Paul Tanui

Paul Kipngetich Tanui ( born December 22, 1990 in Nakuru ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

At the World Cross Country Championships 2009 in Amman, he was in the junior race in fourth and won the team gold. He was then brought from kenianischstämmigen coach Stephen Mayaka to Japan, where he was taken from the company's team of the company Kyudenko under contract.

In early 2010 he was charged with more than 30 seconds ahead of Kenyan champion in cross-country running. He was favorite for the senior race of the Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, where he finished eighth and won with the Kenyan team gold.

At the World Championships 2013 in Moscow he won the bronze medal in the 10,000 m.

Personal Best

  • 5000 m: 13:14,87 min, June 5, 2010, Kitakyushu
  • 10,000 m: 27:17,61 min 25 April, 2010, Kobe
Long-distance running 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Cross country running 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2013 World Championships in Athletics 5000 metres
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