Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot
Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot (born May 10, 1982 in Kapkoi , Elgeyo-Marakwet County ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who is successful in the half marathon and the marathon route .
Career
Cheruiyot began running while training to be a mechanic with the National Youth Service (NYS). In October 2004 he won the Nairobi half marathon on his debut over this route . In 2005 he successfully competed in road races in France, but was cheated out of his money by his agent and had to enlist the help of the Kenyan embassy with a group of 14 other athletes in order to be able to return home.
In 2006 he won the Udine half marathon in 1:00:18 h , now supervised by the manager Federica Rosa, and came second in the Berlin half marathon in 59:29 minutes. In the following year he was third in the Berlin half marathon in 59:48 minutes, won the Rotterdam half marathon in 59:12 minutes and, with his best time to date, was third in the 2007 road running world championships in 59:05 minutes.
At the 2007 Milan Marathon , his debut over this distance, he won in 2:09:16 hours. In 2008 he won the Chicago Marathon in 2:06:25 hours, and in 2009 he finished eighth in the Boston Marathon .
In April 2015 he won the Enschede Marathon in 2:09:40 h .
Web links
- Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Portrait at IAAF - Focus on Athletes ( Memento from February 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), October 10, 2007
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| SURNAME | Cheruiyot, Evans Kiprop |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kapkoi , Keiyo District |