Sostenes Bitok’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Kenyan distance runner
Is Athlete 
From Kenya 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 23 March 1957
Age: 63 years

Sosthenes Bitok (born March 23, 1957) is a retired long-distance runner from Kenya, who represented his native country in the men’s 10,000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he finished in sixth place, clocking 28:09.01 in the final.

Running career

Bitok ran for University of Richmond on scholarship. In 1980, he set the 1500-meter record for the Colonial Relays (hosted by College of William & Mary) at 3:40.3. He was the 1600-meter anchor of Richmond’s Distance Medley Relay team which participated at the 1982 Penn Relays, and ran his 1600 split in 3:55.8, only 0.7 seconds behind the winning anchor John Gregorek.

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