Juma Ikangaa

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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."^[1]

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Born	19 July 1957 (1957-07-19) (age 68)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Tanzania Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Marathon
Men's Athletics
Representing  Tanzania
Commonwealth Games
	1982 Brisbane	Marathon
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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Tanzania
1982	African Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	Marathon	2:21:05
	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	2nd	Marathon	2:09:30
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	15th	Marathon	2:13:11
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	6th	Marathon	2:11:10
1985	1985 World Marathon Cup	Hiroshima, Japan	10th	Marathon	2:11:06
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	6th	Marathon	2:13:43
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	7th	Marathon	2:13:06
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	34th	Marathon	2:19:34
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	21st	Marathon	2:24:23
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	43rd	Marathon	2:30:53

• Juma Ikangaa at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juma Ikangaa". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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