Suleiman Nyambui Biography
Suleiman
Nyambui is a famous Marathon Runner, who was born on February 13, 1953
in Tanzania. Suleiman Nyambui (born February 13, 1953) is a former track
athlete from Tanzania who specialized in various long-distance
disciplines. Nyambui won the bronze medal at the 1978 All-Africa Games,
the silver medal in 5000 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and
finished first at three consecutive marathons between 1987 and 1988. He
holds multiple indoor national records of Tanzania in athletics.
He
attended UTEP from 1978 to 1982, where, as an older athlete (he was 29
when he graduated), he won four straight NCAA titles in the 10,000
meters — one of only five Division I men to ever accomplish such a feat.
He also won three straight NCAA titles in the 5,000 meters while at
UTEP and was the 1980 NCAA Cross Country champion. In a memorable
Millrose Games race in New York in February 1981, Nyambui broke the
world indoor 5,000 meter record with a 13:20.4, just ahead of Alberto
Salazar who broke the American indoor 5,000 meter record.
Nyambui
had dropped out of school after primary education. He became a
fisherman in Ukerewe District in Mwanza Region, where his potential as a
good athlete was spotted by the Region’s Athletic Organization. The
organization helped in his training and afforded him facilities and
guidance in making him a national and international athlete. He also had
joined the Tanzania National Service before he went to train as a
teacher. He taught school at Bukumbi (20 miles from Mwanza City) before
moving to the United States to study for his bachelor’s and master’s
degrees at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Then he took a
contract to train Bahraini athletes along with Canadian coaches Craig
Taylor and Greg Peters from 1996-1998. After that he moved back to
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