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Emmanuel Wanyonyi

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Emmanuel Wanyonyi (born 1 August 2004) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres, who won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2025 World Championships in this event. With his personal best of 1:41.11 set at the 2024 Lausanne Diamond League, Wanyonyi and Wilson Kipketer are tied for second place in the all-time 800 metre list, behind only Wanyonyi's compatriot David Rudisha, who holds the world record. Wanyonyi also briefly held the world record in the road mile, with a time of 3:54.56, from April 2024 to September 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emmanuel Wanyonyi is the 7,298th most popular athlete (down from 6,317th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Kenya (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 128th most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Emmanuel Wanyonyi ranks 7,298 out of 6,025Before him are Karapet Chalyan, Osman Göçen, Yukie Nakayama, Carlota Ciganda, Milena Baldassarri, and Rudy Fernandez. After him are Nina Savina, Felice Albers, Marloes Keetels, Huang Changzhou, Raven Saunders, and Ju Hui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2004, Emmanuel Wanyonyi ranks 142Before him are Kylie Rogers, Jewison Bennette, Lewis Hall, Collen Kebinatshipi, Gayle, and Sofia Wylie. After him are Mehdi Boukamir, Miha Fontaine, Sheng Lihao, Kaitlyn Maher, Edgar Pujol, and Tang Qianting.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Emmanuel Wanyonyi ranks 168 out of 150Before him are Abel Mutai (1988), Isaac Kimeli (1994), Sally Kipyego (1985), Warsan Shire (1988), Mary Moraa (2000), and Caleb Ndiku (1992). After him are Daniel Ebenyo (1995), Elizabeth Wathuti (1995), Enrique González (null), Abraham Cheroben (1992), Silas Kiplagat (1989), and Ronald Kwemoi (1995).

Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Emmanuel Wanyonyi ranks 127Before him are Abel Mutai (1988), Isaac Kimeli (1994), Sally Kipyego (1985), Mary Moraa (2000), and Caleb Ndiku (1992). After him are Daniel Ebenyo (1995), Enrique González (null), Abraham Cheroben (1992), Silas Kiplagat (1989), Ronald Kwemoi (1995), Joyciline Jepkosgei (1993), and Timothy Kitum (1994).