Ali Kaya (born as Stanley Kiprotich Mukche on 20 April 1994) is a Turkish

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n origin competing in the

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and

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events. He holds the 10,000 m European record for juniors, set in 2013.

Career

He was born Stanley Kiprotich Mukche on 20 April 1994 in

Eldoret Eldoret is a principal town in the Rift Valley region of Kenya and serves as the capital of Uasin Gishu County. The town was referred to by white settlers as Farm 64, 64 and colloquially by locals as 'Sisibo'. As per the 2019 Kenya Population ...

Uasin Gishu County Uasin Gishu County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, counties of Kenya located in the former Rift Valley Province. Eldoret has the county's largest population center as well as its administrative and commercial center. “It lies between longi ...

, Kenya. In 2010, he moved to Turkey and adopted the Turkish name Ali Kaya. Following his naturalization in 2013, he became officially eligible to represent his new home country in international competitions on 20 June of the same year. He won two gold medals, in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events, at the

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held in

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, Italy. In the 10,000 m event, he set a new Turkish national record with a time of 28:31.16. He caused a scandal following the race when he abruptly left the championship for Kenya without showing up at the medal ceremony. Another Turkish athlete stood on the championship podium in Italy to receive his medal. According to the Turkish Athletics Federation, he travelled to Kenya in order to join a four-day training session in Kenya with his fellow countryman and naturalized Turk

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. At the

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held

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, Indonesia, Ali Kaya won a silver and a gold medal in the 5000-meter and 10,000-meter events, respectively. At the European Championship in Zurich over 10.000 meters he competed against double Olympic champion Mo Farah, clinching a bronze medal after a fast finish. He became the youngest medalist ever in the European 10.000 final. At the World Championships in Beijing 2015 he was one of only four athletes to reach the final of both the 10.000m and the 5000m. He finished 7th in 10000 m and 9th in 5000 m. Kaya became the first Turkish person to win at the Istanbul Half Marathon in April 2016.Ramsak, Bob (2016-04-24)
Kaya and Jepchumba cruise to Istanbul Half Marathon titles
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-24.

International competitions

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaya, Ali 1994 births Living people People from Uasin Gishu County Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province Kenyan male long-distance runners Turkish male long-distance runners Kenyan male cross country runners Turkish male cross country runners Olympic athletes for Turkey Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Cross Country Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Turkey European champions for Turkey Turkish people of Kenyan descent Naturalized citizens of Turkey Kenyan emigrants to Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey