Joseph Ebuya

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joseph Ebuya
Occupation	Long-Distance Runner
Date Of Birth	Jun 20, 1987(1987-06-20)
Age	37
Country	Kenya
Birth City	Baragoi
Horoscope	Gemini

Joseph Ebuya Biography

Joseph Ebuya is one of the most popular and richest Long-Distance Runner who was born on June 20, 1987 in Baragoi, Kenya. Joseph Ebuya (born 20 June 1987 in Baragoi) is a Kenyan athlete who specializes in the 5000m in distance and is the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships champion.

He finished 4th in the Senior race of the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and was able to help Kenya to take home the gold medal. He took part in the 5000 m race at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and made it to the finals, but his finish was 13th place in the race.

Competing on the roads, he took third at the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K behind Leonard Komon and Micah Kogo – both world record breakers in the event. An injury ruled him out for the rest of the track and road racing seasons and he made a return in November to win the Cross de l’Acier for a second time, beating the 2011 World Champion Imane Merga. He was beaten into second by Kidane Tadese at the Cross de la Constitución, but retained his title at the Cross Zornotza.

He competed on the road running circuit later that year and set a United Kingdom all-comers record for the 10-mile distance with a win at the Great South Run. His time of 45:16 was the fastest of the season and knocked over 40 seconds off the previous UK-soil record – a mark achieved at the same race fifteen years earlier by Benson Masya. He ran at the Cross de Atapuerca in November but was outdone by world silver medallist Teklemariam Medhin in the final straight and had to settle for second. He became the first athlete to win twice at the Soria meeting by out-kicking Mathew Kisorio a few weeks later, and also won the Cross de l’Acier and Cross de la Constitución titles. He continued his strong form into 2011, winning in Amorebieta and at the Campaccio. The Kenyan National Cross Country Championships in February proved to be the undoing of his cross season, as he failed to finish and missed opportunities to defend his world title and compete at the African Cross Country Championships.

His fortunes were not always the best in 2007; he fell short on a spot on the Kenyan world cross-country team, but he did secure an entry in the 5000-meter race for the World Championships in Athletics by being runner-up in the Kenyan track trials. He misjudged his run during the heats of the championships his choice to stay in the top of the pack during the race that was slow was a major mistake that saw him lost in the first round. He attempted to rectify his poor start at the higher levels of the senior world by making a point of focusing in the track. He was among the top four of the two Golden League meets and went on to win an award of silver over 3000 meters at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final.

Joseph Ebuya Net Worth

Joseph Ebuya is one of the richest Long-Distance Runner from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joseph Ebuya 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started competing in 2003 after observing Benjamin Limo (among others) performing training runs. Ebuya wanted to emulate and follow Limo. Ebuya started to get to an elite stage in the year 2005 as he represented his country’s Rift Valley Province in the Kenyan Championships before heading to the European track and field circuit. Rapid performances of over 5000m in the Netherlands resulted in an appearance on the Memorial van Damme Golden League event later in the season.

The first time he competed internationally for Kenya was at in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and He was just a few seconds away from the medals at the 5000 meters, only to be defeated to fourth by Fabiano Joseph Naasi. In the following month, he competed for the Junior race of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He was again fourth, but this time, he was beaten by Tariku Bekele) however he was able to share winning the team title together with Mangata Ndiwa as well as Leonard Komon. He was blessed on the track during the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics where he was awarded the bronze medal in the 5000 meters. He was enlisted to run in the 10,000 m race in Kenya’s official capacity as the Kenyan representative Thomas Longosiwa was found to be too old. The circumstances was in his favor when he set his personal record of 28:53.46 which earned Ebuya the medal of silver ahead of Ethiopian youngster Ibrahim Jeilan. The eighth place finish in the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final rounded off his debut season in international contests.

He signalled his strong form at the start of 2010 with a win at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country, beating elite opposition in Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele. He followed this up by taking the men’s senior title at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, succeeding the absent Kenenisa Bekele to bring an end to a decade-long break for Kenya, whose last winner had been Paul Tergat in 1999.

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Joseph Ranked on the list of most popular Long-Distance Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Joseph Ebuya celebrates birthday on June 20 of every year.