Lopez Lomong
Lomong running 1500 m at the US Olympic Team Trials in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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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Lopez Lomong (born January 5, 1985) 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. He was the flag bearer for the United States during the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.
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. Lomong's autobiography, Running for My Life, was published in 2012, co-written with Mark Tabb.