Gideon Lekumok Ngatuny (born 10 October 1986) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. GideonNgatuny

At the 2007 World Cross Country Championships he finished fourth in the senior race, while the Kenyan team of which Ngatuny was a part won the team competition. Ngatuny won the 2008 Kenyan World Cross trials, and at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships he finished seventh individually and won another team gold medal. He won the 2009

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Half Marathon title with a time of 1:00:39. He is from

Kilgoris Kilgoris is a town in Narok County, Kenya with a population of 70,475 as of the 2019 census. Kilgoris is one of two major urban centres in Narok County, the other being the town also named Narok. Location The town is located about 60km west of ...

, but trains at the

Gusii Stadium Gusii Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kisii, Kenya. It is used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. U ...

located in

Kisii Kisii may refer to: * Kisii, Kenya, a municipality and the capital of Kisii County * Kisii County, one of the 47 counties of Kenya * Kisii District, a former district of Kenya * Gucha District, in Kenya, also known as ''South Kisii District'' * Nya ...

. He represents the

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tribe.The Standard, April 5, 2007:

Personal bests

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

- 13:12.62 min (2007) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The ...

- 27:11.36 min (2007)

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* 1986 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male cross country runners 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub