Mike Nyang'au

{{short description|Kenyan sprinter}}

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Mike Mokamba Nyang'au (born August 28, 1994) is a Kenyan sprinter.

Mokamba set a national record for Kenya in the 100 meters in winning the 2015 national championships.{{cite web|last=Isaboke |first=Alex |url=http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2015/07/11/httpwww-capitalfm-co-kesportsp39148/ |title=Four records tumble as Nationals close - Capital Sports |publisher=Capitalfm.co.ke |date= 11 July 2015|accessdate=2016-04-03}}

In the 200 meters Mokamba obtained a qualifying time for the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/15/c_134413037.htm/ |title=Kenya sprinters eye Beijing titles - Xinhua | English.news.cn |accessdate=August 1, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718022049/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/15/c_134413037.htm |archivedate=July 18, 2015 }} He ultimately was named to the Kenyan team for that event.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/world-championships-2015-kenyan-team |title=Defending champions Kemboi, Sum, Kiprop and Kiplagat lead Kenya's team for Beijing| News |publisher=iaaf.org |date= |accessdate=2016-04-03}}

Competition record

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colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}}
rowspan=4|2011

|rowspan=3|African Junior Championships

|rowspan=3|Gaborone, Botswana

|7th

|100 m

|11.03

10th (sf)

|200 m

|21.95

5th

|4 × 100 m relay

|43.03

World Youth Championships

|Lille, France

|17th (sf)

|200 m

|21.62

2012

|World Junior Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|28th (h)

|100 m

|10.70

2013

|World Championships

|Moscow, Russia

|23rd (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:06.29

rowspan=5|2015

|World Relays

|Nassau, Bahamas

| –

|4 × 200 m relay

|DQ

World Championships

|Beijing, China

|31st (h)

|200 m

|20.51

rowspan=3|Military World Games

|rowspan=3|Mungyeong, South Korea

|12th (sf)

|100 m

|10.76

8th

|200 m

|21.16

8th

|4 × 100 m relay

|40.58

2016

|African Championships

|Durban, South Africa

|27th (h)

|200 m

|21.83

2017

|World Relays

|Nassau, Bahamas

|7th

|4 × 200 m relay

|1:23.72

rowspan=4|2018

|rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games

|rowspan=2|Gold Coast, Australia

|26th (h)

|200 m

|21.14

6th (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:13.52

rowspan=2|African Championships

|rowspan=2|Asaba, Nigeria

|27th (h)

|200 m

|21.64

5th

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.77

rowspan=4|2019

|World Relays

|Yokohama, Japan

|4th

|4 × 200 m relay

|1:22.55

rowspan=3|African Games

|rowspan=3|Rabat, Morocco

|8th

|200 m

|21.05

11th (h)

|4 × 100 m relay

|41.28

4th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:05.71

2021

|World Relays

|Chorzów, Poland

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 200 m relay

|1:24.26

rowspan=3|2022

|rowspan=3|African Championships

|rowspan=3|St Pierre, Mauritius

|11th (sf)

|200 m

|21.06

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.28

4th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:09.49

rowspan=2|2024

|rowspan=2|African Championships

|rowspan=2|Douala, Cameroon

|40th (h)

|200 m

|22.04

5th

|4 × 100 m relay

|40.11

References

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