Douglas Wakiihuri

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Medal record
Douglas Wakiihuri
Men's Athletics
Competitor for Kenya
Olympic Games
Silver	1988 Seoul	Marathon
World Championships
Gold	1987 Rome	Marathon
Commonwealth Games
Gold	1990 Auckland	Marathon

Douglas Wakiihuri (born September 26, 1963) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome. No other male Kenyan runner had ever won the marathon at World Championships or Olympic Games until 2007, when Luke Kibet became a world champion. The following year, Wakiihuri won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, finishing behind Gelindo Bordin.

In 1989 Wakiihuri won the London Marathon. In 1990 he won the New York Marathon.

Wakiihuri was famous for wearing white gloves during races

World Champions in Men's Marathon
1983: Robert de Castella \| 1987: Douglas Wakiihuri \| 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi \| 1993: Mark Plaatjes \| 1995: Martín Fiz \| 1997: Abel Antón \| 1999: Abel Antón \| 2001: Gezahegne Abera \| 2003: Jaouad Gharib \| 2005: Jaouad Gharib \| 2007: Luke Kibet