{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}} '''Wilson Onsare Ombui''' (born 15 June 1976) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner who competed in half marathon and marathon races.

His time of 2:06:47 hours at the 2003 Paris Marathon made his fastest ever debut run at the time, but he never bettered the mark. His other marathon highlights included a runner-up performance at the 2005 Boston Marathon and a third-place finish at the Lake Biwa Marathon in Japan.

His best time for the half marathon was 1:00:52 hours, and he had victories over that distance at the Paris Half Marathon, America's Finest City Half Marathon, and Reims Half Marathon.

==Career== Wilson began his major race career in 2000 with a series of half marathons in France. He was third at Le Lion Half Marathon, improved to second place at the Auray-Vannes Half Marathon, then claimed his first victories over the distance at the Reims Half Marathon and Saint Pol- Morlaix Half Marathon.<ref>Lefeuvre, Thierry (2010-10-31). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_StPMHM.htm Saint Pol- Morlaix Half Marathon]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-04-16.</ref> He was based in the United States for 2001 and took wins at the Charleston Distance Run 15-miler and America's Finest City Half Marathon.<ref name=Posso>[http://www.possosports.com/informacion/index.php?ClassId=1&Id=31 Wilson Onsare]. Posso Sports. Retrieved on 2011-04-16.</ref>

He returned to France for the 2002 season and remained on form, recording a new best time of 1:01:33 hours to win the Paris Half Marathon. He had three consecutive runner-up finishes that year, being the second-best runner at the Nice Half Marathon, BIG 25 Berlin and Lille Half Marathon. He ended the year with another win at the Reims Half Marathon.<ref name=Posso/> He set two career bests that year – a 10K best of 27:55 minutes at a race in La Courneuve and a 25K best of 1:14:51 hours in Berlin.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071018222931/http://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/US/index.php?nid=143&athlete=75 Wilson Onsare]. World Marathon Majors (archived). Retrieved on 2011-04-16.</ref>

He stepped up to the full marathon distance in 2003 at the Paris Marathon and recorded the fastest ever time for a débutante—coming in third with a time of 2:06:47 hours.<ref>Fuchs, Carole (2003-04-06). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=20947.html European Marathon best tied by Benoit Z. in Paris but Rotich takes the win]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-16.</ref><ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=23384.html Rutto makes 2:05:50 debut in Chicago]. IAAF (2005-10-13). Retrieved on 2011-04-16.</ref> He also set his half marathon best that year, claiming the Lille Half Marathon title in a time of 1:00:52 hours.<ref>Franco Civai & Thierry Lefeuvre (2010-09-05). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_LilleHM.htm Lille Métropole Half Marathon]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-04-16.</ref> He ran two sub-2:10-hour marathons in 2004, coming third at the Lake Biwa Marathon and fourth at the Berlin Marathon,<ref name=MI>[http://marathoninfo.free.fr/athletes/onsarewilson.htm Onsare, Wilson]. Marathon Info. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.</ref> and also came fourth at that year's Bogotá Half Marathon.<ref name=Posso/>

Onsare was one of the front runners at the 2005 Boston Marathon as he came second, just half a minute behind the winner Hailu Negussie.<ref>Fedulov, Denis (2005-04-19). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=29177.html Ndereba makes Boston history with record fourth win]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.</ref> He was selected to represent Kenya in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, but he did not manage to finish the race as he dropped out after 30&nbsp;km.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/history/WCH/season=2005/eventCode=3365/results/racedate=08-13-2005/sex=M/discCode=MAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html 2005 World Championships - Men's Marathon results]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.</ref> He also failed to match his early season form at the JoongAng Seoul Marathon in November, as he finished nearly five minutes after the winner and ended the race in fifth.<ref>Jalava, Mirko (2005-11-07). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=32540.html Kiplagat takes 2:08 course record victory in Seoul]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.</ref> He was some way off his best times in the 2006 season as he was ninth in Boston (2:13:47) and 21st at the Chicago Marathon, where he slowed in the second half of the race and crossed the line after 2:16:12 hours.<ref>[http://results.active.com/pages/oneResult.jsp?pID=25503605&rsID=10622 Chicago Marathon 2006]. Active Results. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.</ref>

He was restricted to shorter, low level races in 2007 and his highlight was a win at the 10&nbsp;km de la Cité des Papes in Avignon.<ref name=Posso/> He returned to the marathon distance in 2009 at the Tiberias Marathon and he was seventh with a time of 2:13:43 hours. An appearance at the 2010 Annecy Marathon—one of the lesser European marathons—showed Onsare far outside of his previous elite standard, as he came seventh with a time of 2:29:51 hours.<ref name=MI/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{World Athletics}}

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