George Manangoi


George Meitamei Manangoi is a Kenyan middle-distance runner.
In the 1,500 metres event, his personal best is a 3:31.49. He won this event at the 2018 IAAF [World U20 Championships|2018 U20 World Championships] in Tampere, defeating Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
He is the young brother of Elijah Manangoi, who is also a middle-distance runner.
On 20 July 2018, he attempted and failed to break the junior world record in the 1,000 metres during the Herculis track meet in Monaco, and was defeated by Solomon Lekuta.
He also won the 1500 metres event at the Athletics at the [2019 African Games|2019 African Games] in Rabat.

Personal bests

;Outdoor
EventTimeDatePlace
800 m1:47.308 March 2018Pretoria
1000 m2:18.0720 July 2019Monaco
1500 m3:31.4912 July 2019Monaco