Philip Mosima (born 1 February 1977) is a Kenyan professional runner who specialises in middle- and

long distance running Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance running comes two d ...

. He was a promising junior

cross country runner Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun ...

, winning the junior men's race at the

IAAF World Cross Country Championships World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the Int ...

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. The following year proved to be his breakthrough season, as he repeated his cross country success at the 1994 edition, won the

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 Athle ...

at the

African Junior Athletics Championships The African Junior Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics event for junior athletes from African nations. Organized by the Confederation of African Athletics The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA; French: ''Confédérat ...

, and took a bronze medal in the same event at the

1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, on July 20–24. Results Men Women Medal table Participation According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1139 ath ...

in Lisbon. He also finished fifth in the 5000 metres race at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games (French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling ...

. He began to move up in distance over the next few years and set world junior records in the 3000 metres and 5000 m in 1996. He became a regular on the Dutch running circuit in the late nineties: at the Warandeloop cross country race he took third in 1996, won the 1997 edition, and came second the following year. He broke the meeting record for the 3000 m at the

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in 1998, setting a time of 7:41.17. Following this he beat

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in the Belgrade Race Through History competition in 1998, winning the competition in 17:02. He ran in the senior short race at the 2000 World Cross Country Championships, finishing in seventh place overall. He made top ten finishes in the Zevenheuvelenloop 15 km race in 2000 and 2001 and won the 2002

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competition. He set a 10-mile race best in 2001 running in the

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, where he finished in fifth place with 46:34. He took the silver medal in the 3000 m at the

Fanny Blankers-Koen Games The FBK Games is an annual track and field event at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion in Hengelo, Netherlands as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1981. Its name honours Fanny Blankers-Koen, who won four gold med ...

in 2002, his time of 7:42.76 not enough to beat compatriot

Richard Limo Richard Kipkemei Limo (born 18 November 1980) is a Kenyan athlete. He specializes in long distance track events. He won the 5000 m gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Limo was born in 1980 in Cheptigit village, Uasin G ...

. He joined the Hitachi running team in Japan and in 2004 he broke a meeting record at the

Osaka Grand Prix The Golden Grand Prix Osaka is an international athletics competition in Osaka, Japan, held in May at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai , known as the Yanmar Stadium Nagai ( ja, ヤンマースタジアム長居) for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium ...

. His time of 13:10.48 in the 5000 m bettered

Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie ( am, ኀይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, ''haylē gebre silassē''; born 18 April 1973) is an Ethiopian retired long-distance track, road running athlete, and businessman. He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Champion ...

's previous mark by over three seconds. At the 2004

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, Mosima ran a personal best of 1:02:21 for ninth place. That same year, he formed part of the Kenyan team for the

International Chiba Ekiden The International Chiba Ekiden was an annual team road running competition held in Chiba, Japan in late November. The marathon relay race, or ekiden as it is known in Japan, is one of the prominent annual races of its kind. The competition is spl ...

, and they finished second behind the Ethiopian team.Nakamura, Ken (2004-11-23)
Ethiopia three-peat in Chiba
IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-15.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

Notes

*Philip Mosima's surname is sometimes incorrectly stated as ''Mossima''.

References

External links

* *Sports-org profile fo
Philip Mosima
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mosima, Philip 1977 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners Kenyan male long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Kenyan male cross country runners Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya