South Sudanese-born American track and field athlete
Lopez Lomong
Lomong running 1500 m at the US Olympic Team Trials in 2008
Personal information
Full name
Lopez Lomong
Nationality
American
Born
(1985-01-05) January 5, 1985 (age 39) Kimotong, South Sudan
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Sport
Country
United States
Sport
Athletics/Track, Long-distance running
Event(s)
800 m, 1500 m, Mile, 5000 m, 10,000 m
College team
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
Club
Bowerman Track Club
Coached by
Jerry Schumacher
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2008 Beijing 1500 m, 21st (sf) 2012 London 5000 m, 10th
World finals
2009 Berlin 1500 m, 8th 2013 Moscow 1500 m, 17th (sf) 2019 Doha 10,000 m, 7th
Personal bests
800 m: 1:45.58 (Eugene 2008)
1500 m: 3:32.20 (Monaco 2010)
Mile: 3:51.45 (Eugene 2013)
Indoor Mile: 3:51.21i (New York 2013)
5000 m: 12:58.78 (Portland 2020)
Indoor 5000 m: 13:07.00i (New York 2013)
10,000 m: 27:04.72 (Doha 2019)
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing the United States
NACAC Championships
2018 Toronto
10,000 m
2015 Costa Rica
5000 m
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Lopez Lomong (born January 5, 1985)[3][4] is a South Sudanese-born American track and field athlete. Lomong, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, came to the United States at the age of 16 and became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
Lomong qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 1500 meters at the United States Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon.[5] He was the flag bearer for the United States during the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.[6][7]
He is currently a member of Team Darfur, a group of athletes urging China to exert pressure on the Sudanese government to address the War in Darfur.[8][unreliable source?] Lomong's autobiography, Running for My Life, was published in 2012, co-written with Mark Tabb.
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lopez Lomong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
^"Former 'Lost Boy' Olympic runner Lopez Lomong training in Oregon". KGW.com. April 20, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
^Lopez Lomong. nbcolympics.com
^Farrey, Tom (July 2, 2008). "I came all the way here, so I have to run". ESPN The Magazine. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
^Hersh, Philip (July 6, 2008). "A winner in long run". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
^"U.S. flagbearer Lomong has unbelievable story of personal triumph - Tim Layden - SI.com". CNN. August 8, 2008.
^"Fleeing Sudanese fill refugee camps". CNN. December 28, 2011. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
^Yahoo Archived July 15, 2012, at archive.today. Voices.yahoo.com (April 23, 2014). Retrieved on 2017-01-16.
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