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Eliud Kipchoge

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Born
1984 (40 years old)

Birth Place
Kapsisiywa, Nandi County, Kenya

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Long Distance Runner

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Black

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1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight
52 kg (115 lb)

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Kenya Athletics

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Latest Results
Mens Tokyo Marathon 03 Mar 24
Mens Berlin Marathon 24 Sep 23
Mens Boston Marathon 17 Apr 23
Mens Berlin Marathon 25 Sep 22
Mens Tokyo Marathon 06 Mar 22
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Eliud Kipchoge EGH (English: /ˌɛliˈuːd kɪpˈtʃoʊɡə/ EL-ee-OOD kip-CHOH-gə; (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly competed at the 5000 metre distance. He is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon winner. In addition, he set the world record in the marathon with a time of 2:01:39 at the 2018 Berlin Marathon. His run broke the previous world record by 1 minute and 18 seconds. He has been described as "the greatest marathoner of the modern era".

Kipchoge won his first individual world championship title in 2003 by winning the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and setting a world junior record over 5000 m on the track. At the age of eighteen, he became the senior 5000 m world champion at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics with a championships record, then followed with an Olympic bronze for Kenya in 2004 and a bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships. A five-time World Championship 5000 m finalist, Kipchoge took silver medals at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Commonwealth Games.

He switched to road running in 2012 and made the second-fastest half marathon debut ever, at 59:25. In his marathon debut, he won the 2013 Hamburg Marathon in a course record time. His first victory at a World Marathon Major came at the Chicago Marathon in 2014, and he went on to become series champion for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. He has won the London Marathon a record four times. His only losses in a marathon were a second-place finish behind Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich at the 2013 Berlin Marathon, where Kipsang broke the world record, and an eighth-place finish at the 2020 London Marathon.

On 12 October 2019, Kipchoge ran the marathon distance at a special event in Vienna, Austria, achieving a time of 1:59:40. The run did not count as a new marathon record, as standard competition rules for pacing and fluids were not followed and it was not an open event.



Career Honours

World Marathon Majors
2023

Kenya Athletics

World Marathon Majors
2022

Kenya Athletics

World Marathon Majors
2021

Kenya Athletics

Olympics Gold
2020

Kenya Athletics

World Marathon Majors
2019

Kenya Athletics

World Athlete of the Year
2019

Kenya Athletics

World Marathon Majors
2018

Kenya Athletics

World Marathon Majors
2018

Kenya Athletics

World Athlete of the Year
2018

Kenya Athletics

World Marathon Majors
2017

Kenya Athletics

Olympics Gold
2016

Kenya Athletics

World Marathon Majors
2016

Kenya Athletics

World Marathon Majors
2015

Kenya Athletics

World Marathon Majors
2015

Kenya Athletics

World Marathon Majors
2014

Kenya Athletics

Commonwealth Games Silver
2010

Kenya Athletics

Olympics Silver
2008

Kenya Athletics

Olympics Bronze
2004

Kenya Athletics

World Athletics Championships
2003

Kenya Athletics


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