Danny Kassap, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Danny Kassap

Congolese-Canadian distance runner

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1982

Place of Birth: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date of Death: 02-May-2011

Profession: marathon runner

Nationality: Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Danny Kassap

  • Danny Tshindind Kassap (24 June 1982 – 2 May 2011) was a Congolese-Canadian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. He competed at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie in Canada, and subsequently settled in Toronto.
  • Kassap worked in a fish and chips shop while pursuing a career in running.
  • At the 2004 Toronto Waterfront Marathon, which he won, he achieved his lifetime best time in the marathon, of 2:14:50 hours.
  • Kassap also set a national record for the DR Congo when he ran the 10,000 metres in 28:57.28 minutes, achieved in July 2003 in Hamilton.
  • He finished fifteenth in the 2008 London Marathon.
  • The same year Kassap changed nationality from Congolese to Canadian.He had health problems which started later in 2008, when he collapsed mid-race in the Berlin Marathon.
  • Kassap was diagnosed with ventricular fibrillation.
  • He slowly recovered, but in May 2011 he was forced to withdraw from another race.
  • Kassap died on the next day at Sunnybrook Hospital.

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