Wilson Waigwa

Wilson Waigwa (born February 15, 1949 ) is a retired Kenyan middle and long distance runner .

In 1978 he won over 1500 m silver at the Africa Games in Algiers and finished fifth at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton .

In 1984 he was fifth at the World Cross Country Championships in East Rutherford and over 5000 m at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles tenth.

At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1987 in Indianapolis, he was eliminated over 3000 m in the preliminary run.

In 1982 he was English champion over 5000 m. Starting for the University of Texas at El Paso , he was NCAA indoor champion in the mile run and NCAA champion in the 1500 m in 1977 .

Personal bests

• 1500 m: 3: 35.0 min, August 31, 1983, Koblenz (intermediate time)
  • Hall: 3: 38.6 min, January 7, 1978, Long Beach (intermediate time)
• 1 mile: 3: 50.73 min, August 31, 1983, Koblenz
  • Hall: 3: 55.7 min, February 18, 1977, San Diego
• 3000 m: 7: 40.52 min, August 26, 1983, Brussels
  • Hall: 7: 57.8 min, January 27, 1979, San Francisco
• 5000 m: 13: 20.36 min, August 22, 1980, Brussels

Web links

• Wilson Waigwa in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Wilson Waigwa in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
• Wilson Waigwa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )