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Wilberforce Talel (born 10 January 1980 in Marakwet District) is runner from Kenya. He is a Commonwealth Games gold medalist and has competed several times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He is the current 10,000 metres Commonwealth Games record holder.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
2000	World Cross Country Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	5th	Long race
2000	World Cross Country Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	1st	Team competition
2002	World Cross Country Championships	Dublin, Ireland	3rd	Long race
	World Cross Country Championships	Dublin, Ireland	1st	Team competition
	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	1st	10,000 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	6th	10,000 m
2004	World Cross Country Championships	Brussels, Belgium	10th	Long race
2004	World Cross Country Championships	Brussels, Belgium	2nd	Team competition
2005	World Cross Country Championships	St Etienne, France	11th	Long race
2005	World Cross Country Championships	St Etienne, France	2nd	Team competition

Distance	Time	Location	Date
5000 metres	13:13.15	Stockholm	1 August 2000
10,000 metres	27:33.60	Paris	24 August 2003
10K run	28:36	Jakarta	2 July 2006
Half marathon	1:01:17	Salzburg	28 April 2002
Marathon	2:13:35	Vienna	29 April 2007

v t e Commonwealth Games champions in men's 10,000 metres
6 miles (1930–1966)	1930: Billy Savidan (NZL) 1934: Arthur Penny (ENG) 1938: Cecil Matthews (NZL) 1950: Harold Nelson (NZL) 1954: Peter Driver (ENG) 1958: Dave Power (AUS) 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) 1966: Naftali Temu (KEN)
10000 metres (1970–present)	1970: Lachie Stewart (SCO) 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) 1978: Brendan Foster (ENG) 1982: Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) 1986: Jon Solly (ENG) 1990: Eamonn Martin (ENG) 1994: Lameck Aguta (KEN) 1998: Simon Maina (KEN) 2002: Wilberforce Talel (KEN) 2006: Boniface Toroitich Kiprop (UGA) 2010: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA) 2014: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA) 2018: Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 2022: Jacob Kiplimo (UGA)

6 miles
(1930–1966)

10000 metres
(1970–present)

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