Eliud Kipchoge

Eliud Kipchoge
Kipchoge at the 2015 Berlin Marathon
Personal information
Born (1984-11-05) 5 November 1984
Kapsisiywa, Rift Valley Province, Kenya (today in Nandi County)
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)[2]
Sport
CountryKenya
SportAthletics
Event(s)Marathon, 5000 m
TeamNN Running Team
Coached byPatrick Sang
Achievements and titles
World finals2003 Paris
5000 m, 11 Gold 

 2005 Helsinki 
 5000 m, 4th 
 2007 Osaka 
 5000 m, 22 Silver

2009 Berlin
5000 m, 5th
2011 Daegu
5000 m, 7th
Olympic finals2004 Athens
5000 m, 33 Bronze
2008 Beijing
5000 m, 22 Silver 

 2016 Rio de Janeiro 
 Marathon, 11 Gold

2020 Tokyo
Marathon, 11 Gold
Highest world ranking1st (2023)
Personal best(s)
  • Marathon: 2:01:09 (Berlin 2022)
  • Marathon: 1:59:40[a] (Vienna 2019)
  • 10,000 m: 26:49.02 (Hengelo 2007)
  • 5000 m: 12:46.53 (Rome 2004)
  • Mile: 3:50.40 (London 2004)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 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 11 1 0
Total 14 4 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroMarathon
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoMarathon
Silver medal – second place2008 Beijing5000 m
Bronze medal – third place2004 Athens5000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2003 Paris5000 m
Silver medal – second place2007 Osaka5000 m
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2006 Moscow3000 m
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2010 Delhi5000 m
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place2003 LausanneJunior race
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place2014 ChicagoMarathon
Gold medal – first place2015 BerlinMarathon
Gold medal – first place2015 LondonMarathon
Gold medal – first place2016 LondonMarathon
Gold medal – first place2017 BerlinMarathon
Gold medal – first place2018 LondonMarathon
Gold medal – first place2018 BerlinMarathon
Gold medal – first place2019 LondonMarathon
Gold medal – first place2021 TokyoMarathon
Gold medal – first place2022 BerlinMarathon
Gold medal – first place2023 BerlinMarathon
Silver medal – second place2013 BerlinMarathon

Eliud Kipchoge EGH (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He competes in the marathon and used to race the 5000 metres. Kipchoge won the marathon in the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. He had the world record marathon from 2018 to 2023.[3] His record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. Kipchoge has run 4 of the 10 fastest marathons in history.[4]

On 12 October 2019, Kipchoge ran the marathon for the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna. In this race, he ran 1:59:40.2. He became the first person in history to run a marathon faster than two hours.[5] The run did not count as a marathon record because he did not follow normal competition rules.[6][7][8]

Kipchoge was given the Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart by President Uhuru Kenyatta on 20 October 2019. This award was for his sub-two-hour marathon.[9] In 2019, he was called the 2019 BBC World Sport Star of the Year. In 2023 he was awarded the Princess of Asturias Award in the category "Sports".[10]

Personal bests

All information is from World Athletics page.

Outdoor
DistanceTimeDateLocationVenueNotes
1500 m3:33.2031 May 2004Hengelo, NetherlandsFBK Games
Mile run3:50.4030 July 2004London, United KingdomLondon Grand Prix
3000 m7:27.666 May 2011Doha, QatarQatar Athletic Super Grand Prix
Two miles8:07.684 June 2005Eugene, United StatesPrefontaine Classic
5000 m12:46.532 July 2004Rome, ItalyGolden Gala
10,000 m26:49.0226 May 2007Hengelo, NetherlandsFBK Games
10 km (road race)28:1127 September 2009Utrecht, NetherlandsSingelloop Utrecht
26:5431 December 2006Madrid, SpainSan Silvestre Vallecana(not legal[b])
Half marathon59:251 September 2012Lille, FranceLille Half Marathon
30 km1:27:1324 April 2016London, United KingdomLondon MarathonWorld best
Marathon2:01:0925 September 2022Berlin, GermanyBerlin Marathon
1:59:4012 October 2019Vienna, AustriaIneos 1:59 Challenge(not legal[a])
Indoor
Distance Time (min) Date Location Venue
1500 m3:36.2518 February 2006Birmingham, United KingdomNational Indoor Arena
3000 m7:29.375 February 2011Stuttgart, GermanyHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Two miles8:07.3918 February 2012Birmingham, United KingdomNational Indoor Arena
5000 m12:55.7211 February 2011Düsseldorf, GermanyArena-Sportpark (in German)

Awards

  • AIMS Best Marathon Runner Award – Men: 2015, 2016, 2017
  • 2018 United Nations Kenya Person of the Year.[13]
  • 2018, 2019 IAAF Male athlete of the year award.[14]
  • 2019 BBC World Sport Star of the Year.[15]
  • Kipchoge was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2019.[16]
  • 2021 Association of National Olympic Committees Best Male Athlete Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[17]
  • 2021 Abebe Bikila Award.[18]
  • 2023 Princess of Asturias Award.[10]
  • 2023 Honorary Doctorate from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology[19]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Set on closed course under non-race conditions including rotating pacemakers and pace car.
  2. ↑ Set on a downhill course.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "KIPCHOGE Eliud". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Eliud KIPCHOGE". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. ↑ George Ramsay (8 August 2021). "Eliud Kipchoge is the 'greatest of all time ... in any sport'". CNN. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "All time Top lists – Marathon Men – Senior | until 08 October 2023 | All". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Andrew Keh (12 October 2019). "Eliud Kipchoge Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  6. ↑ Dalek, Brian; Sgobba, Christa (12 October 2019). "History Made: Kipchoge Runs Under 2 Hours at INEOS 1:59 Challenge". Runner's World. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  7. ↑ Hawkins, Derek (12 October 2019). "Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge just became the first marathon runner to break the 2-hour barrier". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Eliud Kipchoge: The man, the methods & controversies behind 'moon-landing moment'". BBC Sport. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Kipchoge honoured with the Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya". The Standard. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  10. 1 2 Princess of Asturias Award 2023
  11. ↑ "IAAF: Kipchoge breaks 27 minute barrier in Madrid". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "Men's 10 km Road Race". alltime-athletics.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "Eliud Kipchoge named UN Kenya Person of the Year". Standard Digital News. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Eliud Kipchoge and Caterine Ibarguen take top honours at IAAF athlete of the year awards". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  15. ↑ "Eliud Kipchoge wins World Sport Star of the Year 2019". BBC. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  16. ↑ pm, Brian Kimani on 7 December 2020-4:48 (7 December 2020). "Larry Madowo Named Among Top 100 Most Influential Africans". Kenyans.co.ke. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ↑ "Kipchoge awarded best male athlete of Tokyo 2020 Olympics". the-star.co.ke. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  18. ↑ "Gary Muhrcke, Ibrahim Hussein, Liz McColgan, Kurt Fearnley, and Shalane Flanagan to Be Inducted Into NYRR Hall of Fame". nyrr.org. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  19. ↑ "Dr Eliud Kipchoge! Marathon king awarded honorary degree by JKUAT". Nation. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

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Records
Preceded by
Hicham El Guerrouj
Edwin Soi		 Men's 3000 m best year performance
2004–2005
2009		 Succeeded by
Isaac Kiprono Songok
Tariku Bekele
Preceded by
Kenya Dennis Kipruto Kimetto		 Men's marathon world record holder
16 September 2018 – 8 October 2023		 Succeeded by
Kenya Kelvin Kiptum
Awards
Preceded by
Qatar Mutaz Essa Barshim		 Men's Track & Field News Athlete of the Year
2018		 Succeeded by
Norway Karsten Warholm
Preceded by
Italy Francesco Molinari		 BBC World Sport Star of the Year
2019		 Succeeded by
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov
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