Tazana Mikkel Kamanga-Dyrbak (born 12 January 2002) is a Danish sprinter. A former rugby player, he has represented his country at the

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, establishing the national record on and qualifying Denmark for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Kamanga-Dyrbak attended

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for a time. He has a

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n mother, and a Danish father who grew up in Kenya, both former international swimmers. He lives and trains in

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where he has set up a sprint club and trains with his Kenyan coach.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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– 10.22 (+1.5 m/s, Sestriere 2022) *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

– 20.48 (+0.3 m/s, Lusaka 2021), NR *

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

– 38.16 (Tokyo 2021) NR

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* 2002 births Living people Danish male sprinters Danish people of Zambian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Denmark People educated at Millfield European Games competitors for Denmark Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-athletics-bio-stub