Micah Kogo

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.

Born into a family of subsistence farmers, Kogo first began running when he was a young child as this was the only way he could attend primary school.

[1] He remained in winning form in the 2006 season, defending his title at the L'Escalade and Dunkirk cross country running events.

[1] On 25 August 2006 at the Memorial Van Damme meeting he ran a personal best of 26:35.63 minutes, reaching the top ten fastest times in the event.

Greater success laid on the track: he was selected to represent Kenya internationally for the first time and ran in the 10,000 m at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

[6] In March 2009, Kogo broke Haile Gebrselassie's world record at 10 km by clocking 27:01 at the Parelloop race in the Netherlands.

He closed his track season with a 5000 m silver medal behind Imane Merga at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final.

[11] Central Park's UAE Healthy Kidney 10K saw another match against Komon, but Kogo was second place behind him in the race.

He tried to make the Kenyan Olympic team for a second time in 2012, but managed only ninth in the trial race at the Prefontaine Classic.