Johannes Kekana

South African long-distance runner

Johannes Kekana (born 25 April 1972) is a South African long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.

He won the marathon event at the 2003 All-Africa Games. In addition to several marathon wins on home soil, he finished seventeenth at the 2009 World Championships and second at the 2010 Stockholm Marathon.[1]

His personal best times were 1:02:14 hours in the half marathon, achieved in July 2009 in Port Elizabeth; 1:19:19 hours in the 25 kilometres, achieved in May 2010 in Pretoria; and 2:14:37 hours in the marathon, achieved in September 2002 in Sion's Town.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Johannes Kekana at World Athletics
Authority control databases: People Edit this at Wikidata
  • World Athletics
  • v
  • t
  • e
African Games champions in men's road running
  • 1973: Mamo Wolde (ETH)
  • 1978: Richard Mabuza (SWZ)
  • 1987: Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH)
  • 1991: Tena Negere (ETH)
  • 1995: Nicolas Nyengerai (ZIM)
  • 1999: Joshua Peterson (RSA)
  • 2003: Johannes Kekana (RSA)
  • 2007: Deriba Merga (ETH)
  • 2011: Lelisa Desisa (ETH)
  • 2015: Zersenay Tadese (ERI)
  • 2019: Titus Ekiru (KEN)
  • 2023: Samsom Amare (ERI)
  • 1973–2003: Marathon
  • 2007–present: Half marathon


Flag of South AfricaBiography icon

This biographical article relating to South African athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e