Felix Limo
Felix Limo (born August 22, 1980 ) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner and world record holder in road running over 15 km.
Career
In 2000 he surprised the world of runners when he was just barely beaten by Paul Tergat in a 10,000 meter run in Brussels with a time of 27: 04.54 minutes . On November 11, 2001, he set the then world record in the 15 km road race at a race in Nijmegen with 41:29 minutes.
In 2003 he finished second in the Amsterdam Marathon in 2:06:42 h. The following year he won the Rotterdam Marathon in 2:06:14 hours. This time, which was achieved despite strong gusts of wind, was the world's best for the year in 2004 and was broken as the course record in 2008 by William Kipsang . At this time, Limo took eleventh place in the all-time world best list (as of April 15, 2008). In autumn he won the Berlin Marathon in 2:06:44 h.
In 2005 he finished third in the Rotterdam Marathon and won the Chicago Marathon in 2:07:02. In 2006 he won the London Marathon in 2:06:39 h, in 2007 he was beaten in third place in 2:07:47 h by Martin Kiptoo Lel , who he had two seconds ahead of last year, and Abderrahim Goumri . At the beginning of 2013 he ended his sports career.
Web links
- Felix Limo in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Athlete portrait on the World Marathon Majors website
- Favorite Felix Limo prefers to let actions speak for themselves ( memento from September 8, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), article in the Berliner Morgenpost , September 26, 2004
- At home in Berlin , article about Limo's victory in Berlin in Tagesspiegel , September 27, 2004
- Limo edges Lel in sprint finish , BBC report, April 23, 2006
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF : Felix Limo sets course record of 2:06:14 in Rotterdam Marathon ( Memento from April 6, 2004 in the Internet Archive ), April 4, 2004
- ↑ Silke Bernhart: Felix Limo ends his career , www.leichtathletik.de January 10, 2013
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| SURNAME | Limo, Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1980 |