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Gideon Lekumok Ngatuny (born 10 October 1986) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.
At the 2007 World Cross Country Championships he finished fourth in the senior race, while the Kenyan team of which Ngatuny was a part won the team competition. Ngatuny won the 2008 Kenyan World Cross trials, and at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships he finished seventh individually and won another team gold medal. He won the 2009
''Ngatuny now plots to conquer the world in Japan''
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At the 2007 World Cross Country Championships he finished fourth in the senior race, while the Kenyan team of which Ngatuny was a part won the team competition. Ngatuny won the 2008 Kenyan World Cross trials, and at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships he finished seventh individually and won another team gold medal. He won the 2009 Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...
Half Marathon title with a time of 1:00:39.
He is from Kilgoris
Kilgoris is a town in Narok County, Kenya. The town has a population of 70,475 (2019 census). Kilgoris is one of two major urban centres in Narok County; the other being Narok town.
Maasai are the indigenous and prominent tribe in the area. Past ...
, but trains at the Gusii Stadium located in Kisii Kisii may refer to:
* Kisii, Kenya, the inaugural capital city of Kenya
* Kisii County, one of the 47 counties of Kenya
* Gucha District, in Kenya, also known as ''South Kisii District''
* Nyamira District, in Kenya, also known as ''North Kisii Di ...
. He represents the Maasai Maasai may refer to:
* Maasai people
*Maasai language
* Maasai mythology
* MAASAI (band)
See also
* Masai (disambiguation)
* Massai
Massai (also known as: Masai, Massey, Massi, Mah–sii, Massa, Wasse, Wassil or by the nickname "Big Foot" Mas ...
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Personal bests
*5000 metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...
- 13:12.62 min (2007)
*10,000 metres
The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...
- 27:11.36 min (2007)
References
External links
* 1986 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male cross country runners {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub