Angela Tanui
{{Short description|Kenyan athlete (born 1992)}}
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| event = Marathon
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Angela Tanui (born 27 July 1992) is a Kenyan marathon runner.{{Cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/angela-tanui-14423894 |title=Angela Tanui|website=worldathletics.org}}
Career
Tanui trains in Iten in Elgeyo Marakwet County, in her home country of Kenya.{{cite web|url= https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/young-tanui-looks-to-upstage-stars-in-the-streets-of-boston-4199802 |website=Nation.Africa|accessdate=8 January 2024|title= Young Tanui looks to upstage stars in the streets of Boston|date=April 15, 2023}} She ran a new course record time of 2:17:57 to win the 2021 Amsterdam Marathon in October 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamkenya.co.ke/news/1904-angela-tanui-pays-tribute-tirop-she-smashed-amsterdam-marathon|website=Teamkenya.co.ke|accessdate=7 January 2024|title= Angela Tanui Pays Tribute to Tirop as She Smashed the Amsterdam Marathon
|first=Neville|last=Amimo|date=17 October 2021}} Tanui finished fourth at the 2022 Tokyo Marathon.{{cite web|url=https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/athletics/story/judith-korir-and-defending-champion-moses-kibet-bracing-up-for-tough-battle-in-australia-2023091511000388964|website=Pulsesports.co.ke|accessdate=8 January 2024|title= Judith Korir and defending champion Moses Kibet bracing up for tough battle in Australia|first=Abigael|last=Wafula|date=17 September 2023}} Tanui won the 2022 edition of the Bogotá Half Marathon in a time of 1:13:29.{{cite web|url= https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/athletics/story/defending-champions-angela-tanui-and-edwin-soi-to-return-to-bogota-half-marathon-2023072809235531935|website=Pulsesports.co.ke|accessdate=8 January 2024|title= Defending champions Angela Tanui and Edwin Soi to return to Bogota Half Marathon|date=28 July 2023}}
She was selected by Kenya to run in the 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's marathon in which she finished sixth.{{Cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/article/11997/women-s-marathon-start-lists-for-the-2022-world-athletics-championships/|title=Women's Marathon Start Lists for the 2022 World Athletics Championships | Watch Athletics|website=www.watchathletics.com}}
Personal bests
- 10 kilometres – 31:51 (Langueux 2014)
- Half marathon – 1:07:43 (Ostia 2017)
- Marathon – 2:17:57 (Amsterdam 2021)
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Category:Kenyan female long-distance runners
Category:Kenyan female marathon runners