 Lomong running 1500 m at the US Olympic Team Trials in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Lopez Lomong | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 5, 1985 Kimotong, South Sudan | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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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Medal record
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Lopez Lomong OLY (born January 5, 1985)[3][4] 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.
Lomong qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 1500 meters at the United States Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon.[5] He was the flag bearer for the United States during the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.[6][7]
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.[8][unreliable source?] Lomong's autobiography, Running for My Life, was published in 2012, co-written with Mark Tabb.
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- ^ Hersh, Philip (July 6, 2008). "A winner in long run". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. flagbearer Lomong has unbelievable story of personal triumph - Tim Layden - SI.com". CNN. August 8, 2008. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012.
- ^ "Fleeing Sudanese fill refugee camps". CNN. December 28, 2011. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
- ^ Yahoo Archived July 15, 2012, at archive.today. Voices.yahoo.com (April 23, 2014). Retrieved on 2017-01-16.