Wilson Kirwa

Wilson Kipchumba Kirwa (born 28 December 1974 in Eldoret, Kenya) is a Finnish middle-distance runner, municipal politician, writer, and entrepreneur.

The Kenyan-born Wilson Kirwa moved to Finland in 1997, and in the same year, he started his career as a runner, with his main distance being 800 metres.

He originally intended to only tour the country for a few weeks, invited by his Finnish friends.

He spent the year living in Lahti, training, giving lectures, and writing.

He published a fairy tale book called Amani-aasi ja sisäinen kauneus ('Amani the donkey and the inner beauty'), in which he modified the stories he heard in his childhood to suit Finnish people.