the London Marathon in 2004, first settled in well. Up to 34 kilometers he could keep up the pace of Evans Rutto and Sammy Korir, the einliefen at number one and two in the goal, after falling Msuri but was plagued by muscle problems and dropped back to ninth place. At the 10,000 - meter race of the Olympic Games in Athens Msuri gave up because of an injury to the hip.

He finished sixth at the World Half Marathon Championships in Edmonton in 2005 and won for the second time the Great South Run. On the other hand, he finished in the 10,000 - meter race at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki only the 18th.

John Yuda Msuri is 1.68 kg tall, weighs 47 kg and is coached by Dieter Hogen. He is married to his fellow runners Hawa Hussein and has invested his prize money into a music studio and an inn.

Bests

  • 5000 m: 13:03,62 min, July 12, 2002, Rome ( Tanzanian record )
  • 10,000 m: 27:06,17 min, August 30, 2002 Brussels ( Tanzanian record )
  • 10 - km road race: 27:56 min, August 4, 2007 Cape Elizabeth (Maine)
  • Half Marathon: 1:00:12 h, October 7, 2001, Bristol
  • 25 km: 1:13:56 h, 6 May 2001 Berlin ( Tanzanian record )
  • Marathon: 2:10:13 h, 18 April 2004 London
Long-distance running Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Dodoma (Region) 5000 metres Cross country running 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships BIG 25 Berlin All-weather running track 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships London-Marathon 2005 World Championships in Athletics Cape Elizabeth, Maine
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