Phillimon Hanneck (born 12 May 1971 in

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– now Harare, Zimbabwe) is a long-distance runner who specialized in the

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. He originally represented

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changed nationality in 1999 to the

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. He won a

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at the

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in Victoria, and finished tenth in at the

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. His personal best time was 13:14.50 minutes, achieved in June 1994 in

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. He is the course record holder at the

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, in

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. He won the race in 1994 and 1995, setting the course record in 1995 with a time of 21:19 on the 4.748 mile (7.641 km) course. He also holds the course records for the

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10K race in

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, Italy, having won with a time of 28:02.1 in 1991,Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (2009-01-05)
Corsa Internazionale di San Silvestro

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. Retrieved on 2010-01-03. and the Marin Marin Memorial Day Races 10k, held in Kentfield California, USA, with a time of 28:45 in 1994.Marian Memorial Day Races Results
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Retrieved on 2011-05-30. Hanneck was the 1993 winner of the

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. He holds the event record of the Gasparilla Distance Classic's 15k road race held in Tampa, Florida, USA. On Feb. 26, 1994, Hanneck set that mark at Gasparilla with his time of 42:35. Phillimon was actually educated at Allan Wilson Boys High school. Graduated at The University of Texas with a degree BBA in Management. Hanneck has a 17-year-old daughter. He set a world record in a road mile in 3 minutes and 46 seconds in

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. Hanneck has 5 Zimbabwean records 1500m 3:35, 3000m 7:42,mile 3:53, 5000m 13:14 and 15 km 42 mins and 35 seconds.

International competitions

References

1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Harare Zimbabwean male long-distance runners Zimbabwean male middle-distance runners American male long-distance runners American male middle-distance runners Olympic male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Zimbabwe Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Zimbabwe Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Zimbabwe Japan Championships in Athletics winners Zimbabwean emigrants to the United States Alumni of Allan Wilson High School {{Zimbabwe-bio-stub