William Tanui (born February 22, 1964) | World Biographical Encyclopedia

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<h2 class="article__title" id="work"> Career </h2> <p class="article__text">In the World Indoor Championships at Seville in 1991, Tanui crossed the line first, but was disqualified for breaking from his lane too early. Tanui"s greatest moment came at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. In the 800 m final he stormed down the outside, actually finishing in lane 3, to narrowly beat a fellow countryman Nixon Kiprotich for the gold medal.<br/><br/>Tanui was unable to repeat this form in his only appearance at a World Championships, at Stuttgart in 1993, finishing seventh.<br/><br/>He finished 2nd at the IAAF World Cup 800 metres race in 1992 and 1994. Tanui concentrated more on the 1500 m in the latter part of his career, and he finished fifth at that distance in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.<br/><br/>At the World Indoor Championships, Tanui finished third in the 1500 m at Paris in 1997, and fourth at Maebashi in 1999. Tanui currently volunteers for Terik community to uplift sports programs among the youth.</p> <a rel="nofollow" class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=1754737&section=workResults#work"></a> </article> <article class="article__item"> <h2 class="article__title" id="achievement"> Achievements </h2> <ul class="interest-list" id="achievementsAnchor"> <li class="interest-list__item"> <figure class="article__container"> <p class="article__text">Born in Terik Location of South Nandi District, William Tanui first came to notice relatively late in life, when he won the 1500 m at the Kenyan Commonwealth Games trials in 1989, but ran only sixth at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. In the same year he won the 800 m at the African Championships in Cairo. He won 800 metres in the 1991 All-Africa Games.</p> <a class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=1754737&section=major-achievements#work"></a> </figure> </li> </ul> </article>     </section> </div> </div> <div id="rightSidebar" class="layout-grid__col responsive__col__right" style="display:none;"> <div class="info"> <div class="info__item"> <div class="photo"> <div class="photo__general" id="mainAnchor"> <div class="avatar-section"> <a class="preLogin" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=1754737&section=generalInfo#general"> <button class="btn btn_add_general_photo"> <i class="icon icon_photo"></i> Add photo </button> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="info__item"> <div class="photo"> <div class="photo__general"> <a onclick="Prabook.fn.pageViewEventTracker('viewBigMap');return true;" href="#map"> <img id="static-map" border="0" src="/web/img/map-stock.png" alt="Click for see on larger map"> </a> </div> </div> <div class="view-more-wrap 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