Paul Yego (born 25 November 1968) is a Kenyan retired distance and

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

runner. He participated at the

World Athletics Half Marathon Championships The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships is a biennial international half marathon competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. It ...

in 1995 and won a

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

finishing behind Moses Tanui. He finished fifth in the 1995 Boston Marathon, eighth in the

1996 Boston Marathon The 1996 Boston Marathon was the 100th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 15. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Moses Tanui in a time of 2:09:16 hours and the women's race was won by Germany' ...

, and seventh in the 1996 Berlin Marathon.

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* 1968 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners Place of birth missing (living people) {{Longdistance-athletics-bio-stub