Michael Musyoki

Michael Musyoki (born May 28, 1956), also known by his nickname "Mike", is a retired long-distance runner from Kenya who won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Michael Musyoki
Personal information
Born (1956-05-28) May 28, 1956
Sport
Country Kenya
SportTrack, Long-distance running
Event(s)3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, Marathon
College teamUTEP
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)3000 metres: 7:46.4[1]
5000 metres: 13:24.89[1]
10,000 metres: 27:41.92[1]
Marathon: 2:10:30[1]
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles10,000 m
All-Africa Games
1978 Algiers 5,000 metres
1978 Algiers 10,000 metres

Running career

Collegiate

Musyoki was recruited by University of Texas at El Paso, a school which was building a star-studded team of distance-runners in the late 1970s. Suleiman Nyambui and Musyoki were UTEP's two premier foreign distance-runner recruits at the time, and both of them finished in first and second place respectively in the 10,000 metre race at the 1979 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships.[2]

Post-collegiate

At the 1978 Commonwealth Games he was silver medalist behind his famous compatriot Henry Rono. At the 1978 All-Africa Games, Musyoki was also 5000 meters silver medalist. In 1982 he broke the half marathon world record by running 61:36 in Philadelphia. He was also an active road racer and won "Road Racer of the Year" award in 1983 by Running Times.

References
  1. All-Athletics. "Profile of Michael Musyoki".
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) PDF: 1979 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships - May 29-June 2, 1979 - Page 18


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