Lopez Lomong
South Sudanese-born American track and field athlete / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lopez Lomong (born January 5, 1985)[2][3] is a South Sudanese-born American track and field athlete. Lomong, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, came to the United States at the age of 16 and became a U.S. citizen in 2007.
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Full name | Lopez Lomong | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1985-01-05) January 5, 1985 (age 39) Kimotong, South Sudan | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics/Track, Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 m, 1500 m, Mile, 5000 m, 10,000 m | |||||||||||||||||
College team | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Bowerman Track Club | |||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Jerry Schumacher | |||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 2008 Beijing 1500 m, 21st (sf) 2012 London 5000 m, 10th | |||||||||||||||||
World finals | 2009 Berlin 1500 m, 8th 2013 Moscow 1500 m, 17th (sf) 2019 Doha 10,000 m, 7th | |||||||||||||||||
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Lomong qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 1500 meters at the United States Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon.[4] He was the flag bearer for the United States during the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.[5][6]
He is currently a member of Team Darfur, a group of athletes urging China to exert pressure on the Sudanese government to address the War in Darfur.[7][unreliable source?] Lomong's autobiography, Running for My Life, was published in 2012, co-written with Mark Tabb.