# Gabriel Geay
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{{short description|Tanzanian long-distance runner (born 1996)}}
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| name = Gabriel Geay
| image = Gabriel Geay (3x4a).jpg
| caption = Gabriel Geay nearing halfway point in [2022 Boston Marathon](/source/2022_Boston_Marathon)
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| birth_date = September 10, 1996
| birth_place = [Madunga](/source/Madunga), [Babati](/source/Babati_District%2C_Manyara), [Manyara Region](/source/Manyara_Region), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania)
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| country = [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania)
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| pb = {{ubl
|'''[5000 m](/source/5000_metres)''': 13:20.35 (2017)
|'''[10,000 m](/source/10%2C000_metres)''': 28:04.98 (2016)
|''Road''
|'''[10 km](/source/10K_run)''': 28:17 (2022)
|'''[Half marathon](/source/Half_marathon)''': 59:18 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Tanzanian}}''' (2025)
|'''[Marathon](/source/Marathon)''': 2:03:00 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Tanzanian}}''' (2022)
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{{MedalSport|Men's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}}
{{Medal|Country|{{TAN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[World Marathon Majors](/source/World_Marathon_Majors)}}
{{Medal|Silver|[2023 Boston](/source/2023_Boston_Marathon)|[Marathon](/source/2023_Boston_Marathon)}}
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'''Gabriel Gerald Geay''' (born 10 September 1996)[{{cite web |title=Gabriel Gerald GEAY – Athlete Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/tanzania/gabriel-gerald-geay-14677692 |website=[World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics) |access-date=1 January 2023}}] is a Tanzanian professional [long-distance runner](/source/Long-distance_running).[{{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}}] He finished second at the [2023 Boston Marathon](/source/2023_Boston_Marathon).[{{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](/source/World_Athletics)}}]
Geay is the [Tanzanian national record](/source/List_of_Tanzanian_records_in_athletics) holder for the [marathon](/source/marathon). He also has the fastest Marathon time for a person born outside of [Kenya](/source/Kenya) or [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia).
==Career==
Geay has won 7 notable road races including the [Peachtree Road Race](/source/Peachtree_Road_Race) in 2016[{{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}}] and the [Bolder Boulder](/source/Bolder_Boulder) 10K in 2017.
In 2017, he competed in the [senior men's race](/source/2017_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships_%E2%80%93_Senior_men's_race) at the [2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships](/source/2017_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships) held in Kampala, Uganda, finishing 22nd.[{{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}}]
As of July 2018, he earned over US$33,000 in prize money.[{{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}}]
In 2021, he placed sixth in a new Tanzanian national record of 2:04:55 at the [Milano City Marathon](/source/Milano_City_Marathon) in Italy. This performance qualified him for the [2020 Tokyo Olympics](/source/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics). He competed at the Games with compatriot [Alphonce Felix Simbu](/source/Alphonce_Felix_Simbu) in the men's marathon in August 2021.