Eliud Kipchoge

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Eliud Kipchoge
Men’s athletics
Competitor for  Kenya
Olympic Games
Silver 2008 Beijing 5000 m
Bronze 2004 Athens 5000 m
World Championships
Gold 2003 Paris 5000 m
Silver 2007 Osaka 5000 m
World Indoor Championships
Bronze 2006 Moscow 3000 m
Commonwealth Games
Silver 2010 Delhi 5000 m
Silver 2010 Delhi 10,000 m

Eliud Kipchoge (born 5 November 1984 in Kapsisiywa, Nandi District) is a Kenyan long distance runner who has won medals at Olympic and World level.

He came to prominence in 2003 by winning the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, setting a world junior record over 5000 metres on the track and then becoming world champion at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. An Olympic 5000 m bronze for Kenya followed at the 2004 Athens Olympics and he took another bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

A series of silver medals came, starting at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics before another runner-up placing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was fifth at the 2009 World Championships but again reached the podium at the 2010 Commonwealth Games; he was second behind Moses Kipsiro in both the 5000 m and 10,000 metres. He has won four medals at editions of the annual IAAF World Athletics Final and is a five-time 5000 m finalist at the World Championships.

His 3000 metres best of 7:27.72 ranks him among the top ten at the distance and his 5000 m best of 12:46.53 makes him the fourth fastest ever in the event.[1]

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[edit] Career

[edit] 2002–2004

Kipchoge graduated from Kaptel Secondary School in 1999 but did not run seriously then. In 2002, Kipchoge won at the Kenyan trials for the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships junior race. At the World Cross Country Championships, held in Dublin, Kipchoge finished fifth in the individual race and was part on the Kenyan junior team that won gold. Kipchoge also won the 5000 metres race at the Kenyan trial for the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but got ill and missed the championships. At the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships he won the junior race.

Kipchoge won a gold medal at the 5000 m final at the 2003 World Championships, beating runner-up Hicham El Guerrouj by four hundredths of a second, by 12:52.79 and 12:52.83.[2]

Kipchoge won a bronze medal at the 5000 m final at the 2004 Athens Olympics, behind Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele.[3] He also won the Trofeo Alasport cross country race earlier that season.

[edit] World and Olympic medals

Kipchoge won the bronze in the 3000 metres indoor at the 2006 World Championships in Moscow. At the end of the year, he ran at the San Silvestre Vallecana New Year's Eve 10 km road race and he just held off Zersenay Tadese to win in a time of 26.54 minutes. This was better than the world record, but the time was assisted by the downhill course.[4]

Kipchoge won a silver medal at the 5000 m final of the 2007 World Championships at Osaka in 13:46.00, behind Bernard Lagat (13:45.87).[5]

During the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing, China, Kipchoge won a silver medal in the 5000m event with a time of 13:02.80 which was better than the previous Olympic record of 13:05.59 but it was not enough to match Kenenisa Bekele's pace, who won the gold medal for this race.[6] He failed to reach the podium at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, finishing in fifth place and he also finished ninth in the 3000 m at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final. On the circuit, he won the Great Yorkshire Run 10K and Campaccio Cross Country that year.

[edit] 2010–11 seasons

He made his debut on the 2010 IAAF Diamond League by winning the 5000 m Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in a meet record time.[7] Kipchoge made a world best attempt at the 2010 Carlsbad 5000 road race and, although he won the race, weather affected his chances and he finished in 13:11, the fourth fastest ever for the course.[8]

In the first athletics final of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he attempted to defend his 5000 m Commonwealth title. Ugandan runner Moses Kipsiro held a slender lead over him in the final stages of the race and Kipchoge ended up in second place, taking the silver medal some seven hundredths of a second behind.[9] He entered the 10,000 m but the same fate awaited him, as Kipsiro out-sprinted the Kenyan at the finish, leaving Kipchoge with his second silver of the Delhi Games.[10] He flew back to Europe immediately after to take part in the Belgrade Race Through History the following day. His shoe fell off in the first kilometre and, after putting it back on, he made up much ground on the field to eventually take second place two seconds behind Josphat Menjo.[11]

At the start of 2011, he won the short race at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country, ahead of Asbel Kiprop.[12] He attempted to retain his title at the Carlsbad 5000 in April but came a close second behind Dejen Gebremeskel.[13] Kipchoge was chosen to represent Kenya at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and reached the 5000 m final for the fifth consecutive time, although he only managed seventh place on this occasion.

Kipchoge returned to the Edinburgh Cross Country in 2012, but this time he finished third behind Asbel Kiprop and Britain's Jonathan Hay.[14]

[edit] Major achievements

Competition Rank Time Place Date Notes
2003 World Championships 1st 12:52.79 (5000 m) Paris 31 August Only 18 at the time.
2004 Summer Olympics 3rd 13:15.10 (5000 m) Athens 28 August Finished 3rd to El Guerrouj and Bekele
2006 World Indoor Championships 3rd 7:42.58 (3000 m) Moscow 12 March Kenenisa Bekele (1) (7:39.32)
2007 World Championships 2nd 13:46.00 (5000 m) Osaka 2 September Bernard Lagat (1) (13:45.87)
2008 Summer Olympics 2nd 13:02.80 (5000 m) Beijing 23 August Kenenisa Bekele (1) (12:57.82 OR)

[edit] Personal bests outdoor

Distance Time (min) Date Location
1500 m 3:33.20 31 May 2004 Hengelo
Mile run 3:50.40 30 July 2004 London
3000 m 7:27.66 6 May 2011 Doha
Two miles 8:07.39 *indoor* 18 February 2012 Birmingham
5000 m 12:46.53 2 July 2004 Roma
10,000 m 26:49.02 26 May2007 Hengelo

All Information taken from IAAF profile.[15]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 5000 Metres All Time. IAAF (2010-10-04). Retrieved on 2010-10-15.
  2. ^ 2003 World Championships Unheralded Kipchoge salvages Kenyan pride - IAAF
  3. ^ El Guerrouj completes historic double
  4. ^ Kipchoge breaks 27 minute barrier in Madrid - IAAF
  5. ^ 2007 World Championships 5000m results -- IAAF
  6. ^ 2008 Olympics 5000m results--Runner's World
  7. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2010-05-14). Rudisha and Powell impress as IAAF Diamond League kicks off in Doha - Report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-15.
  8. ^ Cruz, Dan (2010-04-12). Defar and Kipchoge prevail in Carlsbad. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-12.
  9. ^ Commonwealth Games 2010: Kipsiro wins 5,000m gold. BBC Sport (2010-10-06). Retrieved on 2010-10-06.
  10. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (2010-10-12). India sweeps women’s Discus Throw, Langat and Kipsiro complete doubles – Commonwealth Games Day Six. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-15.
  11. ^ Butcher, Pat (2010-10-13). Menjo takes five seconds off course record in Belgrade. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-15.
  12. ^ Wenig, Jorg (2011-01-08). Kipchoge and Masai prevail in snowy Edinburgh. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-09.
  13. ^ Cruz, Dan (2011-04-04). Gebremeskel and Kiros take Carlsbad 5Km victories. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-09.
  14. ^ Wenig, Jorg (2012-01-07). Kiprop triumphs in race of champions, Bekele a distant 11th - Edinburgh XC report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.
  15. ^ IAAF, Kipchoge Eliud biography: Eliud Kipchoge biography

[edit] External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj		 Men's 3,000 m best year performance
2004–2005		 Succeeded by
Kenya Isaac Kiprono Songok
Preceded by
Kenya Edwin Cheruiyot Soi		 Men's 3,000 m best year performance
2009		 Succeeded by
Ethiopia Tariku Bekele


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