Alex Korio

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Alex Oloitiptip Korio (born December 20, 1990 in Narok County / Trans Mara District (Kenya)) is a Kenyan long-distance runner . In 2017 he ran the 21.1 km in the Copenhagen half marathon in 58:51 minutes, which means 14th place in the all-time world best list on this route.

Athletic career

Korio started his international career in 2008. In June 2008 he ran the 10,000 m in 28: 26.0 min in Nairobi . A month later he started over 5000 m in Milan and achieved a time of 13: 12.18 min. Also in July, he won the Greek Thessaloniki at 3000 Meters in 8: 00,12 min. In Turin in June 2010 he won the 5000 m run in 13: 14.08 min. In September of the same year it ran 7: 42.67 min. over 3000 meters (personal best). In a 10 km road race in Rennes, France in October, Korio reached the finish in 27:52 minutes.

On May 1, 2011, he ran 28:10 min in a road run. over the 10 kilometers. In Barcelona, ​​the Kenyan reached the 5000 meters in 13: 12.76. In 2012 Korio ran a personal best of 13: 08.59 min in Huelva over 5000 m. At a street race in Berlin in October he ran a time of 28:15 minutes. At a race in Bangalore , India in 2013, Kerio won in 28:07 minutes. over 10 kilometers. In the same year he needed 61:34 min for a half marathon in Luanda, Angola.

A year later, in March 2014, he ran the half marathon under an hour for the first time. In Azpeitia , Spain , he reached 59:58 minutes. In a 10 kilometer road run in Luanda, Angola in December, he needed 28:44 minutes. In January 2015 Korio starts again in Luanda. He starts over 5000 m and reaches a time of 13: 46.41 min. In September he improved his best time in the half marathon when he finished 59:28 in Copenhagen. came to the finish. At the 10-kilometer New Year's Eve run in Luanda, the Kenyan ran a time of 28:45 minutes.

In March 2016, he started over 5000 m in Nakuru, Kenya, and reached the goal in 14: 14.9 minutes. In May, Korio ran a 10-kilometer road run in 28:49 minutes in Bangalore , India. In autumn of that year he started again in the Copenhagen half marathon and finished with 60:33 minutes. the goal. In Port Gentil ( Gabon ) he won a 10-kilometer run in a time of 27:48 minutes. On May 20, 2017, he won the 10th TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2017 race (IAAF Bronze Label Road Race) in Bangalore in a time of 28:12 minutes. At the Copenhagen Half Marathon 2017 he ran a personal best in 58:51 minutes. With this time, he is in 14th place in the all-time world best list in March 2020 (March 30, 2020). In January 2018, Kerio ran the half marathon in Houston (Texas) in 60:49 minutes. He needed a time of 28:44 minutes over 10 kilometers in Bangalore, India.

In 2019 he ran for the first time in Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) and achieved a time of 61:11 minutes in the half marathon. At the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha (Qatar) he finished eleventh and ran a personal best of 27: 28.74 minutes. Before that he had the 10 kilometer race ( Beach to Beacon 10K ) in Cape Elizabeth with 27:34 min. won. In January 2020 Korio achieved a time of 27:53 minutes in a 10 km run in Valencia (Spain).

Alex Korio is 1.73 m tall and has a competition weight of 52 kg.

Personal bests

Half marathon - world best list (excerpt)

  1. 58:01 min, Geoffrey Kamworor , Copenhagen , September 15, 2019KenyaKenya 
  2. 58:23 min, Zersenay Tadese , Lisbon , March 21, 2010EritreaEritrea 
  3. 58:33 min, Samuel Kamau Wanjiru , The Hague , March 17, 2007KenyaKenya 
  4. 58:33 min, Jemal Yimer , Valencia , October 28, 2018EthiopiaEthiopia 
  5. 58:40 min, Abraham Cheroben , Copenhagen , September 17, 2017BahrainBahrain 
  6. 58:42 min, Bedan Karoki , Ra's al-Khaimah , February 9, 2018KenyaKenya 
  7. 58:42 min, Eric Kiptanui , Berlin , April 8, 2018KenyaKenya 
  8. 58:42 min, Stephen Kiprop , Ra's al-Khaimah , February 8, 2019KenyaKenya 
  9. 58:44 min, Abadi Hadis , Valencia , October 28, 2018EthiopiaEthiopia 
  10. 58:46 min, Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio , Philadelphia , September 18, 2011KenyaKenya 
  11. 58:47 min, Atsedu Tsegay , Prague , March 31, 2012EthiopiaEthiopia 
  12. 58:48 min, Sammy Kirop Kitwara , Philadelphia , September 18, 2011KenyaKenya 
  13. 58:48 min, Jorum Okombo , Copenhagen , September 17, 2017KenyaKenya 
  14. 58:51 min, Alex Korio , Copenhagen , September 17, 2017KenyaKenya 

Web links

  • Alex Korio in the database of World Athletics (English)
  • Half Marathon All Time - Eternal world best list of the IAAF, half marathon men
  • [3] World best list in the half marathon All-time men's best half marathon , in which Alex Oloitiptip Korio is listed in 19th place, accessed: March 31, 2020.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] , World Athletics, Senior Outdoor. Half Marathon Men, accessed April 2, 2020
  2. ↑ Running report from Sports Athletics from May 21, 2017, accessed: March 31, 2020.
  3. ↑ Brief portrait of Korios (English), accessed: March 31, 2020.
  4. ↑ Report by Angie Helton Kenyans Alex Korio and Joyciline Jepkosgei win 22nd Annual TD Beach to Beacon 10K from August 6, 2019 about the 22nd Beach-to-Bacon 10K race, accessed: March 31, 2020.
  5. ↑ [2] , accessed: April 2, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Korio, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Korio, Alex Oloitiptip (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1990