Wilson Bii (born 9 February 1986) is a visually impaired runner from Kenya, who competes mainly in T11 classification long-distance events.

Athletics career

Bii has represented Kenya at two Summer Paralympics, beginning at London in 2012, there he entered the 5000 metres (T11) event but failed to finish the race. Four years later he attended the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

in Rio and posted a personal best of 15:22.96 to win the bronze medal in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

just behind crowd favourite Odair Santos.Wilson Bii
. rio2016.com

References

Paralympic athletes for Kenya Paralympic bronze medalists for Kenya Living people 1986 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Kenyan male long-distance runners Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub