Edwin Soi

Edwin Soi

Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (born March 3, 1986 in Kericho) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 and 5000 metres.

His earliest honours were team gold medals with Kenya at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2006 and 2007. Soi has had his success on the track – he was the 5000 m bronze medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was highly successful at the IAAF World Athletics Final, taking three gold and three silver medals from 2006 to 2008. He became the continental champion on the track at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics.

Soi has won numerous 10K road races in his career; he has won three times consecutively at the BOclassic, Memorial Peppe Greco and Giro Media Blenio races. Other circuit victories include the Cursa de Bombers and Giro al Sas and his personal best for the distance is 27:46 minutes.