Solomon Naibei Busendich (born January 10, 1984, in Mount Elgon) is a male long-distance runner from

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, who won the 2006 edition of the

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as a debutant, clocking 2:08:52 hours.

Biography

He won his first international title at the

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, winning the

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event on August 16, 2001, and also winning the 5000 metres silver medal. He followed this up with a 10,000 m bronze medal at the

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, finishing behind

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and

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. At the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships he won another junior medal, taking the bronze and a team gold with Kenya. He made his marathon debut in 2005, competing at the

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, but he did not manage to finish the distance on his first attempt.van Hemert, Wim (October 15, 2006)
Narrow win for Busendich in Amsterdam
IAAF. Retrieved October 3, 2010. He made his mark in the senior ranks in 2006: he came second at the City-Pier-City Half Marathon behind Moses Kipkosgei Kigen, and then finished in third place in the

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, setting a new best of 1:00:13 for the distance. A month later he won the

title in a time of 2:08:52. He took part in the

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in December and beat Francis Kibiwott to win the race with a sprint finish. His time of 1:03:18 was a minute off Fabiano Joseph's course record, but an organisational error meant runners had to fight through a traffic jam at the 14 km mark. He ran at the prestigious RAK Half Marathon in 2007, but managed only tenth place. He was tenth in the

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in 2009, and ninth at the 2010 Prague Marathon. He recorded a new personal best at the Košice Peace Marathon later that year by finishing in a time of 2:08:40, which brought him second place some seven seconds behind race winner

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. Both runners comfortably improved the Slovakian all-comers record by over a minute, a mark set by

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at the competition three years earlier. He ended the year with a third-place finish at the

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. He ran two marathons in 2011: he had a win at the

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in hot conditions in April, but finished the podium in fourth at the Shanghai Marathon in December.Sampaolo, Diego (April 10, 2011)
Bushendich and Mancini beat the heat in Milan
IAAF. Retrieved April 11, 2011.

Results December 2011
AIMS. Retrieved December 23, 2011.

Achievements

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Busendich, Solomon 1984 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners Kenyan male cross country runners