Nghi Tran

Vinh Nghi "Nipa" Tran (born July 22 1978 in Cuu Long, Vietnam) is a Finnish sprinter.

Tran's personal best at 100 metres, 10.40 seconds, is ranked fourth in Finnish men's alltime-list. On international level he competed in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships.

Tran emigrated to Finland in 1988, and he got Finnish citizenship 1997. His trainer is Aarno Niemi.

Results

Personal bests

  • 60 m (indoor): 6.70 s in Helsinki, 2006
  • 100 m: 10.40 s in Tallinn, 2005
  • 200 m: 21.19 s in Jyväskylä, 2006

Progression 100 m

Year

Time (s)

Wind (m/s)

City

Date

1997

10.98

+1.3

Naantali

29 July 1997

1998

10.70

+0.8

Turku

1 July 1998

1999

10.61

+1.7

Jämsänkoski

18 July 1999

2000

10.70

+0.6

Lahti

18 July 2000

2001

10.70

+1.9

Eurajoki

3 June 2001

2004

10.56

+1.4

Turku

29 June 2004

2005

10.40

+0.7

Tallinn, Estonia

16 August 2005

2006

10.42

+1.9

Regensburg, Germany

17 June 2006

References

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