Lungile Gongqa

Lungile Gongqa
Personal information
Born (1979-02-22) 22 February 1979
Height 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Marathon

Lungile Gongqa (born 22 February 1979) is a South African long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He competed in the men's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] However, he dropped out of the race before the 35 km mark and did not finish the race.[2][3]

Gongqa won the 2017 Two Oceans Marathon.[4] He hails from Khayelitsha in Cape Town.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Lungile Gongqa". Rio 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Brave April earns commendable marathon finish". Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  3. ↑ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  4. 1 2 Vice, Telford. "Two Oceans winner Gongqa won't run Comrades".
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