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Born | September 10, 1996 Madunga, Babati, Manyara Region, Tanzania | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Tanzania | ||||||||||||||
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Gabriel Gerald Geay (born 10 September 1996) [1] is a Tanzanian professional long-distance runner. [2] He finished second at the 2023 Boston Marathon. [3]
Geay is the Tanzanian national record holder for the marathon. He also has the fastest Marathon time for a person born outside of Kenya or Ethiopia.
Geay has won 7 notable road races including the Peachtree Road Race in 2016 [4] and the Bolder Boulder 10K in 2017.
In 2017, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Kampala, Uganda, finishing 22nd. [5]
As of July 2018, he earned over US$33,000 in prize money. [2]
In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark and finished in 88th place. [6]
In 2021, he placed sixth in a new Tanzanian national record of 2:04:55 at the Milano City Marathon in Italy. This performance qualified him for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He competed at the Games with compatriot Alphonce Felix Simbu in the men's marathon in August 2021. [1]
In 2022, he was second in the Valencia Marathon in Spain in a national record of 2:03:00.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
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2014 | African Junior Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 4th | 5000 m | 14:59.87 |
2017 | World Cross Country Championships | Kampala, Uganda | 22nd | Senior race | 29:47 |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | – | 5000 m | DNS | |
2019 | World Cross Country Championships | Aarhus, Denmark | 87th | Senior race | 35:16 |
African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 6th | 1500 m | 3:39.29 | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | – | Marathon | DNF |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 7th | Marathon | 2:07:31 |
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2023 | Boston Marathon | Boston, MA, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:06:04 |
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