Samwel Shauri

Samwel Shauri
Personal information
Birth name Samwel Kwaangu Shauri
Nationality  Tanzania
Born (1985-12-30) 30 December 1985
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 5000 m: 13:39.25
10,000 m: 27:49.35

Samwel Kwaangu Shauri (born December 30, 1985) is a Tanzanian long-distance runner.[1] Shauri represented Tanzania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 10,000 metres, along with his compatriots Dickson Marwa and Fabiano Joseph Naasi. He finished the race in twenty-first place by nearly eight seconds behind Qatar's Essa Ismail Rashed, with a time of 28:06.26.[2]

References

  1. "Samwel Shauri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. "Men's 10,000m Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 December 2012.


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