Edward Zakayo competing in the 2018 African Athletics Championship in Asaba, Nigeria
Personal information
Birth name
Edward Pingua Zakayo
Born
(2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 22) Narok, Kenya
Sport
Sport
Athletics
Event
5000 metres
Coached by
Erick Kimaiyo
Achievements and titles
Personal best
5000 m: 13:03.19
Medal record
Representing Kenya
Men's athletics
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast
5000 m
African Championships
2018 Asaba
5000 m
World U20 Championships
2018 Tampere
5000 m
World U18 Championships
2017 Nairobi
3000 m
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.
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]
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...
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other more accomplished runners in the field like Hagos Gebrhiwet or EdwardZakayo. But after a quick first half, Barega faded over the second half and...
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is the current women's world record holder. Kimaiyo has also trained EdwardZakayo, who won the 5000 metres event at an under-20 World Championships, Christopher...
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Minister. Eric Edward Khasakhala was born at Ebwali village in the British Colony and Protectorate of Kenya in Western Kenya, to Zakayo "Daktari" Kwendo...
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