Stanley Waithaka Mburu (born 9 April 2000) is a Kenyan male

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance ru ...

who competes in the

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 ...

and

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Mburu enjoyed his first international success at the

2017 IAAF World U18 Championships The 2017 IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics, IAAF World U18 Championships was the tenth and last edition of the biennial international Sport of athletics, athletics competition for Under-18 athletics, youth (under-18) athletes. The five- ...

, taking a bronze medal in the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

behind Ethiopia's

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and Kenyan compatriot

Edward Zakayo Edward Pingua Zakayo (born 25 November 2001) is a Kenyan male long-distance runner who competes in the 5000 metres. He was the bronze medallist in that event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Born in Narok, Zakayo said his aim in his running car ...

. The following year he made his debut on the 2018 IAAF Diamond League circuit, taking third in the

with a personal best of 13:10.14 minutes. This time ranked him in the top twenty for the distance that year. At the

2018 IAAF World U20 Championships The 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships, World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1999) ...

he was again bested by Zakayo, making it a Kenyan 1–2 in the 5000 m final, while reigning U18 champion Selemon Barega finished out of the medals. Mburu won at the Palio Città della Quercia meet in August, but failed to finish at the more prestigious

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race.Stanley Waithaka Mburu
IAAF. Retrieved 2019-04-20. Mburu moved to Japan in late 2018 and began to compete for the

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corporate team. In November he ran 27:13.01 minutes for the

, which was the fastest time by any athlete that year.18-Year-Old Waithaka Runs 10000 m World Leading Time at Nittai - Weekend Roundup
Japan Running News (2018-11-12). Retrieved 2019-04-20. In 2022 World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon, Mburu finished second in the 10000 meters behind Uganda's

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International competitions

Personal bests

;Outdoor * From World Athletics Profile

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mburu, Stanley Waithaka 2000 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen