Biography

Eliud Kipchoge (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly competed at the 5000 metre distance. He is the world record holder in the marathon with a time of 2:01:39, set on 16 September 2018, 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".
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Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly the 5000 meters.

He was the world record holder in the marathon with a time of 2:01:09, set on 25 September 2022, at the Berlin Marathon. Regarded as the greatest marathoner of the modern era, Kipchoge has won 15 of the 17 marathons he has entered.

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 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Osaka 2007 (2007), Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008) and 2010 Commonwealth Games (2010).

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 won the London Marathon a record 4 times, and won the Olympic marathon in 2016 and 2020.

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. The achievement was recognized by Guinness World Records (2004) with the titles 'Fastest marathon distance (male)' and 'First marathon distance run under two hours'.
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