Erick Wainaina
Erick Wainaina (born December 19, 1973, in Nyahururu) is a Kenyan marathon runner, who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1996 and a silver medal in 2000. He finished seventh in the 2004 Summer Olympics marathon in Athens, making him one of the few athletes[quantify] in Olympic history to finish in the top 10 at three separate marathons.
Wainaina ran in the marathon at the 1995 World Championships and finished in 18th place. He missed the 1999 World Championships due to injury.[1] Wainaina frequently competed in Japanese races: he is a two-time winner of the Tokyo International Marathon, having taken the title in both 1995 and 2002. He has won the Hokkaido Marathon on three separate occasions and he also won the 2003 edition of the Nagano Marathon. He finished 13th at the 2008 Nagano Marathon.[2] Two years later he participated in the Nagano Marathon again, finishing 10th.[3]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1994 | Hokkaido Marathon | Sapporo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:15:03 |
1995 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:31 |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 18th | Marathon | 2:19:53 | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 3rd | Marathon | 2:12:44 |
1997 | Hokkaido Marathon | Sapporo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:13:45 |
2000 | Nagano Marathon | Nagano, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:17 |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | Marathon | 2:10:31 | |
2002 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:43 |
2003 | Nagano Marathon | Nagano, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:12:00 |
Hokkaido Marathon | Sapporo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:13:13 | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 7th | Marathon | 2:13:30 |
References
External links
- Erick Wainaina at World Athletics
- Marathoninfo profile
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- 1981 Feb: Hideki Kita (JPN)
- 1981 Mar: Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)
- 1982: Vadim Sidorov (URS)
- 1983: Toshihiko Seko (JPN)
- 1984: Juma Ikangaa (TAN)
- 1985: Shigeru So (JPN)
- 1986: Juma Ikangaa (TAN)
- 1987: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)
- 1988: Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)
- 1989: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)
- 1990: Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)
- 1991: Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)
- 1992: Kōichi Morishita (JPN)
- 1993: Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)
- 1994: Steve Moneghetti (AUS)
- 1995: Erick Wainaina (KEN)
- 1996: Vanderlei de Lima (BRA)
- 1997: Kōji Shimizu (JPN)
- 1998: Alberto Juzdado (ESP)
- 1999: Gert Thys (RSA)
- 2000: Japhet Kosgei (KEN)
- 2001: Kenichi Takahashi (JPN)
- 2002: Erick Wainaina (KEN)
- 2003: Zebedayo Bayo (TAN)
- 2004: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
- 2005: Toshinari Takaoka (JPN)
- 2006: Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)
- 2007: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
- 2008: Viktor Röthlin (SUI)
- 2009: Salim Kipsang (KEN)
- 2010: Masakazu Fujiwara (JPN)
- 2011: Hailu Mekonnen (ETH)
- 2012: Michael Kipyego (KEN)
- 2013: Dennis Kimetto (KEN)
- 2014: Dickson Chumba (KEN)
- 2015: Endeshaw Negesse (ETH)
- 2016: Feyisa Lilesa (ETH)
- 2017: Wilson Kipsang (KEN)
- 2018: Dickson Chumba (KEN)
- 2019: Birhanu Legese (ETH)
- 2020: Birhanu Legese (ETH)
- 2021: Not held
- 2022: Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
- 2023: Deso Gelmisa (ETH)
- World Marathon Majors
- Berlin Marathon – List (M/W)
- Boston Marathon – List (M/W)
- Chicago Marathon – List (M/W)
- London Marathon – List (M/W)
- New York City Marathon – List (M/W)
- Tokyo Marathon – List (M/W)
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