Bedan Karoki Muchiri (born 21 August 1990) is a Kenyan professional

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who competes in

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, cross country and

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disciplines. He represented Kenya at the

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and

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He was a silver medallist at the

2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships () was the 41st edition of the global championships in cross country running, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held in Guiyang, China on 28 March. It was the ...

and the

2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships The 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships took place on 26 March 2016 in Cardiff, United Kingdom. It was the 22nd edition of the event and the 4th in the United Kingdom alone. In conjunction with the men's elite race, an open half marathon ...

, and also in the 10,000 m at the

2011 All-Africa Games The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent. Host awarding In April 2005, Lusaka, Zambia was named t ...

. His half marathon best of 58:42 minutes ranks him in the all-time top ten for the distance.

Career

Bedan Karoki Muchiri was born in

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. Muchiri attended Muthiga and Kagondo primary schools in Kenya and joined the Mt.Kenya Talents Development Centre, before going on to study in Japan. He graduated from high school there and attained a high level of proficiency in Japanese. Karoki spent much of his early career running on the

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ese racing circuit, including wins at the

Chiba International Cross Country The Chiba International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition which takes place in Chiba, Japan in mid-February. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying events for the IAAF World Cross Country Champio ...

three years in a row, from 2009 to 2011. He also won the Fukuoka International Cross Country in 2011.Bitan Karoki Muchiri

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. Retrieved on 2016-04-03. He had his first international call-up for Kenya and won a silver medal in the

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at the

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, despite losing the trials and eventually gaining selection as a wildcard entry. He won his place on the Kenyan Olympic team by finishing third behind

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and

Moses Masai Moses Ndiema Masai (born 1 June 1986 in Kapsogom, Mount Elgon District) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres. Masai is from Bugaa village, four kilometres from Kapsokwony town. Born to John Barasa Masai and Leonida Cherop ...

at the Kenyan Olympic Trials in

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, which were held during the

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. He finished fifth in the

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at the 2012 Olympics in a time of 27:32.94, the highest finishing Kenyan in the race. In 2013, he won the Kenyan trials then placed sixth in the 10,000 meters at the

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. In 2014, he competed in his first American road race, winning the Beach to Beacon 10K in 27:36. Later he won the

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in 59:23. Karoki placed second at the

behind countryman

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after leading for much of the race. He represented Kenya in the 10,000 m at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

and narrowly missed out on a medal in fourth place. Medals came at the

, where he was runner-up to compatriot

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and shared in the team title. He is the Ambassador for The Mt. Kenya Talents Development Centre. In 2017 Muchiri competed in the

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where he finished in a time of 2:07:41 behind Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele and Kenyan counterpart

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International competitions

National titles

Kenyan Cross Country Championships The Kenyan Cross Country Championships is an annual cross country running competition that serves as the national championship for Kenya. It is organised by Athletics Kenya and has permit race status from the International Association of Athletics ...

**12 km: 2012, 2014, 2015 *Kenyan World Championships Trials **10,000 metres: 2013 * Japan Championships in Athletics **5000 metres: 2009, 2011 *Japanese Corporate Championships **5000 metres: 2012

Circuit wins

Copenhagen Half Marathon The Copenhagen Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running event which takes place in September on the city streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, first held in 2015. It is a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race, making it the foremost race ...

: 2015 *

Philadelphia Half Marathon The Philadelphia Distanced Run is an annual half marathon road running event which takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States on the third Sunday of September. The competition was established in 1978 as the Philadelphia Distan ...

: 2014 *

Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon The is an annual half marathon road running competition held in May in Gifu, Japan. First held in 2011, the race is also called the , named after Naoko Takahashi, the retired local runner who won the marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and bro ...

: 2014 *

Lisbon Half Marathon EDP Lisbon Half Marathon is an annual international half marathon competition which is contested every March in Lisbon, Portugal. It carries IAAF Gold Label Road Race status. The men's course record of 57:31 was set by Jacob Kiplimo in 2021, whi ...

: 2014 * Beach to Beacon 10K: 2014 *

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: 2014, 2016 *

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: 2016 * Fukuoka International Cross Country: 2011 *

: 2009, 2010, 2011 *

Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon is an annual half marathon held in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. History The first event, in 2007, saw Samuel Wanjiru breaking the world record, but Wanjiru himself set a new world record only a month later in ...

: 2017, 2018 * Buenos Aires Half Marathon: 2019

Personal bests

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

– 3:42.1 (2016) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 7:37.68 (2013) *

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– 13:15.25 (2014) *

– 26:52.12 (2017) *

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– 27:37 (2014) * Half marathon – 58:42 (2018) *

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– 02:05:53 (2019) Info from All AthleticsBitan Karoki
All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-03.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karoki, Bedan 1990 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya African Games silver medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Kenyan male cross country runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games 20th-century Kenyan people 21st-century Kenyan people