{{short description|Tanzanian long-distance runner (born 1996)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Gabriel Geay | image = Gabriel Geay (3x4a).jpg | caption = Gabriel Geay nearing halfway point in 2022 Boston Marathon | imagesize = | birth_date = September 10, 1996 | birth_place = Madunga, Babati, Manyara Region, Tanzania | height = | weight = | hometown = | country = Tanzania | event = | coach = | turnedpro = | retired = | pb = {{ubl |'''5000 m''': 13:20.35 (2017) |'''10,000 m''': 28:04.98 (2016) |''Road'' |'''10 km''': 28:17 (2022) |'''Half marathon''': 59:18 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Tanzanian}}''' (2025) |'''Marathon''': 2:03:00 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Tanzanian}}''' (2022) }} |medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{TAN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Marathon Majors}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Boston|Marathon}} }}
'''Gabriel Gerald Geay''' (born 10 September 1996)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Gabriel Gerald GEAY – Athlete Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/tanzania/gabriel-gerald-geay-14677692 |website=World Athletics |access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref> is a Tanzanian professional long-distance runner.<ref name="ARRSprofile">{{Cite web|url=http://arrs.auguszt.in/runner/40507|title=ARRS - Runner: Gabriel Gerald Geay|website=arrs.auguszt.in|language=en|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref> He finished second at the 2023 Boston Marathon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 April 2023 |title=Chebet retains Boston title while Obiri claims first major marathon victory |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/boston-marathon-2023-obiri-chebet |access-date=17 April 2023 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>
Geay is the Tanzanian national record holder for the marathon. He also has the fastest Marathon time for a person born outside of Kenya or Ethiopia.
==Career== Geay has won 7 notable road races including the Peachtree Road Race in 2016<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/unlikely-winner-ajc-peachtree-tanzanian-gabriel-geay/gCfhyXzD7BH7d179vJp2RL/|title=Unlikely winner of AJC Peachtree is Tanzanian Gabriel Geay|work=ajc|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref> and the Bolder Boulder 10K in 2017.
In 2017, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Kampala, Uganda, finishing 22nd.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senior men's race|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5837/AT-XSE-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1121054657|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504172042/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5837/AT-XSE-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1121054657|archive-date=4 May 2019|access-date=7 July 2020|website=2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships}}</ref>
As of July 2018, he earned over US$33,000 in prize money.<ref name="ARRSprofile" />
In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark and finished in 88th place.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senior men's race|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6265/AT-XSE-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1530503012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706223921/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6265/AT-XSE-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1530503012|archive-date=6 July 2020|access-date=27 June 2020|website=2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships}}</ref>
In 2021, he placed sixth in a new Tanzanian national record of 2:04:55 at the Milano City Marathon in Italy. This performance qualified him for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He competed at the Games with compatriot Alphonce Felix Simbu in the men's marathon in August 2021.<ref name="WAprofile" />
In 2022, he was second in the Valencia Marathon in Spain in a national record of 2:03:00.
==Statistics== ===International competitions=== {|{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Time=yes|NotesOff=yes}} |- !colspan=6|Representing {{Flagu|Tanzania}} |- |2014 |African Junior Championships |Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |4th |5000 m |14:59.87 |- |rowspan=2|2017 |World Cross Country Championships |Kampala, Uganda |22nd |Senior race |29:47 |- |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |– |5000 m |{{AthAbbr|DNS}} |- |rowspan=2|2019 |World Cross Country Championships |Aarhus, Denmark |87th |Senior race |35:16 |- |African Games |Rabat, Morocco |6th |1500 m |3:39.29 |- |2021 |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |– |Marathon |{{AthAbbr|DNF}} |- |2022 |World Championships |Eugene, OR, United States |7th |Marathon |2:07:31 |- !colspan=6|World Marathon Majors |- |2023 |Boston Marathon |Boston, MA, United States |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Marathon |2:06:04 |}
===National titles=== * Tanzanian Athletics Championships ** 800 metres: 2018 ** 1500 metres: 2018 ** 5000 metres: 2020
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Geay, Gabriel}} Category:Living people Category:1996 births Category:Tanzanian men long-distance runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Tanzania Category:Olympic men marathon runners Category:21st-century Tanzanian people Category:People from Manyara Region Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Tanzanian sportsmen