Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa
Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa (born January 14, 1982 in the West Pokot District , according to other information on May 14, 1988 in West Pokot) is a Kenyan long-distance runner .
In the junior race of the World Cross Country Championships in Fukuoka in 2006 he came in 13th place, but was subsequently disqualified when he was convicted a few months later in the run-up to the Junior World Athletics Championships in Beijing for having given a wrong date of birth with the help of a second passport. Longosiwa was briefly arrested and eventually fined $ 1,500.
In 2007 he qualified as Kenyan champion over 5000 m for the Africa Games in Algiers, where he finished sixth over the same distance. In 2008 he qualified as third in the Kenyan eliminations for the 5000-meter run of the Beijing Olympic Games , in which he was twelfth.
At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, he was sixth over 5000 m.
Longosiwa, who is 1.70 meters tall and trained by Renato Canova , starts at club level for Kenya Prisons . He was also part of the Kenyan team for the 2012 Summer Olympics and achieved bronze medal on the 5,000 meter course in London with a time of 13: 42.36 minutes in the Olympic final.
Personal bests
- 3000 m : 7: 30.09 min, May 8, 2009, Doha
- 5000 m: 12: 49.04 min, July 6, 2012, Paris
- 10,000 m : 28: 11.3 min, July 22, 2006, Nairobi
- 10 km road run : 28:18 min, April 21, 2014, Dongio
Web links
- Thomas Longosiwa in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Profile on www.london2012.com , accessed August 12, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ profile on www.london2012.com , accessed on August 12, 2012
- ↑ People's Daily : Roundup: Fears of age cheating grips Kenyan athletes . September 2, 2006
- ↑ People's Daily : Kenyan accused of age cheat, wins 5,000m at nationals . June 18, 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Longosiwa, Thomas Pkemei |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Pokot District |