Wakiihuri (on the left) with Samuel Wanjiru (center) and Raila Odinga at the Japanese Embassy in Kenya in March 2011
Douglas Wakiihuri (born September 26, 1963, in Mombasa) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner, who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome.
No other male Kenyan runner had ever won the marathon at World Championships or Olympic Games until 2007, when Luke Kibet became a world champion. The following year, Wakiihuri won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, finishing behind Gelindo Bordin.
In 1989 Wakiihuri won the London Marathon. In 1990 he won the New York Marathon. Wakiihuri was famous for wearing white gloves during races. He now runs a marathon fitness center and training school.
DouglasWakiihuri (born September 26, 1963, in Mombasa) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner, who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1987 World...
place on Sunday, 23 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's DouglasWakiihuri in a time of 2:09:03 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete...
champions in men's marathon 1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: DouglasWakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA) 1995:...
champions in men's marathon 1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: DouglasWakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA) 1995:...
Taniguchi Japan 2:09:50 1988 Henrik Jørgensen Denmark 2:10:20 1989 DouglasWakiihuri Kenya 2:09:03 1990 Allister Hutton United Kingdom 2:10:10 1991 Yakov...
000 meters, holder of various marathon and half marathon records DouglasWakiihuri, 1987 World Championships in Athletics Marathon Champion, 1988 Olympic...
first by a runner of African descent in the event. Three years later, DouglasWakiihuri won the race that begins in Staten Island and goes through Queens...
champions in men's marathon 1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: DouglasWakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA) 1995:...
champions in men's marathon 1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: DouglasWakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA) 1995:...
Hussein (KEN) 1988: Steve Jones (GBR) 1989: Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 1990: DouglasWakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Salvador García (MEX) 1992: Willie Mtolo (RSA) 1993: Andrés...
2:08:20. Grete Waitz won her ninth and last NYC Marathon in 2:28:07. DouglasWakiihuri of Kenya won this year's event in 2:12:39, the second-slowest time...
Hussein (KEN) 1988: Steve Jones (GBR) 1989: Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 1990: DouglasWakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Salvador García (MEX) 1992: Willie Mtolo (RSA) 1993: Andrés...
Kingdom 2:08:20 1989 Juma Ikangaa Tanzania 2:08:01 Course record 1990 DouglasWakiihuri Kenya 2:12:39 1991 Salvador García Mexico 2:09:28 1992 Willie Mtolo...
champions in men's marathon 1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: DouglasWakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA) 1995:...
Hussein (KEN) 1988: Steve Jones (GBR) 1989: Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 1990: DouglasWakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Salvador García (MEX) 1992: Willie Mtolo (RSA) 1993: Andrés...
Italy 27:48.98 Hansjörg Kunze East Germany 27:50.37 Marathon details DouglasWakiihuri Kenya 2:11:48 Hussein Ahmed Salah Djibouti 2:12:30 Gelindo Bordin...
champions in men's marathon 1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: DouglasWakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA) 1995:...
champions in men's marathon 1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: DouglasWakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA) 1995:...
Hussein (KEN) 1988: Steve Jones (GBR) 1989: Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 1990: DouglasWakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Salvador García (MEX) 1992: Willie Mtolo (RSA) 1993: Andrés...
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