Bedan Karoki Muchiri

Bedan Karoki Muchiri (born 21 August 1990) is a Kenyan professional long distance runner who competes in track, cross country and road running disciplines.

[2] Karoki spent much of his early career running on the Japanese racing circuit, including wins at the Chiba International Cross Country three years in a row, from 2009 to 2011.

[3] He had his first international call-up for Kenya and won a silver medal in the 10,000 m at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, despite losing the trials and eventually gaining selection as a wildcard entry.

Medals came at the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where he was runner-up to compatriot Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and shared in the team title.

In 2017 Muchiri competed in the 2017 London Marathon where he finished in a time of 2:07:41 behind Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele and Kenyan counterpart Daniel Wanjiru.