# Sammy Alex Mutahi

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{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
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| image          = Sammy Alex Mutahi (cropped).jpg
| caption        = Mutahi in 2010
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|1 June 1989}}
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| show-medals    = yes
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{{MedalSport | Men's [athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry|{{KEN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Indoor Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze | [2010 Doha](/source/2010_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[3000 m](/source/2010_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_3000_metres)}}
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'''Sammy Alex Mutahi''' (born 1 June 1989) is a Kenyan [long-distance runner](/source/long-distance_track_event) who specializes in the [5000 metres](/source/5000_metres).

He finished third at the [2009 World Athletics Final](/source/2009_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final).<ref name=bio>{{World Athletics}}</ref>

His personal best times are 7:31.41 minutes in the [3000 metres](/source/3000_metres), achieved in September 2009 in [Rieti](/source/Rieti); 13:00.12 minutes in the [5000 metres](/source/5000_metres), achieved in May 2010 in [Rome](/source/Rome); and 27:12.42 minutes in the [10,000 metres](/source/10%2C000_metres), achieved in September 2009 in [Tokamachi](/source/Tokamachi).<ref name=bio/>  He has an indoor 3000 metres personal best of 7:32.02, achieved in Stockholm on 10 February 2010, which ranks Mutahi as #8 all-time.

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