Simon Mrashani

Simon Mrashani
Medal record
Representing  Tanzania
Men's athletics
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1998 Marathon
African Games
Bronze medal – third place Harare, Zimbabwe 1995 Marathon

Simon Mrashani Basiligitwa (born 18 April 1964) is a Tanzanian marathon runner.

He won the silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur in a time of 2:19:42 hours. He set his PR of 2:11:34 in 1991 in Japan, and was subsequently named to the national World Championship team in the same year.[1] The next year he finished second in the Hamburg Marathon in Germany, just behind fellow-Tanzanian marathoner Julius Sumaye. His younger sister Banuelia Mrashani also ran the marathon at an elite level internationally.

Achievements

  • All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Tanzania
1991 Lake Biwa Marathon Ōtsu, Japan 1st 2:11:34
World Championships Tokyo, Japan — DNF
1992 Hamburg Marathon Hamburg, Germany 2nd 2:15:45
1994 Mars Duna Marathon Visegrád, Hungary 1st 2:17:38
1995 Antwerp Marathon Antwerp, Belgium 3rd 2:16:08
1996 Prague Marathon Prague, Czech Republic 6th 2:16:00
1998 Vienna Marathon Vienna, Austria 6th 2:13:19
2000 Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka, Japan 16th 2:18:51

References

  1. ^ "Simon MRASHANI". Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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