Tarık Langat Akdağ (born Patrick Kipkirui Langat on 16 June 1988, in

Nandi Nandi may refer to: People * Nandy (surname), Indian surname * Nandi (mother of Shaka) (1760–1827), daughter of Bhebe of the Langeni tribe * Onandi Lowe (born 1974), Jamaican footballer nicknamed Nandi * Nandi Bushell (born 2010), South Afri ...

, Kenya) is a Turkish

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength. Within e ...

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

n origin competing in the

3000 m The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

and

5000 m The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stand ...

events. The tall athlete at is a member of

Enkaspor Enkaspor ( tr, Enka Spor Kulübü) is a multi-sports club established in 1983 in Istanbul, Turkey by the Turkish construction conglomerate Enka Construction Co. Enkaspor's main activities are in athletics, water polo, tennis and swimming with 3 ...

, where he is coached by Carol Santa. He is qualified to participate in the

3000 m steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the h ...

event at the

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, finishing in 9th. At the

2013 Mediterranean Games The 2013 Mediterranean Games ( tr, 2013 Akdeniz Oyunları), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games ( tr, XVII Akdeniz Oyunları) and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 i ...

held in

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, Turkey, he won the silver medal in the

event. He became gold medalist in the 3000 m steeplechase event at the

2013 Islamic Solidarity Games The 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games was an international sporting event held in Palembang, Indonesia from 22 September to 1 October 2013. The 2009 event, originally scheduled to take place in Iran, and later re-scheduled for April 2010, was cancelle ...

held in

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, Indonesia. That year, he also competed at the World Championships. He participated in the 3000 m steeplechase at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, but did not finish his heat. In 2017, he competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the

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held in London, United Kingdom.

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* * * * * 1988 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Turkish male long-distance runners Kenyan male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Turkey Turkish people of Kenyan descent Naturalized citizens of Turkey Kenyan emigrants to Turkey People from Nandi County Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey {{Turkey-athletics-bio-stub