{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}} '''John Gwako''' (born 4 September 1978) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.
He won the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale half-marathon in 1997, setting a course record of 1:00:27.<ref name=Hist>[http://www.marseille-cassis.com/la-course/historique/ Historique Il était une fois …] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416172009/http://www.marseille-cassis.com/la-course/historique/ |date=2009-04-16 }} {{in lang|fr}}. Marseille-Cassis. Retrieved on 2009-10-22.</ref>
After suffering from injuries for quite some time, he is now planning a comeback in 2014.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}{{Update inline|date=August 2024}}
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}} |- |rowspan=3|1997 |Lille Half Marathon |Lille, France |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half marathon |1:01:10 |- |Corrida de Langueux |Langueux, France |bgcolor="gold"| 1st |10 km | |- |Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale |Marseille, France |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half marathon |1:00:27 |- |rowspan=2|1998 |World Half Marathon Championships |Uster, Switzerland |11th |Half marathon |- |II Meia Maratona Internacional do Rio 1998 |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half marathon |1:01:49 |- |rowspan=2|2000 |World Half Marathon Championships |Veracruz, Mexico |align="center" | 6th |Half marathon | |- |IV Meia Maratona Internacional do Rio 2000 |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half marathon |1:01:48 |- |2001 |World Half Marathon Championships |Bristol, England |align="center" | 13th |Half marathon | |- |2004 |VIII Meia Maratona Internacional do Rio 2004 |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half marathon |1:02:11 |}
===Personal bests=== *Half marathon - 1:01:00 hrs (1997) *Marathon - 2:12:30 hrs (2005)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics}}
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