Shem Kororia (born 25 September 1972) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and half marathon. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Kororia was the third man ever to run the half marathon within an hour, when he won the world half marathon title in October 1997 in Košice, Slovakia, clocking 59:56 minutes.
He won 5000 metres gold twice at the Military World Games: in 1995 and 1999.[1] He also won the Parelloop 10K in race in the Netherlands in 1997 and had back-to-back wins at the BOclassic in 1994–95.[2][3]
He also competed in cross country running events. He was twice a team gold medallist with Kenya at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (1994 and 1997). On the major cross country meet circuit he had two wins at the Cross Internacional de la Constitución (1994 and 1995) and was the 1996 winner of both the Campaccio and the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños races.[4][5][6]
He is from Kaptama in Mount Elgon District, the same village as Edith Masai.[7]
^gbrathletics: Military World Games
^Arrs.net: List of Parelloop winners
^Past Winners Archived 2011-01-03 at the Wayback Machine. BOclassic. Retrieved on 2010-01-03.
^Civai, Franco & Lorange, Francois (2011-01-10). Campaccio Classica del Cross. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
^Podium Cross Internacional Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine (List of medallists). Venta de Baños. Retrieved on 2009-12-27.
^Cuadro de vencedores del Cross Internacional de la Constitución Archived 2013-02-13 at archive.today (in Spanish). CAP-Alcobendas. Retrieved on 2010-12-10.
^The Standard, October 14, 2008: Komon the mountain legion[permanent dead link]
ShemKororia (born 25 September 1972) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and half marathon. He represented his...
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DNF — Shaun Creighton Australia DNF — Sreten Ninković Serbia DNF — ShemKororia Kenya DNF — Scott Larson United States DNF — Robert Kiprotich Cheruiyot...
2:21:16 20 Edmund Kramarz Poland 2:21:18 — Kenneth Cheruiyot Kenya DNF — ShemKororia Kenya DNF — Peter Githuka Kenya DNF — Orlando Guerrero Colombia DNF...
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Half Marathon Championships Cheruiyot was third, behind fellow Kenyans ShemKororia and Moses Tanui. He represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics in...
brought him a team gold alongside compatriots Godfrey Kiprotich and ShemKororia. Towards the end of his career he took part in masters category races...
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