Moses Tanui (born 20 August 1965 in Sugoi

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n long-distance runner who won the gold medal over

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at the

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in Tokyo.

Biography

At the

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in Stuttgart he finished second after a controversial incident on the final lap in which he lost one shoe after the eventual winner

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had stepped repeatedly, lap after lap as a race video reveals, upon Tanui's heels. He also won the 100th Boston Marathon in 1996 as well as the 102nd Boston Marathon in 1998. Tanui won

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in 1995 and silver in the 1997 competition. He was the first athlete to run a

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in less than one hour by running 59:47 in

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on 3 April 1993. His record was broken five years later by fellow Kenyan

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. At the

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in 1999, Tanui helped spur

Khalid Khannouchi Khalid Khannouchi ( ar, خالد خنّوشي) (born September 12, 1971) is a retired American marathoner. He was born in Meknes, Morocco. He is the former world record holder for the marathon and held the former road world best for the 20 km ...

to a new world record, eventually finishing 2nd in 2:06:16, which was a Kenyan national record and the third fastest marathon in history at that point. He was still active in 2004 when he competed at the

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. He retired later due to a knee injury. Today he operates a training camp in

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Tanui has also initiated two of Eldoret's most prominent events, the Discovery Cross Country race, and the Eldoret City Marathon. He was involved in a serious car accident near

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in February 2010 suffering major injuries to his leg and chest.

David Lelei David Lelei (10 May 1971 – 17 February 2010) was a Kenyan middle distance runner. who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres. He was later an athletics official and a political candidate, but died in a vehicle accident in 2010. Career In 1999 L ...

, another former runner, was driving Tanui's car and died in the accident.

Achievements

*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanui, Moses 1965 births Living people People from Nandi County Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners Kenyan athletics coaches Olympic athletes of Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya World Athletics Half Marathon Championships winners Boston Marathon male winners Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya Kenyan male cross country runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships winners