Gabriel Geay
 Gabriel Geay nearing halfway point in 2022 Boston Marathon where he got 4th place. | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | September 10, 1996 Tanzania |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
| Event(s) | 10 km, 5 km, Half marathon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
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Gabriel Gerald Geay (born September 10, 1996) is a Tanzanian long-distance runner.[1] Geay has competed at the professional level in distances 5K through to the half marathon.[2]
Geay has won 7 notable road races including the Peachtree Road Race (2016)[3] and the Bolder Boulder 10K (2017). As of July 2018, Geay has earned over US$33,000 in prize money.[2]
In 2017, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Kampala, Uganda.[4] He finished in 22nd place.[4]
In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.[5][6] He finished in 88th place.[6]
In 2021 he placed 6th in a new Tanzanian national record of 2:04:55 at the Milano Marathon in Italy. This performance qualified him for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the men's marathon. He competed at the Olympics with compatriot Alphonce Felix Simbu in the men's marathon in August 2021.[7]
Career achievements
| Date | Event | Distance | Venue | Time | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2017 | Lilac Bloomsday Run | 12 km | Spokane WA, USA | 34:31 | 1st |
| 20 Nov 2016 | Yiwu Half Marathon | Half Marathon | Yiwu, CHN | 1:02:57 | 1st |
| 04 Jul 2016 | AJC Peachtree Road Race | 10 km | Atlanta GA, USA | 28:49 | 1st |
| 08 Jul 2018 | Boilermaker Road Race | 15 km | Utica NY, USA | 43:40 | 1st |
| 14 Jul 2019 | Boilermaker Road Race | 15k run | Utica NY, USA | 43:35 | 1st |
| 29 May 2017 | Bolder Boulder | 10 km | Boulder CO, USA | 29:02.2 | 1st |
| 11 Jun 2016 | Portland Track Festival | 10 km | Portland OR, USA | 28:04.98 | 1st |
| 5 May 2017 | Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational | 5 km | Palo Alto CA, USA | 13:20.35 | 3rd |
| 26 Mar 2017 | IAAF World Cross Country Championships | 9.858 km | Kampala, UGA | 29:47 | 22nd |
| 12 Jun 2016 | Portland Track Festival | 5 km | Portland OR, USA | 13:25.66 | 4th |
References
- ^ a b "IAAF: Gabriel Gerald GEAY | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ a b "ARRS - Runner: Gabriel Gerald Geay". arrs.auguszt.in. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ "Unlikely winner of AJC Peachtree is Tanzanian Gabriel Geay". ajc. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ a b "Senior men's race" (PDF). 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Gabriel Gerald Geay". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Senior men's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Gabriel Gerald GEAY | Profile | World Athletics".
- ^ "ARRS - Runner: Gabriel Gerald Geay". arrs.auguszt.in. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
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- 1996 births
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Tanzania
- Olympic male marathon runners
- 20th-century Tanzanian people
- 21st-century Tanzanian people