Anthony Wamulwa (born 3 August 1989) is a

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n long-distance runner who specializes in the

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. As a junior athlete, he finished tenth (in

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) at the 2005 World Youth Championships, tenth at the

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, seventh at the 2006 World Junior Championships and fifth at the 2008 World Junior Championships. In 2008 he won the gold medal at the Southern Africa Region Cross Country Championships, which meant he had qualified for the

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, where he finished seventeenth out of 109 athletes in the junior race. He had finished ninth in

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. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships and the

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without reaching the final.

Personal bests

*1500 metres - 3:51.80 min (2005) *3000 metres - 7:49.51 min (2008) *5000 metres - 13:25.58 min (2008)

External links

* * http://www.africanathletics.org/?p=103 1989 births Living people Zambian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Zambia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Zambia World Athletics Championships athletes for Zambia People from Mongu District {{Zambia-athletics-bio-stub