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Eliud Kipchoge
Kipchoge at the 2015 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
Born (1984-11-05) 5 November 1984 (age 39)
Kapsisiywa, Nandi District, Kenya
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country
Kenya
SportAthletics
Coached byPatrick Sang
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsMarathon: 2:01:39 WR
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 1
World Championships 1 1 0
World Cross Country Championships 1 0 0
World Indoor Championships 0 0 1
Commonwealth Games 0 1 0
World Marathon Majors 7 1 0
Total 9 5 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 5000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Paris 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka 5000 m
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Lausanne Junior race
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Moscow 3000 m
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 5000 m
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2018 London Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2017 Berlin Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2016 London Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2015 London Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2015 Berlin Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2014 Chicago Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2013 Berlin Marathon

Eliud Kipchoge (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes the marathon and formerly 5000 metres race. He won the Olympic marathon in 2016 and is the current marathon world record holder with a time of 2 hours 1 minute 39 seconds. Kipchoge's world record run at the 2018 Berlin Marathon, broke the previous record by 1 minute, 18 seconds, the greatest improvement since 1967.

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 ever half marathon debut with 59:25 minutes. On 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. He was a three-time winner at both the London Marathon and Berlin Marathon between 2015 and 2018. Described as "the greatest marathoner of the modern era",[1] Kipchoge has won 11 of the 12 marathons he has entered, his only loss being to Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich at the 2013 Berlin Marathon (Kipchoge placed second), where Kipsang broke the world record.[2]

Early life and Personal life

Kipchoge was born on 5 November 1984 in Kapsisiywa, Nandi District of Kenya. Kipchoge graduated from Kaptel Secondary School in 1999 but did not run seriously then.[3][4] He did run two miles to school on a daily basis.[5] Kipchoge was raised by a single mother (a teacher), and only knew his father from pictures. He is the youngest of four children. He met his trainer Patrick Sang (a former Olympic medalist in the steeplechase) in 2001 at the age of 16.[6]

Kipchoge lives with his wife and 3 children in Eldoret, Kenya.[7][8]

Career

2002–2004

In 2002, he 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 of 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.

He set a world junior record in the 5000 m at the 2003 Bislett Games, running a time of 12:52.61 minutes. This stood as the world and African junior record until 2012, when it was improved to 12:47.53 minutes by Hagos Gebrhiwet of Ethiopia.[9]

In July he participated in the Golden League 2004 Roma Meeting. In the 5000 m event, he dipped first among the starters with 12:46.53, which made him the sixth-fastest ever in the event.[10]

Kipchoge won a gold medal at the 5000 m final at the 2003 World Championships, outsprinting both future world record holder Kenenisa Bekele and runner-up Hicham El Guerrouj (the world record holder in the 1500 metres and mile) by four hundredths of a second (12:52.79 vs. 12:52.83).[11]

World Championship and Olympic medals

Kipchoge on third position (from right) during the 5000m heat in the 2007 IAAF World Championship in Osaka. After the final he left with a silver medal.

"...There was little doubt that Kipchoge had laid claim to be called the greatest marathon runner of all time, ..."'

The IAAF on 22 Aug, 2016 referring to his Olympic marathon gold.'[12]

Kipchoge (shown left) en route to his Olympic gold medal, 40 minutes until the finish. Rupp (middle) and Talisa (right) following him.
Eliud Kipchoge at the top of the podium during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is seen during the medal ceremony with the gold medal for his win in the men's marathon.
Topmost picture: Kipchoge (shown left) en route to his Olympic gold medal during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 40 minutes until the finish. Rupp (middle) and Lilesa (right) following him.
Second picture: Eliud Kipchoge at the top of the podium during the medal ceremony with his gold medal in the men's marathon.

In 2004, Kipchoge won a bronze medal at the 5000 m final at the 2004 Athens Olympics, behind El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele.[13] He also won the Trofeo Alasport cross country race earlier that season.

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.[14]

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).[15]

During the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing, China, Kipchoge won a silver medal in the 5000m event with a time of 13:02.80; although better than the previous Olympic record of 13:05.59, it was not enough to match Kenenisa Bekele's pace, who won the gold medal for this race.[16] 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. As the prerace favorite, during the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kipchoge gained a gold medal in the marathon event.[17][18][19] On the last day of the Rio Olympics on 21 August 2016 he won in a time of 2:08:44. The runner up was Feyisa Lilesa (Ethiopia) 2:09:54 and the bronze medal went to Galen Rupp (USA), doing his second marathon, crossing the finish line in 2:10:05. When the halfway point after 21.0975 km was reached, 37 men where within 10 seconds of the lead runner. The participants field diminished to 3 lead runners shortly before 34 km. Kipchoge made his final move on silver medal winner Lilesa around 36 km into the race. He covered the first half of the race in 65:55, while doing the second half in 62:49, that amounts to a difference of more than 3 minutes, a negative split.[20][21] The winning gap between Kipchoge and Lilesa by 70 seconds is the largest victory margin since the 1972 Olympic marathon.[22] Kipchoge's wining time of 2:08:44 is his slowest marathon time (as of Sep 2018). One hundred fifty-five runners started the race, which amounted to the largest field in Olympic history; 139 of them finished the race.[23][24] With this win, Kipchoge became the second Kenyan male after Sammy Wanjiru in Beijing 2008 to win an Olympic marathon gold medal. At the same Olympics, the women marathon was one by another Kenyan, Jemima Sumgong.[25][21]

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.[26]

Kipchoge then went on to enter the Carlsbad 5000 in CA, USA. The Carlsbad 5 km road race is the venue for the world best times for a 5k road race for men and women respectively. The fastest to cover the track was Sammy Kipketer in 2000, with 12:59.5 min.[27] Kipchoge made a world best attempt and although he won the race, weather affected his chances and he finished in 13:11, the fourth-fastest ever for the course up to that point in time.[28]

In the first athletics final of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he attempted to win the 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.[29][30] 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.[31]

At the start of 2011, he won the short race at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country, ahead of Asbel Kiprop.[32] He attempted to retain his title at the Carlsbad 5000 in April but came a close second behind Dejen Gebremeskel.[33] In May he raced the 3000 metres (finished third) in Doha, with a time of 7:27.66 and ranked him as the 12th-fastest at the distance up to this point.[34] 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.

2012 onwards - Move to road events

2012

Kipchoge returned to the Edinburgh Cross Country in 2012, but this time he finished third behind Asbel Kiprop and Britain's Jonathan Hay.[35] He was also third at the Carlsbad 5000 in March.[36] He attempted to gain a place on the 10,000 m Olympic team at the Prefontaine Classic, but fell back in the late stages of the Kenyan trial race, finishing seventh.[37] A seventh-place finish in the Kenyan 5000 m trial race meant he would not make a third consecutive Olympic team.[38]

He made his half marathon debut in the Lille Half Marathon.[39] The run was won by a new course record time of 59:05 (previously 59:36 by ilahun Regassa set in 2008) from Ezekiel Chebii (former pb 59:22), trailed by Bernard Koech 59:10, and Kipchoge earned a third place with 59:25. His time of 59:25 became the second fastest Half Marathon debut, only second to Moses Mosop's 59:20 in Milan in 2010.[40]

Kipchoge entered the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and placed sixth.[41]

2013

Wilson Kipsang (front) and Kipchoge (behind) running in the Berlin Marathon 2013 in which Kipsang set the world record with 2:03:23 and Kipchoge, racing in his second marathon, finished second, 42 seconds later. As of October 2018, Berlin 2013 is Kipchoge's only loss in the 12 marathons he has raced.

Kipchoge opened his 2013 season with a win at the Barcelona Half Marathon in a time of one hour and four seconds.[42] Making his marathon debut in April, he demonstrated a smooth transition to the longer distance by taking the Hamburg Marathon title with a run of 2:05:30 hours—beating the field by over two minutes and setting a new course record.[43] In August 2013, he won the Half Marathon of Klagenfurt in 61:02 minutes.[44]

Then, he raced in the Berlin Marathon and he finished second in 2:04:05, the fifth-fastest time in history, behind Wilson Kipsang, who set a new marathon world record with 2:03:23. The third place went to Geoffrey Kipsang (Kenia) with 2:06:26.[2] This made him the fifth-fastest marathon runner in history, in his second ever marathon.[45]

2015

Kipchoge won the Berlin Marathon in 2015. His win and then-personal-best time (2:04:00) occurred even though his shoes malfunctioned, causing his insoles to flap out of both shoes from 10 km onward; rather than risk time lost from an adjustment, he finished the race with bloodied, blistered feet.[46]

2016

In April 2016, Kipchoge won the London Marathon for the second consecutive year in a time of 2:03:05.[47] His performance broke the course record in London, and became the second-fastest marathon time in history, missing Dennis Kimetto's world record by 8 seconds.[48]

On 20 November 2016, Kipchoge ran in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, winning the race clocking a time of 59:44.[49]

2017

On 6 May 2017, Kipchoge, along with Zersenay Tadese (world record holder in the half marathon) and Lelisa Desisa (2 time Boston Marathon winner) attempted the first sub-two-hour assisted marathon, in the Nike Breaking2 project on the Monza Formula 1 racetrack near Milan, Italy. It was paced by a lead car and supporting runners joining in stages (both considered illegal under IAAF rules).[1] The race started at 5:45h local time on the 2.4 km track. Kipchoge finished in 2:00:25, while the other two had to slow and finished far behind.[50] The runners planned even 14:13 5k splits to break 2 hours. His 5k splits were: 14:14, 14:07, 14:13, 14:15, 14:14, 14:17, 14:17, 14:27, and 6:20 to finish.[51] The 5k split times from 25k and further would be world records: 25k in 1:11:03, 30k in 1:25:20, 35k in 1:39:37, 40k in 1:54:04.

On 24 September 2017, he won the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:03:32.[52] In rainy conditions, he finished 14 seconds ahead of Guye Adola who ran his first marathon. Adola set the fastest marathon debut ever.[53] Former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang and 2016 winner Kenenisa Bekele failed to finish.[54][55]

2018

"A 2:01:39 in the Marathon is like a Mars landing for Space travel."

Neue Zürcher Zeitung''[56]

"Whatever happens, this will surely go down as Kipchoge’s crowning glory, his marathon opus. It would be no surprise if his record stood for a generation, unless, of course, he himself has other ideas."

The Guardian''[57]

"In an astonishing performance at the 2018 BMW Berlin Marathon, Kipchoge took marathoning into a new stratosphere by clocking 2:01:39 — the first man ever under 2:02, and a full 78 seconds faster than Dennis Kimetto’s four-year-old world record.

It was a performance so far superior to anything we’ve seen before that comparing it to another marathon feels inadequate. This was Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game in basketball, Usain Bolt’s 9.58 in the 100-meter dash.

Kipchoge’s splits — 61:06 for the first half, a ridiculous 60:33 for his second half — sound made up. But they were real, and they were spectacular.""

LetsRun.com''[58]

Kipchoge won the 2018 London Marathon against a field that included Mo Farah (4 time Olympic gold medalist), who finished third with a time of 2:06:32 in his second marathon, Kenenisa Bekele (3 time Olympic gold medalist + World Record holder 5000 m and 10000 m), and defending champion Daniel Wanjiru.[59][60][61][62][63]

Eliud Kipchoge (left) and his three pacemakers (right) about 30 minutes into the run, during the Marathon world record in the 2018 Berlin Marathon. He is shown a few seconds before crossing the river Spree.

On 16 September 2018, Kipchoge won the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:01:39, breaking the previous world record by 1 minute and 18 seconds (2:02:57 set by fellow countryman Dennis Kimetto at the Berlin Marathon in 2014). In statements before the race, he said, he planned to run a new personal best.[64] He finished 4:43 min ahead of second placed fellow Kenyan Amos Kipruto. The World Record holder from 2013, Wilson Kipsang of Kenya, came in third in 2:06:48.[65][66] From 2003 onwards, all previous 6 world records in the men's marathon were set at the Berlin marathon.[67] Kipchoge began the race with three pacemakers dedicated to him. After 5 km in the run, the gap between him and the Kipsang group was 9 seconds.[68] After 15 km in the race, two of the pacemakers were unable to continue pacing him. The remaining pacemaker dropped out after 25 kilometers, leaving Kipchoge to cover the final 17 km alone.[69] Kipchoge had planned to run with a pacemaker though 30 km (rather than 25 km); this adversity "was unfortunate," he reflected post-race, "but I had to believe".[70] Kipchoge accelerated, covering the second half (1:00:34) of the race faster than the first half (1:01:06).[71] In sunny weather conditions, the temperature was 14 °C (57 °F) during the start and 18 °C (64 °F) when Kipchoge crossed the finish line.[72][73][74]

The prize money Kipchoge made for his Berlin run altogether was 120.000 €. This comes down to 30.000 € for finishing in less than 2:04 hours, 40.000 for his win and additionally 50.000 € for a new world record.[75] The world record done during this run is the 8th world record in the men's marathon at the Berlin marathon in a 20 years timeframe.[76]

The pace during the run averaged to a 2:53/km or 4:38/mile. The second half of the race in 60:34 is faster than all but three American half-marathon times (the last 10k was covered in 28:33.).[77][78] It was the most evenly paced marathon ever run, with the fastest 5k Intervall covered in 14:18 and the slowest in 14:37, a difference of 19 seconds.[79] His split times during his world record were as follows:[80][81]

Berlin 2018 Marathon Eliud Kipchoge split times:
Distance interval Time Overall time Notes
5k 14:24 14:24
10k 14:37 29:01
15k 14:36 43:37
20k 14:19 57:56
21.0975 km (Half Marathon) (3:10) 1:01:06 or 61:06
25k 14:28 1:12:24 (WR 1:11:18, Dennis Kipruto Kimetto)
30k 14:21 1:26:45 (WR 1:27:13, Eliud Kipchoge/Stanley Biwott)
35k 14:16 1:41:01 (WR 1:41:47, Dennis Kipruto Kimetto)
40k 14:31 1:55:32 (WR 1:56:29, Dennis Kipruto Kimetto)
42.195 km 6:07 2:01:39 (Finishing time) New WR (Second half marathon split in 60:34)

Competition record

International

Representing  Kenya
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2002 World Cross Country Championships Dublin, Ireland 5th Junior race 23:39
1st Junior team 18 pts
2003 World Cross Country Championships Lausanne, Switzerland 1st Junior race 22:47
1st Junior team 15 pts
World Championships Paris, France 1st 5000 m 12:52.79
2004 World Cross Country Championships Brussels, Belgium 4th Long race 36:34
2nd Team 30 pts
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 3rd 5000 m 13:15.10
2005 World Cross Country Championships Saint-Étienne, France 5th Long race 35:37
2nd Team 35 pts
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th 5000 m 13:33.04
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 3rd 3000 m 7:42.58
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 2nd 5000 m 13:46.00
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 2nd 5000 m 13:02.80
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 5th 5000 m 13:18.95
2010 Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India 1st 5000 m 13:31.32
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 7th 5000 m 13:27.27
2012 World Half Marathon Championships Kavarna, Bulgaria 6th Half marathon 1:01:52
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st Marathon 2:08:44

Marathons

Competition Rank Time Location Date Notes
2013 Hamburg Marathon 1st 2:05:30 Hamburg 2013 Apr 21 Marathon debut, course record
2013 Berlin Marathon 2nd 2:04:05 Berlin 2013 Sep 29 1st Wilson Kipsang (2:03:23 WR)
2014 Rotterdam Marathon 1st 2:05:00 Rotterdam 2014 Apr 13
2014 Chicago Marathon 1st 2:04:11 Chicago 2014 Oct 12
2015 London Marathon 1st 2:04:42 London 2015 Apr 26
2015 Berlin Marathon 1st 2:04:00 Berlin 2015 Sep 27
2016 London Marathon 1st 2:03:05 London 2016 Apr 24 Course record, 3rd-best World of all time
2016 Summer Olympics 1st 2:08:44 Rio de Janeiro 2016 Aug 21
2017 Berlin Marathon 1st 2:03:32 Berlin 2017 Sep 24
2018 London Marathon 1st 2:04:17 London 2018 Apr 22
2018 Berlin Marathon 1st 2:01:39 Berlin 2018 Sep 16 Personal Best, World Record
World Marathon Majors results timeline
World Marathon Majors 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Tokyo Marathon - - - - - -
Boston Marathon - - - - - -
London Marathon - - 1st 1st - 1st
Berlin Marathon 2nd - 1st - 1st 1st
Chicago Marathon - 1st - - - -
New York City Marathon - - - - - -

National titles

Circuit wins

1500 m
3000 m
Two miles
5000 m
5K run
4 miles
10K run
Half marathon
Cross country

Personal bests

Indoor
Distance Time (min) Date Location Venue
1500 m 3:36.25 18 February 2006 Birmingham, United Kingdom National Indoor Arena
3000 m 7:29.37 5 February 2011 Stuttgart, Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Two miles 8:07.39 18 February 2012 Birmingham, United Kingdom National Indoor Arena
5000 m 12:55.72 11 February 2011 Düsseldorf, Germany Arena-Sportpark
Outdoor
Distance Time Date Location Venue
1500 m 3:33.20 31 May 2004 Hengelo, Netherlands FBK Games
Mile run 3:50.40 30 July 2004 London, United Kingdom London Grand Prix
3000 m 7:27.66 6 May 2011 Doha, Qatar Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix
Two miles 8:07.68 4 June 2005 Eugene, United States Prefontaine Classic
5000 m 12:46.53 2 July 2004 Rome, Italy Golden Gala
10,000 m 26:49.02 26 May 2007 Hengelo, Netherlands FBK Games
10 km (road race) 28:11 27 Sep 2009 Utrecht, Netherlands Utrechtse Singleloop
10 km (road race)[a] 26:54 31 Dec 2006 Madrid, Spain San Silvestre Vallecana
Half marathon 59:25 1 September 2012 Lille, France Lille Half Marathon
30K run 1:27:13 =WR 24 April 2016 London, United Kingdom London Marathon
Marathon 2:01:39 WR 16 September 2018 Berlin, Germany Berlin Marathon

All Information taken from IAAF profile.[3][84]

  1. ^ Set on a downhill course.[82][83]

Awards

See also

References

Competition record
Specific
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Men's 3000 m best year performance
2004–2005
2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Men's marathon world record holder
16 September 2018 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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