Hosea Mwok Macharinyang (12 June 1986 – 9 October 2021[1]) was a Kenyan professional runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and cross-country running.
He moved up to the senior ranks at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and helped Kenya to the team medal with his sixth-place finish in the long race.
[2] He won the 2007 Great Edinburgh Run and made his half marathon debut at the 2008 Stramilano, finishing fifth.
[3][4] An Achilles tendon injury in the middle of 2008 interrupted his career and after five straight international selections for the World Cross Country Championships, he missed the 2009 edition.
[6] He was fourth at August's Beach to Beacon 10K and in September he entered the Philadelphia Half Marathon, but was three minutes behind the winner Matthew Kisorio.