Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo
Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo (born January 1, 1979 ) is a Kenyan marathon runner .
In 2007 he finished second in the Lausanne Marathon in 2:12:25 h. The following year he won the Brescia Marathon in 2:09:24 h and the Beijing Marathon in 2:10:14 h.
In 2009 he won the Rome marathon in 2:07:17 h, the fastest time ever for a runner on Italian soil. At the World Athletics Championships in Berlin , he did not finish, and at the Frankfurt Marathon he was seventh.
In 2010 he finished fourth in the Paris Marathon and set a course record in the Chuncheon Marathon with 2:07:54 h. The following year he won the Paris Marathon with his personal best of 2:06:31 h.
Web links
- Benjamin Kiptoo in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Kiptoo clocks 2:07:17 in Rome, fastest ever in Italy ( Memento of March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). March 22, 2009
- ^ IAAF: Kiptoo smashes Chuncheon record with 2:07:54 victory ( Memento from October 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). October 24, 2010
- ^ IAAF: Fast Kenyan sweep by Kiptoo and Jeptoo at Paris Marathon ( Memento of April 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). April 10, 2011
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| SURNAME | Kiptoo, Benjamin Kolum |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st January 1979 |