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, he set a personal best time of 4:13.17. At the

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, Enzema set a new national record time in the 800 m with a 1:58.19. Three months later at the 2012 African Championships in

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, Benin, he shaved a further 1.9 seconds off the record, lowering it to 1:56.29. He competed in the 800 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics but was eliminated in the first round. At the

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, he competed in the men's 1500m event.

Personal bests

* 800m - 1:51.24 (

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- 3:46.14 (

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- 8:24.18 ( Angoulême,

) 1 June 2018 * 5000m - 14:18.46 (

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) 23 June 2018 * Marathon - 2:23:28 ( Annecy,

) 14 Apr 2019

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* * * * 1989 births Living people People from Evinayong Olympic athletes of Equatorial Guinea Equatoguinean male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Equatorial Guinea Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{equatorialGuinea-athletics-bio-stub