Juma Ikangaa
{{Short description|Tanzanian long-distance runner (born 1957)}}
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|birth_date={{birth-date and age|19 July 1957}}
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|medaltemplates={{Medal|Sport | Men's Athletics}}
{{Medal|Country | {{TAN}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{Medal|Silver| 1982 Brisbane | Marathon }}
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Juma Ikangaa (born 19 July 1957 in Dodoma) is a former marathon runner from Tanzania, who won the 1989 New York City Marathon in a course-record time of 2:08:01. Ikangaa was also a sentimental favorite in Boston Marathon after finishing second three years in a row at
the Boston Marathon from 1988 to 1990. A great trainer, Ikangaa said "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare."Michael Sandrock, "Juma Ikangaa," in Running With the Legends, 403-420 (Human Kinetics 1996).
International competitions
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| colspan="6"|Representing {{TAN}} |
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| rowspan=2|1982
|Cairo, Egypt |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:21:05 |
| Commonwealth Games
|Brisbane, Australia |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Marathon |2:09:30 |
| 1983
|Helsinki, Finland |15th |Marathon |
| 1984
|6th |Marathon |
| 1985
|10th |Marathon |2:11:06 |
| 1987
|Rome, Italy |6th |Marathon |
| 1988
|Seoul, South Korea |7th |Marathon |
| 1992
|Barcelona, Spain |34th |Marathon |
| 1993
|Stuttgart, Germany |21st |Marathon |
| 1995
|Gothenburg, Sweden |43rd |Marathon |
Road races
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| rowspan=3|1983
|Tokyo, Japan |5th |Marathon |2:10:54 |
| Melbourne Marathon
|Melbourne, Australia |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:13:50 |
| Fukuoka Marathon
|Fukuoka, Japan |bgcolor="silver"|2nd |Marathon |2:08:55 |
| rowspan=2|1984
|Tokyo, Japan |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:10:49 |
| Melbourne Marathon
|Melbourne, Australia |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:15:31 |
| rowspan=3|1986
|Tokyo, Japan |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:08:10 |
| Beijing Marathon
|Beijing, China |bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd |Marathon |2:08:39 |
| Fukuoka Marathon
|Fukuoka, Japan |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:10:06 |
| 1987
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:12:19 |
| rowspan=2|1988
|Tokyo, Japan |bgcolor="silver"|2nd |Marathon |2:08:42 |
| Boston Marathon
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd |Marathon |2:08:44 |
| rowspan=2|1989
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:08:01 |
| Boston Marathon
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd |Marathon |2:09:56 |
| rowspan=2|1990
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd |Marathon |2:09:52 |
| New York City Marathon
|4th |Marathon |2:14:32 |
| 1992
|4th |Marathon |2:11:44 |
| 1994
|Fukuoka, Japan |10th |Marathon |2:13:57 |
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ik/juma-ikangaa-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ik/juma-ikangaa-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Juma Ikangaa}}
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Category:Tanzanian male long-distance runners
Category:Tanzanian male marathon runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Tanzania
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Tanzania
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Tanzania
Category:New York City Marathon male winners
Category:Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
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