Soe Min Thu

Soe Min Thu

Personal information
Nationality	Myanmar
Born	(1988-09-25) 25 September 1988
Height
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5000 m: 15:16.23 (2007) 10,000 m: 31:33.26 (2007)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Myanmar Southeast Asian Games 2007 Bangkok 10,000 m

Soe Min Thu (born September 25, 1988) is a Burmese long-distance runner. He won a bronze medal for the men's 10,000 metres at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, setting his personal best time of 31:33.26.

Soe Min Thu represented Myanmar at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 5,000 metres. He ran in the first heat against thirteen other athletes, including Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, who later won the silver medal in the final. He finished the race in last place by one minute and thirty seconds behind Japan's Takayuki Matsumiya, with a time of 15:50.56. However, Soe Min Thu failed to advance into the final, as he placed thirty-ninth overall, and was ranked farther below four mandatory slots for the next round.

External links

• Soe Min Thu profile at IAAF
• NBC Olympics Profile