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Kenyan long-distance runner From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Pingua Zakayo (born 25 November 2001) is a Kenyan male long-distance runner who competes in the 5000 metres. He was the bronze medallist in that event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
![]() Edward Zakayo competing in the 2018 African Athletics Championship in Asaba, Nigeria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Edward Pingua Zakayo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Narok, Kenya | 25 November 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 5000 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Erick Kimaiyo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 5000 m: 13:03.19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Born in Narok, Zakayo said his aim in his running career was to help his mother out of poverty and pay for his education.[1] In 2017, he won the Kenyan youth trials and was selected for the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships, where he took a silver medal over 3000 metres in front of a home crowd in Nairobi.[2][3] On 11 June 2018, he won the Kenya World U20 trials with a new personal best of 13:19 to qualify for the U20 World Championships in Finland.[4]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2017 | World U18 Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 2nd | 3000 m | 7:49.17 |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 3rd | 5000 m | 13:54.06 |
World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | 5000 m | 13:20.16 | |
African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 1st | 5000 m | 13:48.58 | |
2019 | African U20 Championships | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 1st | 5000 m | 13:13.06 |
African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 2nd | 5000 m | 13:30.96 |
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