Wilson Omwoyo

{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}

Wilson Omwoyo (born 25 November 1965) is a retired Kenyan long-distance runner.[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=ken/athcode=3360/index.html Omwoyo Wilson]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-12-05. He competed for his country at the 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he finished 17th overall.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016110553/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/tomtytom/iccu/wxc_iaaf/wxc_SM1994S.html IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.1km CC Men - Budapest Kincsem Park Date: Saturday, March 26, 1994]. AthChamps (archived). Retrieved on 2011-12-05.

Although he did not have success internationally with Kenya, he won numerous competitions on the European circuit during his career. In cross country running, he won the 1990 Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio and in 1992 topped the podium at the Cross de l'Acier and Cross Memorial Juan Muguerza races.[http://crossdelacier.free.fr/palmares.php Palmares]. Cross de l'Acier. Retrieved on 2011-12-05.Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (2010-11-30). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_LLodioXC.htm Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-05.[https://www.arrs.run/HP_JMgXC.htm Cross Memorial Juan Muguerza]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2011-01-21). Retrieved on 2011-12-05. Other victories included the Cross du Figaro in Paris in 1993 and the Tilburg Warandeloop in 1995.Michiels, Paul et al (2011-01-15). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_FigXC.htm Cross du Figaro]. ARRS. Retrieved on 2011-12-05.Michiels, Paul et al (2011-11-27). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_WarXC.htm Warandeloop Cross]. ARRS. Retrieved on 2011-12-05.

In addition to his cross country running, he won top level road running competitions as well. He won the Foulée Suresnoise twice consecutively in 1993/1994.Seigneuric, Yves & Lefeuvre, Thierry (2011-06-20). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_Sures10.htm Foulées de Suresnes 10 km]. ARRS. Retrieved on 2011-12-05. At the Greifenseelauf half marathon in Uster he set a course record of 1:01:53 hours in 1994 and returned the following year to win for a second time.Civai, Franco et al (2011-11-13). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_UsterHM.htm Greifenseelauf Half Marathon]. ARRS. Retrieved on 2011-12-05. He was also a two-time winner at the Grand Prix von Bern (taking titles in 1994 and 1996).Magnusson, Tomas (2011-05-16). [https://arrs.run/HP_Bern10.htm Grand Prix von Bern 10 mile]. ARRS. Retrieved on 2011-12-05. In the same year as his second victory in Bern, he won the 20 km of Brussels race with a course best time of 55:41 minutes.Civai, Franco (2010-06-03). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_Bruss20.htm Brussels 20 km]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-12-05.

He continued running after peaking in his thirties, but competed at smaller races. He won the Swansea Bay 10K in Wales in 1998.McGeoch, Mick (2011-09-27). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_Swansea10.htm Swansea Bay 10 km]. ARRS. Retrieved on 2011-12-05. In 2007 he was still running and set an all-comers record for the territory of Guadeloupe, winning a half marathon in Abymes in a time of 1:08:04 hours.[https://www.arrs.run/AC_HMar.htm All-Comers Records- Half Marathon]. ARRS (2011-02-12). Retrieved on 2011-12-05.