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Yobes Ondieki

1961 - Today

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Yobes Ondieki (born February 21, 1961, in Kisii, Nyanza) is a Kenyan former 5000 m runner, who won the World Championships' gold medal in Tokyo 1991. In the same year he set a temporary Kenyan 5000 m record of 13:01.82 in Zurich. He participated in the Olympic finals of 1988 and 1992 but did not win a medal. He was the first person to break 27:00 in the 10,000 m in 1993, with a then world record time of 26:58.38. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Yobes Ondieki is the 2,638th most popular athlete (down from 2,551st in 2024), the 44th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 50th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yobes Ondieki ranks 2,638 out of 6,025. Before him are Vera Anisimova, Natalia Valeeva, Nicolae Juravschi, Wang Yifu, Daniel Giger, and Jim Fuchs. After him are Luis Delís, Natalya Pechonkina, Eberhard Rösch, Fermín Cacho, Sui Xinmei, and Oleksandr Bagach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Yobes Ondieki ranks 710. Before him are Mike Lazaridis, Luděk Mikloško, Thomas Müller, Gary Valentine, Peter Larsson, and Ludger Stühlmeyer. After him are Cornelia Oschkenat, Simon Wells, Alexei Gorinov, Sheila Kelley, Waldemar Matysik, and Naoko Matsui.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Yobes Ondieki ranks 44 out of 150. Before him are Hellen Obiri (1989), Daniel Rudisha (1945), Douglas Wakiihuri (1963), Catherine Ndereba (1972), Moses Kiptanui (1970), and Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (1984). After him are Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (1911), John Ngugi (1962), Joseph Keter (1969), Paul Kipkoech (1963), Robert Wangila (1967), and Paddy Lowe (1962).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Yobes Ondieki ranks 24. Before him are Hellen Obiri (1989), Daniel Rudisha (1945), Douglas Wakiihuri (1963), Catherine Ndereba (1972), Moses Kiptanui (1970), and Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (1984). After him are John Ngugi (1962), Joseph Keter (1969), Paul Kipkoech (1963), Robert Wangila (1967), Noah Ngeny (1978), and Lucas Sang (1961).

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