Nicholas Manza Kamakya

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

Kamakya at the Berlin Marathon 2012
Nicholas Manza Kamakya during Prague International Marathon in 2014

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

References
  1. Post, Marty (2010-07-12). Utica Boilermaker 15 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
  2. IAAF: Bai and Mugo take Beijing Marathon titles, 18. Oktober 2009
  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. Men’s race record set: 2011 Gold Coast Airport Marathon - All African affair with men's and women's winners. Retrieved on 2011-08-22.
  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.
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