Josephat Machuka

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Josephat Machuka (also: Josphat Machuka ; born December 12, 1973 in Kisii , Nyanza Province ) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner .

In 1992 and 1993 he won bronze in the junior race of the World Cross Country Championships . At the 1992 African Athletics Championships , he won bronze over 5000 m and gold over 10,000 m . In 1995 he was fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg over 10,000 m and won gold at the Pan-African Games in Harare. The following year he was tenth at the World Cross Country Championships and won gold with the Kenyan team. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta , he was fifth over 10,000 m.

In 1993 and 1996 he won the Dam tot Damloop and both times set a world record over 10 miles . In 1994 he won the Carlsbad 5000 , in 1995 and 1996 the Zevenheuvelenloop .

Machuka gained dubious fame through an incident early in his career. At the World Junior Athletics Championships in 1992 in Seoul, he was in the lead on the final lap of the 10,000-meter run when the Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie overtook him on the home straight. Machuka was upset that Gebrselassie had not done any leadership work during the race and hit the Ethiopian on the back of the head. However, he could not prevent his defeat and was then disqualified.

Personal bests

  • 3000 m : 7: 39.32 min, July 12, 1996, London
  • 5000 m: 13: 04.04 min, July 8th 1996, Stockholm
  • 10,000 m: 27: 10.34 min, August 25, 1995, Brussels
  • 10 km road run : 27:52 min, May 29, 1995, boulder
  • 15 km road race: 42:23 min, November 19, 1995, Nijmegen
  • 10 mile road run: 45:19 min, September 22, 1996, Zaandam

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The New York Times : A Bad Day for the Kenyans , August 9, 1995
personal data
SURNAME Machuka, Josephat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Machuka, phosphate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Kisii , Nyanza Province