| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Daniel Kyumbe Munguti | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kenyan | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 1995 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 3:33.71 (Nairobi, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniel Kyumbe Munguti (born 28 February 1995) is a Kenyan middle distance runner. [1]
He won a gold medal with Kenyan relay team at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst. [2] [3]
In June 2023, he won the Kenyan Athletics national title over 1500 metres in Nairobi in 3:37.38. [4] [5] He competed in the mile race at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga in 2023, placing thirteenth. [6]
He won a gold medal with Kenyan relay team at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade. [7] He ran a personal best 3:33.71 for the 1500 metres at the 2024 Kip Keino Classic. [8]
He finished runner-up to Reynold Cheruiyot at the Kenyan 1500m Olympic trials in June 2024. [9]
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