Edward Zakayo

{{Short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}

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| birth_name = Edward Pingua Zakayo

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|11|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Narok, Kenya

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 5000 metres

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| coach = Erick Kimaiyo

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| pb = 5000 m: 13:03.19

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{{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}

{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2018 Gold Coast|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|African Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Asaba|5000 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|World U20 Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Tampere|5000 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|World U18 Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2017 Nairobi|3000 m}}

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Edward Pingua Zakayo (born 25 November 2001) is a Kenyan male long-distance runner who competes in the 5000 metres. He was the bronze medallist in that event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Born in Narok, Zakayo said his aim in his running career was to help his mother out of poverty and pay for his education.[https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6068967-edward-pingua-zakayo.htm Edward Pingua ZAKAYO]. Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-08. In 2017, he won the Kenyan youth trials and was selected for the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships, where he took a silver medal over 3000 metres in front of a home crowd in Nairobi.[https://more.arrs.run/runner/44709 Edward Zakayo] Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2018-04-08.[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-u18-championships/iaaf-world-u18-championships-nairobi-2017-5838/news/report/men/3000-metres/final Report: boys' 3000m – IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 ]. IAAF (2017-07-16). Retrieved 2018-04-08. On 11 June 2018, he won the Kenya World U20 trials with a new personal best of 13:19 to qualify for the U20 World Championships in Finland.{{cite web|url=https://www.athleticskenya.or.ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/WORLD-U20-TRIALS-AT-MOI-INTERNATIONAL-STADIUM-KASARANI-2018.pdf|title=Trials at MOI International Stadium|website=athleticskenya.or.ke|access-date=3 February 2024}}