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eliud kipchoge

eliud kipchoge -lrb- born 5 november 1984 in kapsisiywa , nandi district -rrb- is a kenyan long distance runner who has won medals at olympic and world level .
he came to prominence in 2003 by winning the junior race at the iaaf world cross country championships , setting a world junior record over 5000 metres on the track and then becoming world champion at the 2003 world championships in athletics .
an olympic 5000 m bronze for kenya followed at the 2004 athens olympics and he took another bronze at the 2006 iaaf world indoor championships .
a series of silver medals came , starting at the 2007 world championships in athletics before another runner-up placing at the 2008 summer olympics .
he was fifth at the 2009 world championships but again reached the podium at the 2010 commonwealth games ; he was second behind moses kipsiro in the 5000 metres .
he has won four medals at editions of the annual iaaf world athletics final and is a five-time 5000 m finalist at the world championships .
his 3000 metres best of 7:27.72 ranks him among the top ten at the distance and his 5000 m best of 12:46.53 makes him the fourth fastest ever in the event .
he began to move towards road running in 2012 and set a half marathon best of 59:25 minutes .
he then won the 2013 hamburg marathon with a very fast finishing time of 2:05:30 hours .
he improved on this later that year , at the berlin marathon , running 2:04:05 , the fifth-fastest time in history .
he won the london marathon in 2015 .
