Tom Nyariki

Tom Nyariki (actually Thomas Nyariki Mongare; born September 27, 1971 in Nyamira, Nyanza Province ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

Nyariki began his career as a sprinter, but changed due to lack of success in the early 1990s on the long haul. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, he established himself with his fifth place in the 5000 -meter run for the first time in the world rankings.

In 1997, he stated in his most successful season, his versatility. At first he was third in the World Cross Country Championships in Turin. At the World Athletics Championships in Athens he won in 13:11,09 min behind Daniel Komen and Khalid Boulami also the bronze medal. In addition, he won the Vancouver Sun Run and, along with his newly minted wife Jackline Maranga, in the Course de l' Escalade.

In 1998, he finished fourth at the World Cross Country Championships in Marrakech and won the 3000 -meter run at the Track and Field Championships in Africa Dakar. About 5000 m in the same year he won at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur and the silver medal at the 1999 Pan-African Games in Johannesburg, the bronze medal. 2000 and 2001 he celebrated more victories in the Course de l' Escalade.

In 2003, he was attacked by armed robbers who were on the run from the police in his car and seriously injured when he drove the car into the ditch and an angry mob attacked him because they thought he was mistaken for one of the criminals. He lost an eye and took a year until he could start training again. His limited field of vision forced him to abandon his career as a track and cross-country runners, so that from now on exclusively denied road races. In 2006 he won the Beach to Beacon and the New York City Half-Marathon, and he also was twelfth at the New York City Marathon. In 2007 he won the Boston Half Marathon.

Tom Nyariki is 1,70 m tall and weighs 62 kg. He belongs to the KIMbia training group by Dieter Hogen. His wife Jackline Maranga is the World Cross Country Champion in 1999; the couple has two daughters.

Bests

  • 2000 m: 4:55,79 min, September 3, 1997, Rieti
  • 3000 m: 7:27,75 min, August 10, 1996, Monaco
  • 5000 m: 12:55,94 min, July 7, 1997, Stockholm
  • 10,000 m: 27:48,12 min, 22 June 2002 Nairobi
  • 10 - km road race: 27:30 min, 24 March 2001 Mobile
  • Half Marathon: 1:02:04 h 16 September, 2007, Philadelphia
  • Marathon: 2:15:58 h, November 5, 2006, New York City
Long-distance running 1997 World Championships in Athletics 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 1998 Commonwealth Games 1999 All-Africa Games 1998 African Championships in Athletics 5000 metres 3000 metres All-weather running track Cross country running New York City Half Marathon New-York-City-Marathon
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