Angela Tanui (born 27 July 1992) is a Kenyan

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runner.

Career

Tanui trains in

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, in her home country of Kenya. She ran a new course record time of 2:17:57 to win the 2021

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in October 2021. Tanui finished fourth at the 2022

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. Tanui won the 2022 edition of the

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in a time of 1:13:29. She was selected by Kenya to run in the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon in which she finished sixth.

Personal bests

* 10 kilometres – 31:51 (

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2014) *

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– 1:07:43 ( Ostia 2017) *

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

– 2:17:57 (

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2021)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanui, Angela 1992 births Living people Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya 21st-century Kenyan sportswomen