Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak

Danish sprinter
Tazana Mikkel Kamanga-Dyrbak
OLY
Tazana in 2022
Personal information
Born (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 22)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m, 200 m
ClubSparta AM
Coached byPeter Gatana (KEN)

Tazana Mikkel Kamanga-Dyrbak (born 12 January 2002) is a Danish sprinter.[1]

A former rugby player, he has represented his country at the 2021 World Athletics Relays, establishing the national record on 4 × 100 m and qualifying Denmark for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[2]

Kamanga-Dyrbak attended Millfield School for a time.[3] He has a Zambian mother, and a Danish father who grew up in Kenya, both former international swimmers. He lives and trains in Kenya where he has set up a sprint club and trains with his Kenyan coach.[4][5]

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • 100 metres – 10.22 (+1.5 m/s, Sestriere 2022)
  • 200 metres – 20.48 (+0.3 m/s, Lusaka 2021), NR[6]
  • 4 × 100 metres relay – 38.16 (Tokyo 2021) NR[7]

References

  1. ^ Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak at World Athletics
  2. ^ "Danske stafethold sprinter i VM-finalen og til OL". Berlingske.dk. May 2021.
  3. ^ "Millfield at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics". Millfield School. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  4. ^ Biography at World Athletics
  5. ^ Elsnab, Peter (12 April 2021). "Forbedrede legendarisk rekord i weekenden: Dansk-kenyansk løbetalent vil være Europas hurtigste" (in Danish). dr.dk. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Forbedrede legendarisk rekord i weekenden: Dansk-kenyansk løbetalent vil være Europas hurtigste". 12 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Danske stafethold sprinter i VM-finalen og til OL". Berlingske.dk. May 2021.

External links

  • Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak at World AthleticsEdit on Wikidata
  • Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
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  • World Athletics


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