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| Birth name | William Mbevi Mutunga | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400m hurdles, 400m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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William Mbevi Mutanga (born 12 July 1993) is a Kenyan athlete. [1]
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| Birth name | William Mbevi Mutunga | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400m hurdles, 400m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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William Mbevi Mutanga (born 12 July 1993) is a Kenyan athlete. [1]
He won the bronze medal at the Athletics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 400 metre hurdles. [2] He finished fifth in the final of the 400m hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [3] At the same Games he then won a bronze medal as part of the Kenyan 4x400m relay team. [4]
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