Felix Kikwai Kibore ( ar, فيليكس كيبوري; born February 18, 1988, in

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

) is a

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i long-distance runner of Kenyan origin. Kibore represented

at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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, where he competed for the men's 10,000 metres, along with his compatriots

Essa Ismail Rashed Essa Ismail Rashed (Arabic: عيسى اسماعيل راشد ; born Daniel Kipkosgei on 14 December 1986) is a long-distance runner now representing Qatar after his switch from Kenya in 2004. He represented his adopted country at the 2008 Summer ...

and

Ahmad Hassan Abdullah Ahmad Hassan Abdullah ( ar, عبد الله أحمد حسن, born Albert Chepkurui on July 29, 1981 in Kaptarakwa, Kenya) is a long-distance and cross country runner, now representing Qatar after his switch from Kenya in 2003. Other runners who ...

. He finished the race in twenty-second place by nearly two seconds ahead of Spanish long-distance runners

Carles Castillejo Carles Castillejo Salvador (born August 18, 1978 in Barcelona) is a Spanish long distance runner. He has won Spanish national titles in the 5000 m, the 10,000 m and the marathon. He has represented Spain at the Olympics on four occasio ...

and Ayad Lamdassen, with a time of 28:11.92. Kibore had also achieved his best result in long-distance running, when he finished ninth in the finals of the men's 5000 metres at the

2007 IAAF World Championships The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...

in Osaka, Japan.

References

External links

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1988 births Living people Qatari male long-distance runners Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan emigrants to Qatar Olympic athletes for Qatar Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Qatar Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub