Levy Matebo

Levy Matebo Omari (born 3 November 1989) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes mainly in marathon races. Matebo has a personal best of 2:05:16 hours for the 42.195 km distance, which he set as a runner-up at the 2011 Frankfurt Marathon. He was also second at the Boston Marathon in 2012. He has won marathons in Brussels and Barcelona. In addition to the marathon, he has a half marathon best of 1:00:06 hours.

Matebo grew up in Kenya's Trans-Nzoia District and took up running at school as one of his teachers urged him to try to make a career out of the sport. He ran for Kenya at the 2005 Eastern Africa Youth Championships and won the Tegla Loroupe Peace Race in 2006, beating the more experienced Wilson Kipsang. In 2007 he was selected for the African Junior Athletics Championships, but withdrew from the competitions amid rumours of offers to compete for Qatar internationally.

At the 2008 Kenyan Cross Country Championships he outran Mathew Kisorio to win the junior title. His global debut at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships saw him finish in tenth place (the fifth Kenyan finisher). He ran on the European track and field circuit for the first time that year: he set a 5000 metres personal best of 13:03.04 minutes as runner-up at the KBC Night of Athletics, came third at the British Grand Prix, and was runner-up at the Rieti Meeting with a 3000 metres best of 7:33.01 minutes. He also won at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix.

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