Yobes Ondieki

Yobes Ondieki ( born February 21, 1961 in Kisii, Nyanza Province) is a Kenyan athlete, and was the first person who completed the 10,000 meters under 27 minutes.

One of his biggest success Ondieki in 5000 - meter race of the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. There he won the gold medal. In 13:14,45 minutes, he also made it to a new championship record. In the same year he presented 13:01,82 minutes his best time over this distance on.

At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, he belonged to the very end for the five -man lead group, but was überspurtet down the stretch not only from champion Dieter Baumann, but also from the other runners and had to settle for 5th place.

Taking the Plunge into the history books managed the Kenyans on July 10 at the 1993 Bislett Games in Oslo. There he set a new world record in the 10,000 meters and cracked the five -day-old record of Richard Chelimo. With a time of 26:58,38 minutes Ondieki remained the very first person in the 27 -minute mark. Meanwhile, this has also succeeded in more than 40 other runners.

Ondieki was married to the Australian top runner Lisa Martin- Ondieki. From now divorced connecting a daughter emerged.