Gabriel Gerald Geay (born 10 September 1996) is a Tanzanian professional long-distance runner. He finished second at the 2023 Boston Marathon.
Geay is the Tanzanian national record holder for the marathon. He also has the fastest Marathon time for a person born outside of Kenya or Ethiopia.
Career Geay has won 7 notable road races including the Peachtree Road Race in 2016 and the Bolder Boulder 10K in 2017.
In 2017, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Kampala, Uganda, finishing 22nd.
As of July 2018, he earned over US$33,000 in prize money.
In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark and finished in 88th place.
In 2021, he placed sixth in a new Tanzanian national record of 2:04:55 at the Milano City Marathon in Italy. This performance qualified him for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He competed at the Games with compatriot Alphonce Felix Simbu in the men's marathon in August 2021.
In 2022, he was second in the Valencia Marathon in Spain in a national record of 2:03:00.
Statistics International competitions Representing 2014African Junior ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia4th5000 m14:59.872017World Cross Country ChampionshipsKampala, Uganda22ndSenior race29:47World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom—5000 m2019World Cross Country ChampionshipsAarhus, Denmark87thSenior race35:16African GamesRabat, Morocco6th1500 m3:39.292021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan—Marathon2022World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States7thMarathon2:07:312024Olympic GamesParis, France—MarathonWorld Marathon Majors2022Boston MarathonBoston, MA, United States4thMarathon2:07:532023Boston MarathonBoston, MA, United States2ndMarathon2:06:042024Boston MarathonBoston, MA, United States—Marathon2026Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany3rdMarathon2:03:59
National titles Tanzanian Athletics Championships 800 metres: 2018 1500 metres: 2018 5000 metres: 2020
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