Failuna Abdi Matanga
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Born | 28 October 1992 Dodoma-Kondoa-Hachwi |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Long-distance running |
Event | 10,000 metres |
Failuna Abdi Matanga (born 28 October 1992) is a Tanzanian long-distance runner.[1] She competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[2] In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.[3] She finished in 16th place.[3]
In June 2021, she qualified to represent Tanzania at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
References
- ↑ "Failuna Abdi Matanga". IAAF. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ "10,000 Metres Women". IAAF. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- 1 2 "Senior women's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ↑ "Only three athletes to represent Tanzania at Tokyo Olympic games". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
External links
- Failuna Abdi Matanga at World Athletics
- Failuna Abdi Matanga at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Failuna Abdi Matanga at Olympics.com
- Failuna Abdi Matanga at Olympedia
- Failuna Abdi Matanga at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Tanzanian women long-distance runners
- Tanzanian women cross country runners
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Tanzania
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Tanzania
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Tanzania
- People from Kondoa District
- 21st-century Tanzanian sportswomen
- Tanzanian athletics biography stubs
- Tanzanian sportspeople stubs