Juma Ikangaa (born 19 July 1957 in Dodoma) is a

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runner from

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, who won the 1989

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in a course-record time of 2:08:01. Ikangaa was also a sentimental favorite in

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after finishing second three years in a row at the

from 1988-1990. A great trainer, Ikangaa said "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare."Michael Sandrock, "Juma Ikangaa," in Running With the Legends, 403-420 (Human Kinetics 1996).

International competitions

Road races

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* * 1957 births Living people People from Dodoma Tanzanian male long-distance runners Tanzanian male marathon runners Olympic athletes of Tanzania Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Tanzania Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Tanzania New York City Marathon male winners {{Tanzania-athletics-bio-stub