Ruben Sança
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ruben Sança | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cape Verdean | ||||||||||||||
| Born | December 13, 1986 Santa Maria, Cape Verde | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track, Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 meters, 5000 meters, Marathon | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Umass Lowell | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Whirlaway Racing Team | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500 meters: 3:49.17 10,000 meters: 29:49.48 Half Marathon: 1:05:24 Marathon: 2:18:47 | ||||||||||||||
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Ruben Pascal Sança (born December 13, 1986) is a Cape Verdean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. He attended and ran for the University of Massachusetts Lowell, after which he began training under Gary Gardner as a member of the Whirlaway Racing Team. Sança is the current Cape Verdean record-holder at 3,000 m indoors at 8:07.50, the 5000 m indoors at 13:56.46, the 5000 m outdoors at 14:05.39, road 5 km at 14:11 and the marathon at 2:18:47. He was one of three members of the 2012 Cape Verdean Olympic team.