Samuel Muturi Mugo (born 2 May 1986) is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in

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, particularly the

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. He also competes under the name ''Sammy Mugo''. Mugo moved to

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to become a professional athlete and began participating in senior competitions in 2003. He started out as a 5000 and

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track runner and finished in the top three in the

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10,000 m from 2003 to 2005, improving his best time every year. He began competing in longer road races from 2005 onwards, breaking into the top ten at the 2005

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, and running as part of the winning

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team at the All-Japan Corporate Team Ekiden Championships. The following year he took sixth place at the Sapporo race and set a personal best at the Marugame Half Marathon. He made his marathon debut at the

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and, although strong in the first half of the race, he faded away in the latter stages and finished in twelfth place. He improved at the

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and recorded a best of 2:11:27 to take second place behind Daniel Kirwa Too. He focused on just marathoning in 2008: he recorded a personal best at the

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and was rewarded with his first ever win at the

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in another personal record. He built upon this in 2009 by winning the

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in a course record time, taking second place in the

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, and recording a new best of 2:08:20 to win the

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. The next marathon he entered was the

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in 2010, but he failed to finish as

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trouble forced him out of the race at the 25 km mark. Poor weather affected his attempt to defend his Beijing title and he finished sixth in one of the slowest races of the course's history. He returned again the following year and in spite of a slow start, he pulled back into second place and clocked a time of 2:09:43 hours behind

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.Jalava, Mirko (2011-10-16)
Kiprop and Wei Xiaojie triumph in Beijing
IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mugo, Samuel Muturi 1986 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners