Edwin Soi
 Soi trailing Kenenisa Bekele at the 2006 Meeting Gaz de France |
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Representing  Kenya
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | 5000 m |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
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2012 Istanbul | 3000 m |
| World Athletics Final | ||
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2007 Stuttgart | 5000 m |
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2007 Stuttgart | 3000 m |
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2008 Stuttgart | 5000 m |
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2006 Stuttgart | 5000 m |
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2006 Stuttgart | 3000 m |
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2008 Stuttgart | 3000 m |
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2009 Thessaloniki | 5000 m |
Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (born 3 March 1986 in Kericho) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 and 5000 metres. He is a two-time Olympian for Kenya.
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 and was the 3000 m bronze medallist at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
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, and has had four straight wins at the Giro al Sas. His personal best for the distance is 27:46 minutes.
Soi had his first running successes when undertaking a tour of races in Spain in 2004. He won the Cursa Bombers 10K in Barcelona and won a second 10K race in Madrid that November. His first opportunity to represent Kenya internationally came in 2006, as he gained selection for the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships with a fourth-place finish at the national short cross country race. He finished in eighth place in the short race and helped Kenya to the team gold medal, alongside Isaac Kiprono Songok, Benjamin Limo and Augustine Kiprono Choge.
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