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  IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
Ngeny first came to international prominence by setting two World Junior records in 1997 - 3:32.91 for 1500m in Monaco and 3:50.41 for the Mile in Nice, and under the guidance of renowned manager and coach, the late Kim McDonald, his progression continued in 1998, improving his 1500m time to 3:30.34 in Monaco.
Ngeny returned to Australia in 2001 to win the Goodwill Games Mile in Brisbane but a car crash in Kenya in November of that year put him out of action for much of the winter.
Ngeny currently resides in Eldoret and in addition to his duties as a sergeant in the Kenyan Armed Forces he is very active as a coaching mentor in the PACE Sports Management training camp in Kaptagat.
www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=2/newsId=36819.html   (906 words)

  
  Noah Ngeny - Biocrawler
Noah Kiprono Ngeny (born November 2, 1978) is a Kenyan athlete, the surprise winner of the 1500 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Ngeny, a good 1500 m runner, had difficulty breaking through, with many of his compatriots also being strong middle and long distance runners.
At the Kenyan Trials for the 2004 Summer Olympics, he failed to qualify for the team, and was not able to defend his title in Athens.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Noah_Ngeny   (240 words)

  
 Noah Ngeny Information
Ngeny, a great 1500 m runner, had difficulty breaking through, with many of his compatriots also being strong middle and long distance runners.
Ngeny's world record of 2:11.96 still stands (as of December 2005) and has not really been challenged to this day.
Ngeny was also second to El Guerrouj when the latter set the world record for the mile run on July 7, 1999, at 3:43.13.
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 Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Noah Ngeny"
In 1999 Ngeny set the current world record over 1,000 meters, breaking the long-standing record held by Sebastian Coe, with a time of 2:11.96.
Ngeny was also second to El Guerrouj when the latter set the world record for the mile run on July 7, 1999, at 3:43.13.
In 2000, Ngeny finished second to El Guerrouj in the 1500 m at the Weltklasse Zürich meet in a time of 3:28.12, making him the Kenyan record holder and third fastest ever in the event.
www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=noah_%4Egeny   (368 words)

  
 Noah Ngeny   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Noah, hitherto, had always viewed the back of the Moroccan's vest at the finish of every important race they had contested but this time things would be different.
Noah won his comfortably enough but the time was meaningless.
Noah Ngeny thus became the third Kenyan to win the 1500m.
www.athletics-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=463   (296 words)

  
 2000 Olympic track champ Ngeny retires - Boston.com
Noah Ngeny, who upset Hicham El Guerrouj to win the 1,500-meter gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, retired because of recurring back and pelvis problems from 2001 car accident in Kenya.
At the 2000 Sydney Games, Ngeny overtook El Guerrouj in the final meters to win the 1,500 in an Olympic record time of 3 minutes, 32.07 seconds.
Ngeny had pushed El Guerrouj in a half-dozen other races, but had never beaten him until then.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/11/23/2000_olympic_track_champ_ngeny_retires?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News   (217 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Ngeny runs season's fastest 1500m
Kenya's Noah Ngeny continued to flirt with middle-distance records at the Paris Golden League athletics meeting on Wednesday, clocking the fastest 1,500 metres this season.
Ngeny, who pushed Hicham El Guerrouj to the mile world record in Rome two weeks ago and narrowly missed breaking Sebastian Coe's 1,000m mark at the weekend in Nice, has been the revelation this season, having also clocked the top four 1,500m times this year.
In a display of his growing confidence and form, the 20-year-old Ngeny calmly followed pacemakers through the opening two laps on a cool, blustery Paris evening.
www.rediff.com /sports/1999/jul/22kenya.htm   (669 words)

  
 Noah Ngeny | DBpedia.org
Ngeny deltok i sitt første internasjonale mesterskap under VM 1999 i Sevilla.
Vuonna 1999 Ngeny rikkoi lähes kaksi vuosikymmentä vanhan, Sebastian Coen nimissä olleen 1 000 metrin juoksun maailmanennätyksen ajalla 2.11,96, mikä on yhä voimassa (joulukuussa 2005).
Noah Ngeny, född är en kenyansk friidrottare, medeldistanslöpare som vann OS-guld på 1500 m i Sydney 2000 då han spurtslog Hicham El Guerrouj efter att ha liftat med i dennes rygg stora delar av loppet.
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 Atletiek: Oud-olympisch kampioen Ngeny stopt
22-11-2006 - Noah Ngeny heeft besloten zijn atletiekloopbaan te beëindigen.
Ngeny had een jaar voor zijn topprestatie in Sydney al naam gemaakt op de strijd om de wereldtitels in Sevilla.
Dat record op de incourante afstand staat nog steeds en in de afgelopen jaren is niemand ook maar in de buurt gekomen van die tijd.
www.12move.nl /content/article/osporn/511410.htm   (123 words)

  
 Noah Ngeny
Der Artikel Noah Ngeny gehört zur Kategorie: Mann, Leichtathlet (Kenia), Olympiasieger (Leichtathletik), Geboren 1978, 1500-Meter-Läufer
September des gleichen Jahres verbesserte Ngeny in Rieti den 18 Jahre alten 1.000-m-Weltrekord des Britischen Wunderläufers Sebastian Coe auf 2:11,96 min.
Ngeny setzte sich knapp 15 Meter vor dem Ziel ab, gewann das Rennen und sorgte damit für die wohl größte Überraschung an diesen Spielen.
www.weblexikon.de /Noah_Ngeny.html   (230 words)

  
 YouTube - Noah Ngeny runs 1000 meter world record
Coe's last 200m was 27.6, the difference being that Ngeny still had someone within 10m of him as he started the last 200m, waiting to pounce on any weakness, whereas Coe had no one within 40m of him.
Ngeny had pace for longer& people pushing him from behind up to 800m.
Noah Ngeny beats Seb Coe's 1000 meter world record handily in 2:11.96.
www.youtube.com /watch?v=nY21WbOYHrg   (640 words)

  
 trinicenter.com - Sports - Noah Ngeny
Forty metres from the finish line, one of the biggest boilovers of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games was confirmed, Noah Ngeny of Kenya pushing past a despairing Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco to take the 1,500 metres gold medal.
An overjoyed Ngeny took Kenya's second gold medal within half an hour, adding to the steeplechase win of Reuben Kosgei.
Ngeny's three minutes 32.07 seconds run broke Sebastian Coe's Olympic record, set when the great Briton won the second of two consecutive 1500m gold medals in Los Angeles 16 years ago.
www.trinicenter.com /Sports/ngeny.htm   (194 words)

  
 Kenyan former Olympic 1,500-meter champion Noah Ngeny announces retirement - Sports - International Herald Tribune
Ngeny, 28, has been slowed by recurring back and pelvis problems since a car accident in Kenya in 2001.
In Sydney, Ngeny overtook pre-race favorite Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in the final few meters to win the 1,500 in an Olympic record time of 3 minutes, 32.07 seconds.
Ngeny has not competed much since his car crash and failed to qualify for the 2004 Athens Olympics, where El Guerrouj won the 1,500 and 5,000 golds.
www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/11/23/sports/AF_SPT_ATH_Ngeny_Retires.php   (389 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - Track and Field - Ngeny overtakes El Guerrouj to win men's 1,500 - Thursday November ...
As the scoreboard flashed Ngeny's winning time of 3:32.07 -- an Olympic record -- El Guerrouj sat on the track in stunned silence, drawing his knees up toward his chest.
Since 1996, he set world records in both the 1,500 and the mile, with Ngeny pushing him to the finish line a half-dozen times, but never beating him until Friday night.
Ngeny and Lagat embraced their Moroccan rival one final time on the medal stand.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2000/track_and_field/news/2000/09/28/track_friday_ap   (689 words)

  
 Noah Ngeny
Noah Ngeny is an athlete who will bounch back regardless of the circumstances, take 1996 for example, when as a seventeen year old he was running at the World Junior Championships.
He was tripped on the first lap of the 1500m.
The pair then moved to Spain to contest the World Championships where the result was the same, Hicham won as he pleased in a new Championship Best Performance (3min.
www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=462   (287 words)

  
 Noah Ngeny Beschreibung in Library - Definition und Buch-Tipp.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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Noah Ngeny (* 2.11 1978) ist ein kenianischer Leichtathlet und Überraschungssieger in de
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 Ngeny leads qualifiers in 1,500-meter event   (Site not responding. Last check: )
 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Noah Ngeny stole the show Thursday on the opening day of trials for Kenya's Olympic track and field team, winning heats in the 800 and 1,500 meters.
 Ngeny effortlessly won the 1,500 qualifying round in 3 minutes, 46 seconds, followed by Benson Koech and Bernard Lagat.
 Ngeny, who won the 1,500 at the Athletissima Grand Prix earlier this month, said he was looking forward to meeting his rival, world record-holder Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, at the Sydney Games.
www.argonauts.ca /2000GamesAthleticsArchive/jul20_nge.html   (205 words)

  
 MTV3 Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kenialainen 1500 metrin olympiavoittaja Noah Ngeny ilmoitti keskiviikkona uransa päättyneen.
28-vuotias Ngeny kertoi syyksi vanhan lonkkavaivan, joka ei ota hellittääkseen.
Ngeny voitti olympiakultaa Sydneyn olympialaisissa vuonna 2000 (kuvassa).
www.mtv3.fi /default/tulosta.shtml/urheilu?/arkistot/mmyleisurheilu/2006/11/485971   (64 words)

  
 Noah Ngeny   (Site not responding. Last check: )
November 1978) ist ein kenianischer Leichtathlet und Überraschungssieger im 1500 m-Lauf an den Olympischen Spielen 2000.
Ngeny, ein guter 1500 m-Läufer, hatte zuerst Mühe, sich an die Weltspitze zu setzen.
Ngeny setzte sich knapp 15 Meter vor dem Ziel, gewann das Rennen und sorgte damit für die wohl größte Überraschung an diesen Spielen.
www.biologie.de /biowiki/Noah_Ngeny   (213 words)

  
 Noah Ngeny   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Noah Ngeny is an athlete who will bounch back regardless of the circumstances, take 1996 for example, when as a seventeen year old he was running at the World Junior Championships.
He was tripped on the first lap of the 1500m.
The pair then moved to Spain to contest the World Championships where the result was the same, Hicham won as he pleased in a new Championship Best Performance (3min.
www.football-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=462   (287 words)

  
 Print Page - Ngeny is ‘fit’ and preparing for title defence   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kenya’s Olympic 1500m champion Noah Ngeny hopes he can mount a defence of his crown in Athens after finally putting behind him the shattering physical and emotional fall out from what was personally the very grim month of November 2001.
Ngeny, of course, caused one of the biggest sensations of the Sydney Olympics by becoming the first man in four years to defeat the great Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj at the 1500m.
The Olympic champion was travelling from Nairobi Airport when the taxi he was travelling in smashed into a lorry, Ngeny sustaining a back injury.
www.hillrunner.com /forums/index.php?action=printpage;topic=190.0   (275 words)

  
 Ngeny se retiró : Fue verdugo de El Guerrouj en Sydney - Atletismo - Noticias, Resultados, Historia del Atletismo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ngeny hizo llorar a El Guerrouj en Sydney.
Ngeny, de 28 años, ha competido poco desde el accidente y no pudo clasificarse a los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas 2004, en los que el marroquí El Guerrouj completó un doblete en los 1.500 y 5.000.
En Sydney, Ngeny rebasó a El Guerrouj en los metros finales para llevarse la victoria y establecer un récord olímpico con el tiempo de 3 minutos y 32.07 segundos.
www.galavision.com /content/content.jhtml?cid=394132   (225 words)

  
 leichtathletik.de - News/Pressemitteilungen: Noah Ngeny schlägt Fethi El Guerrouj   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hicham El Guerrouj und Noah Ngeny, der eine Weltmeister und Weltrekordler, der andere Olympiasieger über 1500 Meter, werden sich auch in diesem Sommer wieder knallharte Duelle liefern.
Ngeny siegte in 3:51 Minuten, während Maataoui und El Guerrouj zeitgleich in 3:52 auf den Rängen zwei und drei landeten.
Noah Ngeny kündigte hinterher selbstbewusst an, dass er den Weltrekord von Hicham El Guerrouj bei den Meetings in Monaco und Zürich attackieren will.
www.leichtathletik.de /dokumente/pressemitteilung_view.asp?ID=617   (449 words)

  
 AthleticsAfrica.Com - No Athens for Ngeny
Kenyan selectors allowed Ngeny to run in yesterday’s final of the 1500m despite having been eliminated at the semi-final stage of Friday but he did not finish the race
Songok clocked 3:35.4 to consign the Olympics bronze medallist Bernard Lagat to the second place in a time of 3:35.7 with Timothy Kiptanui third in 3:36.0.
According to IAAF freelance Peter Njenga, Ngeny showed a lot of promise during the semi-finals on Friday.
www.athleticsafrica.com /Outgoing/ngeny_NS_2606.html   (283 words)

  
 Running Network Archives
IAAF Grand Prix Norwich Union British Grand Prix London, 05-Aug-2000 Hicham El Guerrouj ran his fastest mile of the year, with a 3:45.96, followed closely by Noah Ngeny, who chased El Guerrouj at last year's mile record and at the World Champs.
Ngeny ran 3:47.97 and 12 other runners followed him under four minutes.
Marion Jones ran a legal wind 10.78, the fastest time of the year, with Inger Miller in a fine 10.97 with Torri Edwards in third at 11.09.
www.runningnetworkarchives.com /runningnetwork/results.phtml?username=RN&id=27976   (178 words)

  
 HISTORIQUE MEETING INTERNATIONAL D'ATHLETISME HERCULIS - MONACO -MONTE-CARLO
Un autre algérien, Djabir Said-Guerni, venait à bout, au sprint, des stars kenyanes Noah Ngeny, Japheth Kimutai et du Sud-Africain médaillé d'argent olympique Hezekiel Sepeng pour remporter un 800 m très tactique.
Le rythme était très lent - le peloton passant les 400m loin derrière le lièvre en environ 52 secondes, avant de ne démarrer un dernier tour sur les chapeaux de roue.
Said-Guerni réussit à trouver les forces requises dans la dernière ligne droite pour gagner en 1’43’’79, devant Kimutai, 1’43’’93, Ngeny terminant fatigué à la sixième place.
www.herculis.com /press/history/fr/2000.html   (748 words)

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