Bedan Karoki

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Bedan Karoki Muchiri at the 2018 London Marathon (with 40,000 runners), where he finished 5th

Bedan Karoki Muchiri , also Bitan Karoki Muchiri , (born August 21, 1990 in Nyahururu , Laikipia County ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner . His preferred routes are 10,000 meters (track and road), half marathons , marathons and cross-country runs .

Karoki took part in two Olympic Games and finished 5th in London over 10,000 meters in 2012 and 7th in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 . The IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2016 in Welsh Cardiff was Karoki Muchiri runner-up behind compatriot Geoffrey Kipsang and took the team to the world title. In 2015 he was runner-up in cross-country skiing in Guiyang , China .

Over 10,000 meters he reached 6th place at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow. He finished fourth at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.

He won the Ra's al-Khaimah half marathon in 2017 and 2018, here with the fifth fastest time ever of 58:42 minutes.

In April 2017, Bedan Karoki Muchiri took 1st place in the current world rankings for road running.

Personal bests

route time year
1500 m 3: 42.1 min (2016)
3000 m 7: 37.68 min (2013)
5000 m 13: 15.25 min (2014)
10,000 m track 26: 52.12 min 2017 - 36th place in the all-time world rankings (as of March 16, 2020)
10 km road run 27:28 min (2016)
half marathon 58:42 min 2018 - 6th place in the all-time world rankings (as of March 16, 2020)
Marathon run 2:05:53 min Chicago Marathon 2019

Success at international championships

10,000m final at the 2012 London Olympics
year placement route Event time
2011: 2nd place 10,000 m African Games 2011 Maputo 28: 19.22 min
2012: 5th place 10,000 m Olympus. 2012 London games 27: 32.94 min
2013: 6th place 10,000 m World Athletics Championships Moscow 27: 27.17 min
2015: 2nd place Cross 12 km 2015 Cross Country World Championships in Guiyang, China 35:00 min
2015: 4th Place 10,000 m World Athletics Championships Beijing 27: 04.77 min
2016: 7th place 10,000 m Olympus. 2016 Rio de Janeiro games 27: 22.93 min
2016: 2nd place half marathon 2016 Cardiff Half Marathon World Championships 59:36 min.
2016: 1st place Half marathon (team) 2016 Cardiff Half Marathon World Championships 2:58:58 h
2017: 4th Place 10,000 m World Athletics Championships London 26: 52.12 min

Half marathon - world best list (excerpt)

(As of March 3, 2020)

  1. 58:01 min, Geoffrey Kamworor , Copenhagen , September 15, 2019KenyaKenya 
  2. 58:23 min, Zersenay Tadese , Lisbon , March 21, 2010EritreaEritrea 
  3. 58:33 min, Samuel Kamau Wanjiru , The Hague , March 17, 2007KenyaKenya 
  4. 58:33 min, Jemal Yimer , Valencia , October 28, 2018EthiopiaEthiopia 
  5. 58:40 min, Abraham Cheroben , Copenhagen , September 17, 2017BahrainBahrain 
  6. 58:42 min, Bedan Karoki , Ra's al-Khaimah , February 9, 2018KenyaKenya 
  7. 58:42 min, Eric Kiptanui , Berlin , April 8, 2018KenyaKenya 
  8. 58:42 min, Stephen Kiprop , Ra's al-Khaimah , February 8, 2019KenyaKenya 
  9. 58:44 min, Abadi Hadis , Valencia , October 28, 2018EthiopiaEthiopia 
  10. 58:46 min, Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio , Philadelphia , September 18, 2011KenyaKenya 

National titles

year competition route
2009: Japanese Champion (Open Japanese Championships) 5000 m
2011: Japanese Champion (Open Japanese Championships) 5000 m
2012: Japanese Company Champion (Open Japanese Championships) 5000 m
2012: Kenyan cross-country champion Cross (12 km)
2013: Kenyan World Championship Trials winner 10,000 m
2014: Kenyan cross-country champion Cross (12 km)
2015: Kenyan cross-country champion Cross (12 km)
2016: Kenyan cross-country champion Cross (10 km) (Eldoret Discovery Cross Country Championships)
2017: Kenyan cross-country champion Cross (10 km) (Eldoret Discovery Cross Country Championships)

Races won

Bedan Karoki Muchiri won the 2015 Copenhagen Half Marathon in a world-class time of 59:14 minutes.
year Events
2009: Chiba International Cross Country
2010: Chiba International Cross Country
2011: Chiba International Cross Country
2011: Fukuoka International Cross Country
2014: Philadelphia half marathon
2014: Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon
2014: Lisbon half marathon
2014: Beach to Beacon 10K
2014: World's Best 10K
2015: Copenhagen half marathon
2016: World's Best 10K
2016: Discovery Kenya Cross Country
2017: RAK half marathon
2018: RAK half marathon
2019: Buenos Aires, half marathon

Personal annual bests

10,000 meter final in London 2012: Kenenisa Bekele , Bedan Karoki Muchiri (fifth, here pos. 6), Galen Rupp (silver, here pos. 5), Moses Ndiema Masai (4), Mo Farah (gold, here pos. 3), Tariku Bekele (bronze), Gebregziabher Gebremariam

5000 m (train)

year Time (min) Competition location
2015: 13: 21.26 Lausanne (Pontaise)
2014: 13: 15.25 Kitami
2013: 13: 15.75 Yokohama
2012: 13: 21.02 Fukuoka
2011: 13: 15.76 Kumagaya
2010: 13: 23.85 Marugame
2009: 13: 32.79 Hiroshima
2008: 13: 33.24 Hiroshima
2007: 13: 38.60 Cure

10,000 m (train)

year Time (min) Competition location
2017: 26: 52.12 London
2016: 27: 22.93 Rio de Janeiro
2015: 27: 04.77 Beijing
2014: 26: 52.36 Eugene (USA)
2013: 27: 13.12 Eugene
2012: 27: 05.50 Eugene
2011: 27: 13.67 Palo Alto
2010: 27: 23.62 Kumagaya

10 km (road)

year Time (min) Competition location
2016: 27:42 San Juan
2015: 27:56 Copenhagen (meanwhile)
2014: 27:37 Cape Elizabeth

15 km (road)

year Time (min) Competition location
2016: 41:41 Cardiff (meanwhile)
2015: 42:05 Copenhagen (meanwhile)
2014: 42:56 Gifu (Japan) (interim)

20 km (road)

year Time (min) Competition location
2017: 56:10 Ra's al-Khaimah (Interim)
2016: 56:13 Cardiff (meanwhile)
2015: 56:10 Copenhagen (meanwhile)
2014: 56:46 Lisbon (meanwhile)
London Marathon 2017 - 3rd place in marathon debut

Half marathon (21.0975 km) (road)

year Time (min) Competition location
2019: 59:05 Buenos Aires
2018: 58:42 Ras al-Khaimah
2017: 59:10 Ras al-Khaimah
2016: 59:32 Copenhagen half marathon
2015: 59:14 Copenhagen half marathon
2014: 59:23 Philadelphia

Marathon (42.2 km)

year Time (h) Competition location
2020: 2:06:15 Tokyo Marathon (5th place)
2019: 2:05:53 Chicago Marathon (4th place)
2018: 2:08:34 London Marathon (5th place)
2017: 2:07:41 London Marathon (3rd place marathon debut)

Web links

Commons : Bedan Karoki Muchiri  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Bauer (HDsports): Crazy race in Ras Al Khaimah: But half marathon world record holds. Retrieved on February 9, 2018 (German).
  2. ↑ Bitan Karoki , from: all-athletics.com, taken on: September 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b Personal best times, iaaf.org.
  4. ↑ Video of the BBC from the World Championship run 2016 in Cardiff (1:44 h) , from: youtube.com. (English)
  5. ↑ 25th Discovery cross-country, Eldoret (Kenya) 31/01/2016 Report on the Kenyan cross-country championships 2016 , from: africathle.com
  6. ↑ iaaf Bedan Karoki Muchiri - Athlete Profile - Personal Bests. April 3, 2018, accessed on April 3, 2018 (English, list of personal bests.).
  7. ↑ Kenya: Kiprop, Masai and Karoki Book London Ticket. June 2, 2012, accessed on September 9, 2016 (report on the Olympic qualification at the Trials in Eugene.).
personal data
SURNAME Karoki, Bedan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karoki Muchiri, Bedan (full name); Muchiri, Bitan Karoki
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Nyahururu , Laikipia County