Duer Yoa (Born December 26, 1989) is a Sudanese born cross country and road runner living in Ballarat, Australia. He became the first Sudanese runner to represent Australia at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships when he competed at the 2008 event in Edinburgh. Yoa came third at the Australian national under-20 championship and won the under-20 Victoria cross country and road events. He is sponsored by Adidas.
Yoa spent his early childhood in the village of Nasir, Sudan, from where his family fled the civil war, eventually, in 2002, arriving in Australia and settling in Ballarat, where Yoa attended Ballarat Secondary College.
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