- Mathew Kisorio
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Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio (born 16 May 1989) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.
He was born in Kapchumba in Nandi North District as a son of runner Some Muge. His brothers Peter Kimeli Some and Nicholas Kipchirchir Togom are active runners as well.[1]
In July 2006 he ran the 10,000 metres in 28:50.1 minutes, in Nairobi. In 2007 he won the bronze medal in the junior race at the World Cross Country Championships,[2] and won both the 5000 and 10,000 metres at the African Junior Championships.[3] At the 2008 World Cross Country Championships he finished sixth in the junior race. On the track, he had achieved 8:00.39 minutes in the 3000 metres in September 2007 and improved this to 7:48.73 in September 2008 in Dubnica nad Váhom. In the 5000 metres he improved himself from 13:28.43 achieved in September 2007, to clocking in 13:11.57 minutes at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, winning the silver medal.[2]
In 2009 he improved all his personal bests on the track: 7:34.29 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in September in Rieti; 13:02.40 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in July in Rome; and 27:15.44 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in June in Utrecht. He made his debut at the World Cross Country Championships senior race, and in the competition in Amman he finished sixth. He finished fourth in the 10,000 metres at the 2010 African Championships, but only set one personal best on the track this year; 12:57.83 in the 5000 metres at Bislett stadion in June.[2]
He instead turned to road running. In March 2010 in Lisbon he ran the 15 kilometres in 42:11 minutes and the 20 kilometres in 57:44 minutes. At the Porto Half Marathon in October he made his debut in the time of 1:00:10 hours.[2] In the same year he announced his decision to concentrate fully on road running from then on, in his own words "after realising I did not have the finishing speed required" for track running.[3] He continued to compete in cross country, however, and was runner-up to Joseph Ebuya at the Cross Internacional de Soria.[4] After a national circuit win in Nyahururu,[5] he came second to Leonard Komon at the Cross de Itálica in January 2011.[6]
He gained a place on the Kenyan national team after finishing as runner-up at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships in Nairobi in February.[7] At the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships he claimed fourth place and helped the Kenyan men (including minor medallists Paul Tanui and Vincent Chepkok) to the team gold medal. Soon after he ran a half marathon best of 60:03 minutes to win at the Stramilano race.[8] He came third at the Giro di Castelbuono 10K in July.[9]
References
- ^ Wokabi, James; Mutuota, Mutwiri (16 March 2009). "Focus on Athletes – Mathew Kisorio". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=52478.html. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d IAAF profile for Mathew Kisorio
- ^ a b Mutuota, Mutwiri (19 December 2010). "Kisorio defends his move to road running". The Standard.
- ^ Valiente, Emeterio (2010-11-22). Ebuya confirms, Phalula surprises at Soria cross country. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-19.
- ^ Mutuota, Mutwiri (2010-12-18). Kisorio reigns as Chepng'etich three-peats - KCB/AK 5th XC meet. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-19.
- ^ Valiente, Emeterio (2011-01-16). Komon defends, Cheruiyot edges Masai in Seville. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-19.
- ^ Mutuota, Mutwiri (2011-02-19). Mutai and Masai take hard fought wins in Nairobi; reigning World champs Ebuya and Chebet won’t defend. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2011-03-27). Kisorio wins 40th edition of Stramilano Half Marathon in 60:03. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-28.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2011-07-27). Geoffrey Mutai dominates in Castelbuono. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-07-30.
Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- Kenyan long-distance runners
- Male long-distance runners
- People from Nandi District
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