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at the Los Angeles Marathon 2009 (right)
nation	Kenya
birthday	23rd August 1974 (age 46)
place of birth	Eldoret ,  Kenya
size	178 cm
Weight	65 kg
Career
discipline	Middle distance running long distance running
status	resigned
Medal table
World championships 1 × 1 × 0 ×
World championships silver Seville 1999 5000 m gold Helsinki 2005 5000 m
last change: September 17, 2018

Benjamin Limo (born August 23, 1974 in Eldoret , Kenya ) is a former Kenyan athlete and world champion over 5000 meters (2005).

Career

Benjamin Limo only started professional running training in 1996 .

In Seville in 1999 he became vice world champion over 5000 meters. In the same year he also won in Belfast (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) at the Cross Country World Championships with 12:28 min over the short distance (4.236 km).

At the World Cross Country Championships in 2003 , he was third on the short distance (4.03 km). At the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005 he won over 5000 meters and took the title of world champion.

At the Commonwealth Games in 2006 he was third behind Augustine Kiprono Choge and Craig Mottram over 5000 meters. At the 2006 World Cross Country Championships in Japan, he was fourth.

In 2008 he started the marathon distance for the first time and finished 12th in the Amsterdam Marathon with a time of 2:12:46 h .

He is 1.78 m tall and his competition weight was listed as 65 kg.

Awards

• 2005 Kenyan Sportsman of the Year

successes

year	success	discipline	power
1998	Road relay world champion
1999	Cross world champion	Short haul	12:28 min
1999	Vice world champion	5000 meters	12: 58.72 min
2002	2nd place Commonwealth Games	5000 meters	13: 13.57 min
2005	World Champion	5000 meters	13: 32.55 min
2006	4th place cross world championship	Middle distance	11:00 min
	3rd place in the Commonwealth Games	5000 meters	13: 05.30 min
2007	15th place world championship	5000 meters	14:01.25 min

Personal best

discipline	power	date	place
1500 meters	3: 37.59 min	1999
3000 meters	7: 28.67 min	August 4, 1999	Monaco
5000 meters	12: 54.99 min	4th July 2003	Paris
10,000 meters	27: 42.43 min	May 21, 2004	Hengelo
10 km road run	28:00 min	March 23, 2002	mobile
marathon	2:12:46 h	October 19, 2008	Amsterdam

Performance development

year	3000 meters (in min)	5000 meters (in min)
1998	7: 41.95	13: 07.38
1999	7: 28.67	12: 55.86
2000	7: 37.73	12: 55.82
2001	7: 33.10	12: 59.53
2002	7: 34.72	12: 57.24
2003	7: 33.12	12: 54.99
2004	-	13: 31.25
2005	7: 29.60	12: 55.26
2006	7: 34.97	12: 58.29
2007	7: 50.04	13: 16.66

Web links

• Benjamin Limo in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1] (October 19, 2008)