Saturday, February 13, 2010

February 13 Birthdays

1953
Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzania, distance runner. Attending the University of Texas at El Paso, Nyambui won four straight NCAA titles in the 10,000m from 1979 to 1982, also winning three NCAA 5,000m titles, the 1980 NCAA cross-country championship, and setting the world record in the indoor 5,000m (13:20.4). During this same period he won the silver medal for 5,000m at the 1980 (Moscow) Olympic Games, running 13:21.60 behind Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter.

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