Hoàng Nguyên Thanh (born in 1995 in Bình Phước Province, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese marathoner, who has won five Vietnamese national championships in men's marathon.[1] He is also the first Vietnamese runner to have ever won a gold medal in the men's marathon at the SEA Games, winning in 2021.[2] He finished the marathon in 2:25:08, faster than the second-placed Prayogo by 30 seconds.
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| Birth name | Hoàng Nguyên Thanh | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1995 Bình Phước Province, Việt Nam | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Vietnam | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Marathon | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHis best run for a marathon was in 2:18:42 in the Asian Marathon Championships in Hong Kong Marathon in Hong Kong, China in 2024, this record helps him break the national record for Vietnamese men's marathon in 21 years, since 2003.[3][4]
In Vietnam, Hoàng Nguyên Thanh plays for Bình Phước Province Team, winning 4 consecutive championships in the Tiền Phong Marathon from 2020 to 2024, he finished in 2:26:5 in Tien Phong Marathon 2024.[5][1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Hoàng Nguyên Thanh lập kỷ lục marathon của giải VĐQG (Hoang Nguyen Thanh makes a national record for marathon" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress.vn. 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ "Marathoner wins historic gold for Vietnam at SEA Games 31". vietnamplus.vn. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ "Cán đích 42,195km, Hoàng Nguyên Thanh giành tấm HCV lịch sử cho marathon Việt Nam (wins historic gold for Vietnam at SEA Games 31)". Tuổi Trẻ Online (in Vietnamese). 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ "2024 Hong Kong Marathon results". worldathletics.org. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Hoàng Nguyên Thanh wins 5 consecutive championships in the Tiền Phong Marathon". An ninh Thủ đô. 2023-03-26.