Douglas Wakiihuri
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Silver | 1988 Seoul | Marathon |
Douglas Wakiihuri (born September 26, 1963) 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 has ever won the marathon at World Championships or Olympic Games. 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.