Wilson Waigwa

{{Short description|Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Wilson Waigwa | image = | caption = | nationality = Kenyan | sport = Athletics | event = long-distance | club = | birth_date = 15 February 1949 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height =172 cm | weight =64 kg | medaltemplates= }}

'''Wilson Wakiihuri Waigwa''' (born 15 February 1949) is a Kenyan long distance and middle-distance runner. He competed for Kenya in the 5,000 meters at the 1984 Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/wilson-waigwa-1.html|title=Wilson Waigwa Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216020207/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/wilson-waigwa-1.html|archive-date=2012-12-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also competed for Kenya at the 1987 World Indoor Championships and the 1984 World Cross Country Championships.

While competing for the University of Texas, El Paso he won the 1977 NCAA Championship in the 1,500 meters. He first broke 4 minutes for the mile on February 15, 1974<ref>{{Cite news|last=Times|first=Neil Amdur; Special to The New York|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/28/archives/waldrop-takes-mile-in-3532-exciting-duel-tennessee-suprises.html|title=Waldrop Takes Mile in 3:53.2|date=1974-04-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-04-13|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and was a formidable world class miler for more than a decade.

Waigwa finished second behind fellow Kenyan Henry Rono in the 5,000 metres event at the British 1978 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref> and won the 1982 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref>

His personal record was 3:50.73 set at the end of the 1983 season in Koblenz, Germany. More than 3 decades later it still ranks as #88 on the all-time list<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/middlelong/one-mile/outdoor/men/senior|title=IAAF: One Mile - men - senior - outdoor {{!}} iaaf.org|website=iaaf.org|access-date=2018-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926061559/http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/middlelong/one-mile/outdoor/men/senior|archive-date=2015-09-26|url-status=live}}</ref> at the time he was running he was in the top dozen.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Waigwa, Wilson}} Category:1949 births Category:Kenyan men middle-distance runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya Category:Living people Category:African Games silver medalists for Kenya Category:African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:African Games athletes for Kenya Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 All-Africa Games Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Category:UTEP Miners men's track and field athletes Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Category:20th-century Kenyan sportsmen