Michael Musyoki
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| Born | May 28, 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track, Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, Marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | UTEP | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 3000 metres: 7:46.4[1] 5000 metres: 13:24.89[1] 10,000 metres: 27:41.92[1] Marathon: 2:10:30[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Musyoki (born May 28, 1956), also known by his nickname "Mike", is a retired long-distance runner from Kenya who won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Running career
Collegiate
Musyoki was recruited by University of Texas at El Paso, a school which was building a star-studded team of distance-runners in the late 1970s. Suleiman Nyambui and Musyoki were UTEP's two premier foreign distance-runner recruits at the time, and both of them finished in first and second place respectively in the 10,000 metre race at the 1979 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships.[2]
Post-collegiate
At the 1978 Commonwealth Games he was silver medalist behind his famous compatriot Henry Rono. At the 1978 All-Africa Games, Musyoki was also 5000 meters silver medalist. In 1982 he broke the half marathon world record by running 61:36 in Philadelphia. He was also an active road racer and won "Road Racer of the Year" award in 1983 by Running Times.
References
- ^ a b c d All-Athletics. "Profile of Michael Musyoki".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- Kenyan male long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes of Kenya
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- University of Texas at El Paso alumni
- UTEP Miners men's track and field athletes
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya
- African Games silver medalists for Kenya
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)