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| Full name | Brian Onyari Tinega | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Onyari Tinega (born 24 November 2002) is a Kenyan sprinter who predominantly competes over 400 metres. [1]
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| Full name | Brian Onyari Tinega | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Onyari Tinega (born 24 November 2002) is a Kenyan sprinter who predominantly competes over 400 metres. [1]
In June 2024, he was a silver medalist with the men's 4 x 400 metres team at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics in Douala, Cameroon. [2]
He won a bronze medal with the Kenyan mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025. [3] [4] [5] He also ran alongside Zablon Ekwam, Boniface Mweresa and Kevin Kipkorir in the Kenyan men's 4 x 400 metres team which qualified for the final and ensured a place at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships in September 2025, setting the third fastest time in the qualifying round. [6] [7] He won the men’s national 400m race at the Kip Keino Classic with a time of 45.06 seconds. [8]
In June 2025, he ran 44.67 seconds to finish runner-up behind national champion George Mutinda in the men's 400m at the Kenyan National Championships, a time that was under the World Championship qualifying standard in the event. [9] The following month, he was named in the Kenyan team for the individual 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. [10] He ran on the opening day in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay. [11] He also ran in the heats of the men's 400 metres without advancing to the semi-finals. [12]
