Alan Culpepper
Alan Lawrence Culpepper (born September 15, 1972 in Fort Worth , Texas ) is a retired American long-distance runner .
In 1997 he retired from the World Athletics Championships in Athens over 5000 m in the preliminary run. In 1999 he finished 21st at the World Cross Country Championships in Belfast on the long distance and did not reach the finish line at the World Championships in Seville over 10,000 m . In 2000 he was over 10,000 m second in the US eliminations (Trials) for the Olympic Games in Sydney , but caught a cold there and was eliminated in the preliminary run.
At the World Championships in Edmonton in 2001 and in Paris / Saint-Denis in 2003 , he came in 18th and 14th place over 10,000 m. In 2001 he finished second and in 2002 third at the Jacksonville River Run . On his debut over the 42.195 km distance, he finished sixth in the 2002 Chicago Marathon in 2:09:41 hours. In 2004 he won the US Trials for the Olympic Games in Athens in 2:11:42 h and was twelfth in the Olympic marathon in 2:15:26 h. In 2005 he finished second in the Jacksonville River Run, fourth in fourth, and twelfth in the Chicago Marathon. In 2006 he finished fifth in Boston, and in 2007 he did not finish in the US trials for the Beijing Olympics .
He won national titles in 2002 over 5000 m, 1999 and 2003 over 10,000 m and 1999, 2003 and 2007 in cross country .
Alan Culpepper is 1.85 m tall and weighs 59 kg. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a degree in geography and sociology in 1995 and has been married to medium and long-distance runner Shayne Culpepper (nee Wille) since 1997 . The couple have three children and run a sports store called Solepepper in Louisville , Colorado .
Personal bests
- 1500 m : 3: 38.64 min, July 29, 1999, Barcelona
- 1 mile : 3:55.12 min, July 25, 1998, Edwardsville
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3000 m : 7: 47.30 min, September 9, 2001, Palo Alto
- Hall: 7: 50.53 min, February 5, 1999, New York City
- 5000 m: 13: 25.75 min, July 22, 2005, London
- 10,000 m: 27: 33.93 min, May 4th 2001, Palo Alto
- 15 km road run : 43:33 min, March 9, 2002, Jacksonville
- Marathon: 2:09:41 h, October 13, 2002, Chicago
Web links
- Alan Culpepper in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait at USA Track & Field
- Alan Culpepper in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Interview ( memento of April 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) by Scott Douglas at www.mensracing.com, January 16, 2004
- Interview by Peter Gambaccini in Runner's World , August 28, 2006
- Interview by Peter Gambaccini in Runner's World , November 3, 2006
- Interview by Herbert Krabel on Slowtwitch.com, February 17, 2008
- Alan Culpepper in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Culpepper, Alan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Culpepper, Alan Lawrence |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th September 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Worth , Texas |