Stephen Mokoka

Mokoka at the 2012 Olympics

Personal information

Born

January 31, 1985 (age 32)

Height

1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)

Weight

52 kg (115 lb)

Sport

Country

South Africa

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

Marathon

Medal record

Summer Universiade
	2013 Kazan	10,000 m
	2011 Shenzhen	10,000 m
	2013 Kazan	Half marathon
	2007 Bangkok	10,000 m
African Championships
	2016 Durban	10,000 m

Stephen Mokoka (born 31 January 1985) is a South African long-distance runner who competes in races ranging from 3000 metres to the marathon distance. He is a four-time medalist at the Universiade and has represented South Africa internationally in road, cross country, and track events. He represented South Africa in the marathon at the 2012 London Olympics.

He began competing internationally in 2005 and came ninth over 10,000 metres at the 2005 Summer Universiade. At the African student championships in 2006, he was third over 5000 metres and finished as runner-up in the 10,000 m. He won back-to-back South African universities titles (2006/2007) and won his first global level medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade, taking the bronze medal in the 10,000 m.

He gained his first senior international selections the following year, running at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. He made significant improvements to his times in the 2009 season, including a 5000 m personal best of 13:44.22 min at the Yellow Pages Durban meeting and a 10,000 m track best of 28:48.73 min. He won the 10,000 m national title in March and then managed to finish in 32nd place at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He also improved on the roads, taking the national 10K and half marathon titles with bests of 28:21 min and 61:26 min respectively. Having already won the Two Oceans Half Marathon earlier that year, he established himself as a top level competitor at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships by coming in eighth place. At the 10-mile Great South Run in England, it came down to a sprint finish between Mo Farah and himself. Although he lost by a margin of one second, he set a South African record of 46:26 min for the distance.

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