- Douglas Wakiihuri
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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.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing 
Kenya1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 1st Marathon 2:11:48 1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 2nd Marathon 2:10:47 1989 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 1st Marathon 2:09:03 1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 1st Marathon 2:10:27 20 km of Brussels Brussels, Belgium 1st 20 km 57:21 New York City Marathon New York, United States 1st Marathon 2:12:39 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 36th Marathon 2:19:38 References
- IAAF profile for Douglas Wakiihuri
London Men's Marathon Winners 1981: Dick Beardsley (USA) & Inge Simonsen (NOR) · 1982: Hugh Jones (GBR) · 1983: Mike Gratton (GBR) · 1984: Charlie Spedding (GBR) · 1985: Steve Jones (GBR) · 1986: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) · 1987: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) · 1988: Henrik Jørgensen (DEN) · 1989: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) · 1990: Allister Hutton (GBR) · 1991: Yakov Tolstikov (RUS) · 1992: António Pinto (POR) · 1993: Eamonn Martin (GBR) · 1994-6: Dionicio Cerón (MEX) · 1997: António Pinto (POR) · 1998: Abel Antón (SPA) · 1999: Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MOR) · 2000: António Pinto (POR) · 2001: Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MOR) · 2002: Khalid Khannouchi (USA) · 2003: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) · 2004: Evans Rutto (KEN) · 2005: Martin Lel (KEN) · 2006: Felix Limo (KEN) · 2007-8: Martin Lel (KEN) · 2009: Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) · 2010: Tsegaye Kebede (ETH) · 2011: Emmanuel Mutai (KEN)
World Marathon Majors: Berlin Marathon - List (M/W) · Boston Marathon - List (M/W) · Chicago Marathon - List (M/W) · London Marathon - List (M/W) · New York City Marathon - List (M/W) New York Men's Marathon Winners 1970: Gary Muhrcke (USA) · 1971: Norman Higgins (USA) · 1972: Sheldon Karlin (USA) · 1973: Tom Fleming (USA) · 1974: Norbert Sander (USA) · 1975: Tom Fleming (USA) · 1976-79: Bill Rodgers (USA) · 1980-82: Alberto Salazar (USA) · 1983: Rod Dixon (NZL) · 1984-85: Orlando Pizzolato (ITA) · 1986: Gianni Poli (ITA) · 1987: Ibrahim Hussein (KEN) · 1988: Steve Jones (GBR) · 1989: Juma Ikangaa (TAN) · 1990: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) · 1991: Salvador García (MEX) · 1992: Willie Mtolo (RSA) · 1993: Andrés Espinosa (MEX) · 1994-95: Germán Silva (MEX) · 1996: Giacomo Leone (ITA) · 1997-98: John Kagwe (KEN) · 1999: Joseph Chebet (KEN) · 2000: Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR) · 2001: Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) · 2002: Rodgers Rop (KEN) · 2003: Martin Lel (KEN) · 2004: Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) · 2005: Paul Tergat (KEN) · 2006: Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) · 2007: Martin Lel (KEN) · 2008: Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) · 2009: Meb Keflezighi (USA) · 2010: Gebregziabher Gebremariam (ETH) · 2011: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN)
World Marathon Majors: Berlin Marathon - List (M/W) · Boston Marathon - List (M/W) · Chicago Marathon - List (M/W) · London Marathon - List (M/W) · New York City Marathon - List (M/W) World Champions in Men's Marathon 1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) • 1987: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) • 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) • 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA) • 1995: Martín Fiz (ESP) • 1997: Abel Antón (ESP) • 1999: Abel Antón (ESP) • 2001: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) • 2003: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) • 2005: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) • 2007: Luke Kibet (KEN) • 2009: Abel Kirui (KEN) • 2011: Abel Kirui (KEN)
Commonwealth Champions in Men's Marathon 1930: Dunky Wright (SCO) • 1934: Harold Webster (CAN) • 1938: Johannes Coleman (SAF) • 1950: Jack Holden (ENG) • 1954: Joseph McGhee (SCO) • 1958: Dave Power (AUS) • 1962: Brian Kilby (ENG) • 1966: Jim Alder (SCO) • 1970: Ron Hill (ENG) • 1974: Ian Thompson (ENG) • 1978: Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) • 1982 – 1986: Robert de Castella (AUS) • 1990: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) • 1994: Steve Moneghetti (AUS) • 1998: Thabiso Moqhali (LES) • 2002: Francis Naali (TAN) • 2006: Samson Ramadhani (TAN) • 2010: John Kelai (KEN)
Categories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- Kenyan long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Kenya
- Olympic silver medalists for Kenya
- London Marathon winners
- New York City Marathon winners
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Olympic medalist stubs
- Kenyan athletics biography stubs
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