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Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||
Born | Burnt Forest, Uasin Gishu District, Kenya | 3 June 1986||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 5000 metres 10,000 metres 10 km road race | ||||||||||||||
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Micah Kemboi Kogo (born 3 June 1986 in Burnt Forest, Uasin Gishu District) is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specialises in the 10,000 metres. He is the former world record holder in the 10 kilometres road race event with a time of 27:01. He made his first Olympic appearance in 2008, taking the 10,000 m bronze medal in Beijing. His 10000m best of 26.35 is 6th fastest of all time.