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{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}
'''Josephat Machuka''' (born 12 December 1973) is a Kenyan [[long-distance runner]]. He won [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] junior [[bronze medal]] in 1992 and 1993. In the  [[1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] he was 10th and was part of the Kenyan team that won team [[gold medal|gold]].

At the [[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1992 World Junior Championships]] he competed in the [[10,000 metres]] finishing second, but as he was being passed just before the finish, he deliberately punched at the eventual winner [[Haile Gebrselassie]] during the final sprint and was disqualified.<ref>BBC Sports, May 28, 2004: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/3757997.stm Olympic countdown: 73 days]</ref><ref>YouTube video: 1992 World Junior Championships  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQsWUb8zpjY 10000m final sprint] Machuka hit Haile</ref>  Overshadowed by Gebrselassie his entire career, this early incident is what Machuka is best remembered for.

He competed at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta Olympics]], finishing fifth in the men's 10,000 metres race, won by Haile Gebrselassie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.athletissimo.net/resultats/1996/index.htm|title=Athletisme : Actualités Athlétisme depuis 1996|website=www.athletissimo.net|access-date=2018-05-02}}</ref>

He was also fifth in the [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 World Championships]] 10,000 metres race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/1995/Men_10000m.html|title=Men 10000m World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE) - Tuesday 08.08|last=Krastev|first=Todor|website=www.todor66.com|access-date=2018-05-02}}</ref> He won the [[Eurocross]] meeting in Luxembourg in 1998.<ref name=ARRS>Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (2009-02-28). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_DiekirchXC.htm Eurocross 10.2 km (men) + 5.3 km (women)]. [[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]]. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.</ref>

Machuka was also a successful road runner. He won the [[Lilac Bloomsday Run|Bloomsday Run]] in 1994 and 1995.<ref>[http://www.bloomsdayrun.org/ResultsHistory.htm Bloomsday Run - Results History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626061917/http://www.bloomsdayrun.org/ResultsHistory.htm |date=2007-06-26 }}</ref> Machuka won the [[Steamboat Classic]] 4-mile race in 1995.<ref>[http://www.pjstar.com/sports/ssections/steamboatclassic/2002steamboatmen.html 2002 Steamboat Classic Men's 4-mile results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417191302/http://www.pjstar.com/sports/ssections/steamboatclassic/2002steamboatmen.html |date=2007-04-17 }}</ref> In the [[Netherlands]] he won the [[Zevenheuvelenloop]] (a 15 kilometres race) twice, in 1995 and 1996, just as the [[Dam tot Damloop]], in 1993 and 1996.

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}}
|-
|rowspan=4|1992
|[[1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Boston]], [[United States]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|Junior Race (7.8&nbsp;km)
|[[1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race|23:37]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1992 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Belle Vue Maurel]], [[Mauritius]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|5000 m 
|13:28.85
|-
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|10,000 m
|27:59.70
|-
|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
| —
|10,000m
|[[1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|DQ]]
|-
|1993
|[[1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Amorebieta]], [[Spain]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|Junior Race (7.15&nbsp;km)
|[[1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race|20:23]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1995
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1995 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Harare]], [[Zimbabwe]]
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|5000 m
|13:31.11
|-
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|10,000 m
|28:03.6
|-
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg]], [[Sweden]]
| 5th
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|27:23.72
|-
|rowspan=3|1996
|rowspan=2|[[1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Stellenbosch]], [[South Africa]]
| 10th
|Long Race (12.15&nbsp;km)
|[[1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race|34:37]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|Team Race
|33 pts
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|[[Atlanta]], [[United States]]
| 5th
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|27:35.08
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

{{Footer All-Africa Champions 5000 m Men}}
{{Footer All-Africa Champions 10000 m Men}}
{{Footer African Champions men's 10,000 metres}}

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[[Category:1973 births]]
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[[Category:Kenyan male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Kenyan male cross country runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:African Games gold medalists for Kenya]]
[[Category:African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:African Games athletes for Kenya]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya]]
[[Category:20th-century Kenyan sportsmen]]