Erick Wainaina (born December 19, 1973, in

Nyahururu Nyahururu (formerly known as Thomson Falls) is a town in Kenya, lying north east of Nakuru. The town derives its name from the Maasai word e-naiwurruwurr, meaning waterfall or windy or place of storms. It is located in both Laikipia County and ...

) is a Kenyan

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

runner, who won an Olympic

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

and a

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

. He finished seventh in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

marathon in Athens, making him one of the few athletes 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. Wainaina frequently competed in

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ese races: he is a two-time winner of the

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, having taken the title in both 1995 and 2002. He has won the

Hokkaido Marathon The Hokkaido Marathon held in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan, is one of the prominent marathon races of the year. The staging area as well as both the start and finish lines are in Odori Park starting between Nishi 3-chome and Nishi 4-chome and the fin ...

on three separate occasions and he also won the 2003 edition of the Nagano Marathon. He finished 13th at the 2008 Nagano Marathon. Two years later he participated in the Nagano Marathon again, finishing 10th.IAAF, Apr 18, 2010: Age:49year
Chelimo and Weightman take Nagano Marathon titles
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1973 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Olympic silver medalists for Kenya Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya Olympic athletes for Kenya Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Japan–Kenya relations Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya 20th-century Kenyan sportsmen 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen {{Kenya-Olympic-medalist-stub