Wilberforce Talel

Wilberforce Talel (born 10 January 1980 in Marakwet District) is runner from Kenya. He is a Commonwealth Games gold medalist and has competed several times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He is the current 10,000 metres Commonwealth Games record holder.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2000	World Cross Country Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	5th	Long race
			1st	Team competition
2002	World Cross Country Championships	Dublin, Ireland	3rd	Long race
			1st	Team competition
	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	1st	10,000 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	6th	10,000 m
2004	World Cross Country Championships	Brussels, Belgium	10th	Long race
			2nd	Team competition
2005	World Cross Country Championships	St Etienne, France	11th	Long race
			2nd	Team competition

Personal bests

Distance	Time	Location	Date
5000 metres	13:13.15	Stockholm	1 August 2000
10,000 metres	27:33.60	Paris	24 August 2003
10K run	28:36	Jakarta	2 July 2006
Half marathon	1:01:17	Salzburg	28 April 2002
Marathon	2:13:35	Vienna	29 April 2007

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics (men)

External links

• Wilberforce Talel at World Athletics
• Posso Sports profile Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine