Geoffrey Kirui
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| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 1993 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kenya | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Long distance runner | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||
| Team | NN Running Team | ||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (Born 16 February 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in cross country running competitions, track and road races up to the marathon.
Junior career
Kirui won gold in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships.[1]
He won bronze in the men's 10,000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[1]
Senior career
At the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, he finished 15th in the senior men's race.[1]
Kirui won the 2017 Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 37 seconds.[2] It was his third marathon.[3]
Kirui participated in the 2017 World Championships held in London, winning the gold in the Marathon, with a time of 2:08:27.[4][5] In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[6] He finished in 14th place.[6]
Personal bests
| Distance | Time | Location | Date |
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| 3000 Metres | 7:42.26 | Doha (Hamad Bin Suhaim) | 10 MAY 2013 |
| 5000 Metres | 13:16.68 | Eugene (Hayward Field), OR | 01 JUN 2013 |
| 10,000 Metres | 26:55.73 | Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion) | 16 SEP 2011 |
| 10 Kilometres | 27:53 | New Delhi | 29 NOV 2015 |
| 15 Kilometres | 42:43 | Yangzhou | 19 APR 2015 |
| 20 Kilometres | 56:23 | New Delhi | 29 NOV 2015 |
| Half Marathon | 59:38 | New Delhi | 29 NOV 2015 |
| 25 Kilometres | 1:13:42 | Chicago, IL | 12 OCT 2014 |
| 30 Kilometres | 1:28:48 | Chicago, IL | 12 OCT 2014 |
| Marathon | 2:06:27 | Amsterdam | 16 OCT 2016 |
Marathons
- 2016 Rotterdam Marathon 2:07:23 (3rd)
- 2016 Amsterdam Marathon 2:06:27 (7th)
- 2017 Boston Marathon 2:09:37 (1st)
- 2017 World Championships in Athletics 2:08:27 (1st)
- 2018 Boston Marathon 2:18:23 (2nd)
- 2018 Chicago Marathon 2:06:45 (6th)
- 2019 Boston Marathon 2:08:55 (5th)
- 2019 World Athletics Championships 2:13:54 (14th)
References
- ^ a b c Jenna Lemoncelli. "Who Is Geoffrey Kirui? 5 Things To Know About The Boston Marathon Men's Winner". Hollywood Life. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "Geoffrey Kirui and Edna Kiplagat of Kenya swept the men's and women's races at the Boston Marathon". Espn.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "The Best Moments of the 2017 Boston Marathon | Runner's World". Runnersworld.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "Marathon Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 Aug 2017.
- ^ "World Championships 2017: Callum Hawkins fourth as Geoffrey Kirui wins marathon". bbc.com. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Marathon Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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