- Wilfred Bungei
Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei (born July 24, 1980) is a
Kenya n middle distance runner, who won the 800 m gold medal at the2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [cite news |first= Mitch|last= Phillips|coauthors= Ed Osmond|title= Bungei wins 800 meters for Kenya|url= http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK32127320080823|publisher=Reuters |date= 2008-08-23|accessdate=2008-08-24] He also won the World Indoor Championships in Athletics in Moscow 2006 over800 metres where he defeatedMbulaeni Mulaudzi and Olympic ChampionYuriy Borzakovskiy in the course of the race.Bungei was ranked No.1 in the world over 800m in 2002 and 2003. He has a personal best of 1:42.34 minutes (Rieti 2002), thus being currently the fifth fastest runner in the history of the event. At the
2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton he won a silver medal over 800m, finishing behindAndre Bucher .He graduated from Samoei High School in 1998. At the
1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics he won a silver medal. Bungei represented his native country at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens, Greece .Bungei is from
Kabirirsang , a village nearKapsabet . He is a second cousin to Kenyan-born Danish former athleteWilson Kipketer . Bungei is based nearVerona , Italy during track season. He is married to Priscah Bungei with two sons (as of 2008) [The Standard, September 28, 2008: [http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143995804&cid=4& Olympic 800m champ Bungei, made Nandi warrior] ] .He was part of the 4x800 m relay team who currently holds the world record.
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