Eliud Kipchoge

Eliud Kipchoge  (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. His record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. Kipchoge has run 4 of the 10 fastest marathons in history.

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. The run did not count as a marathon record because he did not follow normal competition rules.

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. 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".Princess of Asturias Award 2023

Personal bests
All information is from World Athletics page.

+ Outdoor Distance  Time  Date  Location  Venue  Notes1500 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 September 2009   Utrecht, Netherlands  Singelloop Utrecht   26:54  31 December 2006  Madrid, Spain  San Silvestre Vallecana  (not legal)Half marathon  59:25  1 September 2012  Lille, France  Lille Half Marathon  30 km  1:27:13  24 April 2016  London, United Kingdom  London Marathon  World bestMarathon 2:01:09  25 September 2022  Berlin, Germany  Berlin Marathon   1:59:40  12 October 2019  Vienna, Austria  Ineos 1:59 Challenge  (not legal)

+ Indoor Distance Time (min) Date Location Venue1500 m  3:36.25  18 February 2006 Birmingham, United Kingdom  National Indoor Arena3000 m  7:29.37  5 February 2011  Stuttgart, Germany  Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-HalleTwo miles  8:07.39  18 February 2012  Birmingham, United Kingdom  National Indoor Arena5000 m  12:55.72  11 February 2011  Düsseldorf, Germany  Arena-Sportpark (in German)

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

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Category:Olympic bronze medalists
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