Coolboy Ngamole
{{short description|South African long-distance runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| image= Coolboy Ngamole (South Africa) - London 2012 Mens Marathon.jpg
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| caption= Coolboy Ngamole in the marathon at the 2012 Olympics in London
| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1977|6|21|df=y}}
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| height={{height|m=1.67}}
| weight={{cvt|58|kg}}
| country= {{RSA}}
| sport =Athletics
| event=Marathon
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Coolboy Ngamole (born 21 June 1977){{cite web|title=Athletes - Ngamole, Coolboy biography|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=n/athcode=211073/index.html|publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations|accessdate=17 July 2012}} is a South African long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He competes for the Nedbank Running Club.{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae: Coolboy Ngamole|url=http://www.nedbankrunningclub.co.za/DisplayCustomLink.aspx?name=Coolboy%20Ngamole|publisher=Nedbank Running Club|accessdate=17 July 2012}}
Biography
Ngamole finished in tenth position in the men's 10,000 metres at the Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria.{{cite web|title=2007 All-Africa Games, July 18-22, Algiers|url=http://www.africathle.com/perso/events/ALGER_2007/ALG_results.html|publisher=Africathle|accessdate=17 July 2012}} He finished third in the 2008 South Africa Marathon Championships in a then personal best time of two hours, fifteen minutes and eight seconds. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin, Germany, Ngamole competed in the men's marathon; he finished 22nd in a season's best time of two hours, 16 minutes and 20 seconds in a race won by Abel Kirui of Kenya.{{cite web |title=Marathon - M Final |url=http://berlin.iaaf.org/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=MAR/combCode=hash/timetable.html |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=17 July 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906030459/http://berlin.iaaf.org/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=MAR/combCode=hash/timetable.html |archivedate=2009-09-06 |url-status=dead }}
Ngamole won the South African Marathon Championships in 2010 and was runner-up in 2011.{{cite news|title=Ngamole states case for Olympic team|url=http://www.supersport.com/athletics/running/news/120205/Ngamole_states_case_for_Olympic_team|accessdate=17 July 2012|date=5 February 2012|publisher=SuperSport}} He competed in the men's marathon at the 2011 World Championships held in daegu, South Korea, finishing in 46th position in a time of two hours thirty minutes and one second.{{cite web|title=Marathon - M Final|url=http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=MAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_MAR_hash_f|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=17 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801031940/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/ResultsByEvent.aspx?%2Fdisctype=4%2Fsex%3DM%2FdiscCode%3DMAR%2FcombCode%3Dhash%2FroundCode%3Df%2Fresults.html#detM_MAR_hash_f|archivedate=1 August 2012}}
At the 2012 South African Marathon Championships Ngamole won the race with a time of two hours, 13 minutes and 18 seconds, beating second placed Michael Mazibuko by nearly two minutes, to reclaim the title.{{cite web|title=Ngamole Reclaims SA Marathon Title|url=http://www.athletics.org.za/News/DisplayNewsItem.aspx?niid=12709|publisher=Athletics South Africa|accessdate=17 July 2012|date=6 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121225102245/http://www.athletics.org.za/News/DisplayNewsItem.aspx?niid=12709|archivedate=25 December 2012}} This was the second occasion he had finished inside the Olympic 'A' qualification standard for the 2012 Summer Olympics, having run a new personal best of two hours, ten minutes and 43 seconds at a race in Valencia, Spain in November 2011.{{cite news|last=Sports Staff and Sapa|title=Olympics beckon for Ngamole|url=http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/2012/02/06/olympics-beckon-for-ngamole|accessdate=17 July 2012|newspaper=The Sowetan|date=6 February 2012}}
In July 2012 Ngamole was selected to represent South Africa at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, where he competed alongside compatriots Lusapho April and Stephen Mokoka.{{cite news|last=McCallum|first=Kevin|title=Lucky 13 for ecstatic Oscar|url=http://www.iol.co.za/sport/athletics/lucky-13-for-ecstatic-oscar-1.1334718|accessdate=17 July 2012|date=5 July 2012|publisher=IOL Sport}} The event took place on 12 August over the London Olympic street course.{{cite web|title=Men's Marathon|url=http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-marathon/|publisher=Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games|accessdate=17 July 2012|archive-date=16 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716160431/http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-marathon|url-status=dead}}
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Category:South African male long-distance runners
Category:South African male marathon runners
Category:Olympic athletes for South Africa
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games