Nicholas Manza Kamakya

Nicholas Manza Kamakya (born 1 January 1985) is an Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running events, including marathons.

He was the 2007 winner of the Boilermaker Road Race 15K.^[1] In 2009 he came second at the Prague Half Marathon with a personal best of 1:00:09 hours, won the Göteborgsvarvet, was second at the Beijing Marathon.^[2] and won the Montferland Run missing Haile Gebrselassie record by only two seconds.^[3]

He ran at the 2010 Rome Marathon and finished in sixth place.^[4] In 2011, he was the runner-up at the Los Angeles Marathon, ending the race with a time of 2:09:26, which was almost three minutes after the race winner Markos Geneti.^[5] Manza won the Gold Coast Marathon in 2011, with a new race record of 2:10:01.^[6] He improved his personal best time to 2:06:34 hours at the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon, finishing in fourth place.^[7]

Personal bests

• 5000 metres - 13:30.81 min (2004)
• 10,000 metres - 28:16.77 min (2008)
• Half marathon - 1:00:09 hrs (2009)
• Marathon - 2:06:34 hrs (2009)

References

1. ^ Post, Marty (2010-07-12). Utica Boilermaker 15 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
2. ^ IAAF: Bai and Mugo take Beijing Marathon titles, 18. Oktober 2009
3. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2009-12-07). Beating the conditions, Manza and Cheptonui take Montferland 15Km wins. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-11.
4. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2010-03-21). Ethiopian double as Rome celebrates Bikila – Rome Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
5. ^ Reavis, Tony (2011-03-21). Geneti debuts with 2:06 in LA. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
6. ^ Men’s race record set: 2011 Gold Coast Airport Marathon - All African affair with men's and women's winners. Retrieved on 2011-08-22.
7. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-16). Chebet sizzles sub-2:06, course record for Gelana in Amsterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-19.

External links

• IAAF profile for Nicholas Manza Kamakya

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Name	Kamakya, Nicholas Manza
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Short description	Kenyan long-distance runner
Date of birth	1985-01-01
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