Soe Min Thu
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| Nationality |
 Myanmar | ||||||||||||
| Born | 25 September 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) |
5000 m: 15:16.23 (2007) 10,000 m: 31:33.26 (2007) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Soe Min Thu (born September 25, 1988) is a Burmese long-distance runner.[1] He won a bronze medal for the men's 10,000 metres at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, setting his personal best time of 31:33.26.[2]
Soe Min Thu represented Myanmar at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 5,000 metres. He ran in the first heat against thirteen other athletes, including Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, who later won the silver medal in the final. He finished the race in last place by one minute and thirty seconds behind Japan's Takayuki Matsumiya, with a time of 15:50.56. However, Soe Min Thu failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirty-ninth overall, and was ranked farther below four mandatory slots for the next round.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Soe Min Thu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (10 December 2007). "38.95 sec run continues Thai 4×100m dominance – SEA Games, Day 4". IAAF. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 5000m Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ Wu, Sunny (20 August 2008). "Lightning Bolt wakes up Bird's Nest". MSNBC. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
External links
- Soe Min Thu profile at IAAF
- NBC Olympics Profile