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David Barmasai Tumo

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DAVID BARMASAI TUMO
KENYA

BIRTHDATE:
1 January 1989

PERSONAL BEST:
2:07:18 (Dubai, 2011)

WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:

16Apr12 Boston Marathon 8th 2:17:16
04Sep11 IAAF World Championships, Daegu 5th 2:11:37

ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

21Jan11 Dubai Marathon 1st 2:07:18
31Oct10 Nairobi Marathon 1st 2:10:31
13Dec09 Eldoret Marathon 1st 2:16:00

CAREER NOTES:

David Barmasai Tubo's undefeated three-race marathon win streak came to an end at the 2011 IAAF World Championships but he did pick up a WMM scoring point with his fifth place finish.

After a modest 2:16 victory at Eldoret in 2009, he shocked many of his more accomplished countrymen with another win on home soil with a 2:10:31 (40 seconds victory margin) at Nairobi in 2010.

Three months later at Dubai he went through the first half in 1:02:46 and while slowing over the final 21.1 km, Barmasai still won by almost a full minute.