Nicholas Manza Kamakya Explained

Nicholas Manza Kamakya (born 1 January 1985) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running events, including marathons.

He was the 2007 winner of the Boilermaker Road Race 15K.^[1] In 2009 he came second at the Prague Half Marathon with a personal best of 1:00:09 hours, won the Göteborgsvarvet, was second at the Beijing Marathon.^[2] and won the Montferland Run, missing Haile Gebrselassie record by only two seconds.^[3]

He ran at the 2010 Rome Marathon and finished in sixth place.^[4] In 2011, he was the runner-up at the Los Angeles Marathon, ending the race with a time of 2:09:26, which was almost three minutes after the race winner Markos Geneti.^[5] Manza won the Gold Coast Marathon in 2011, with a new race record of 2:10:01.^[6] He improved his personal best time to 2:06:34 hours at the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon, finishing in fourth place.^[7] He entered the 2011 Honolulu Marathon, but withdrew early on in the race due to pain in his Achilles tendon.^[8] He ran at the Lake Biwa Marathon in March 2012, but did not finish this race either.^[9] At run of 2:08:28 brought him fourth place at the 2012 Berlin Marathon.^[10]

Personal bests

• 5000 metres - 13:30.81 min (2004)
• 10,000 metres - 28:16.77 min (2008)
• Half marathon - 1:00:09 hrs (2009)
• Marathon - 2:06:34 hrs (2009)

Notes and References

1. Post, Marty (2010-07-12). Utica Boilermaker 15 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
2. [International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]
3. van Hemert, Wim (2009-12-07). Beating the conditions, Manza and Cheptonui take Montferland 15Km wins. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-11.
4. Sampaolo, Diego (2010-03-21). Ethiopian double as Rome celebrates Bikila – Rome Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
5. Reavis, Tony (2011-03-21). Geneti debuts with 2:06 in LA. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
6. http://www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au/default.asp?PageID=21961 Men’s race record set: 2011 Gold Coast Airport Marathon - All African affair with men's and women's winners
7. van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-16). Chebet sizzles sub-2:06, course record for Gelana in Amsterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-19.
8. Monti, David (2011-12-12). Thrilling finishes in Honolulu. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-12-16.
9. Nakamura, Ken (2012-03-04). With fast debut, Ndungu takes Lake Biwa title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-06.
10. Butcher, Pat (2012-09-30). Close victory for Mutai but more straightforward for Kebede in Berlin - REPORT. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-31.