Benjamin soda
Benjamin soda | ||||||||||
nation | Kenya | |||||||||
birthday | 23rd August 1974 (age 46) | |||||||||
place of birth | Eldoret , Kenya | |||||||||
size | 178 cm | |||||||||
Weight | 65 kg | |||||||||
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Middle distance running long distance running |
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status | resigned | |||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Soda, Benjamin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan athlete who became vice world champion in 1999 and world champion over 5000 meters in 2005 |
DATE OF BIRTH | 23rd August 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eldoret , Kenya |