Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa (born January 14, 1982) is a Kenyan professional athlete who has competed at the two Olympics, winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is also the Kenyan 5000 metres champion from 2007.IAAF, June 17, 2007
Kiprop's roll continues as Kenyan championships conclude
/ref> He was selected to represent Kenya at the 2006 World Junior Championships in

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, but during the Kenyan training camp he was caught to have two

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s, one indicating he was born in 1982 and the other 1988. The latter passport would have enabled him to compete at the championships. He was arrested for several days and fined 1500 US Dollars. A senior police official was accused of forging the age of Longosiwa and some other athletes. Earlier in 2006 Longosiwa had competed at the junior category of the

2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on April 1/2, 2006. The races were held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, Japan's National Cross Country Course which is the permanent residence of the annual Fukuo ...

, where he finished 13th, but was later disqualified. He began competing on the senior circuit in 2007, coming sixth at the

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nig ...

and then running the 3000 m and 5000 m events at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final. He gained selection for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and came twelfth in the men's 5000 m final. He set a 3000 m personal best of 7:30.09 at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in May 2009, finishing runner-up to

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in a time of 7:30.09 minutes. He also ran in the event at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, where he came tenth. He struggled in 2010 due to bouts of typhoid and malaria. He won the Cross della Vallagarina in Italy in January 2011. He was part of the Kenyan team for the

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and came sixth in the men's 5000 metres. He closed the track season with a second-place finish over 5000 m at the

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Diamond League meeting. In November, he ran the opening leg of the

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and won the first stage which helped the team to victory. In March 2012 he won the 80th edition of the

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and came third at the Trofeo Alasport. He was runner-up to

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at the Giro Media Blenio in April. Longosiwa was second in the 5000 m at the

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and secured a place on the Kenyan Olympic team with a top three finish at the trials. He ran a 5000 m best of 12:49.04 minutes a month before the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

then went on to win his first ever major medal, taking the bronze medal in the Olympic 5000 m final. After the Olympics he ran in the

2012 Diamond League The 2012 IAAF Diamond League (also known as the 2012 Samsung Diamond League for sponsorship purposes) was the third edition of the Diamond League, an annual series of fourteen one-day track and field meetings. The series began on 11 May in Doha, ...

final, where he placed second behind Isaiah Kiplangat Koech. Two podium finishes at the

Giro di Castelbuono The Giro di Castelbuono (officially Giro Podistico Internazionale Castelbuono) is an annual road running competition over 10 kilometres which takes place in Castelbuono, on the island of Sicily, Italy. First held in 1912, the competition, whic ...

and

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brought a close to the year for Longosiwa.Sampaolo, Diego (2012-09-15)
Lemma dominates in Carpi, Soi takes Trento 10K
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-01-26.

Major competition record

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

References

External links

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Sports-reference.com profile
__NOTOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Longosiwa, Thomas 1982 births Living people People from West Pokot County Kenyan male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Kenya Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games