Gilbert Kipruto Kirwa
Gilbert Kipruto Kirwa (* 1985 ) is a Kenyan marathon runner .
The Nandi athlete is from Embu , but his family moved to Eldoret when he was a child . He started running when he was 20 years old. He was unemployed at the time and was invited by his Ugandan friend Nicholas Kiprono to train with him. In 2008 his training partner took him Jason Mbote with the Seoul International Marathon to be there as a pacemaker to act. Kirwa did the job so well that Dutch manager Gerard van de Veen signed him.
In the following season he won the Vienna City Marathon in 2:08:21 h on his debut over the 42.195 km distance . In the summer he set a course record at the Hamburg half marathon with 1:01:52 h. He also broke the course record at the Frankfurt Marathon and won with a world-class time of 2:06:14.
Kirwa lives and trains in Eldoret, where he bought a piece of land with his prize money.
Web links
- Gilbert Kirwa in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Getting faster and faster, Kirwa aims at 2:04 ( memento of October 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), article by Pat Butcher on the IAAF website, October 27, 2009
- Gilbert Kirwa: On the way to 2:04 hours? , Article on the German Road Races website , October 27, 2009
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Kenyan and home victories as Vienna's unique debutants' race initiative proves a success ( Memento of April 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). April 19, 2009
- ↑ German Road Races : track record - event record - participant record! 5,702 participants at the 15th hella hamburg half marathon ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . June 28, 2009
- ^ IAAF: Kirwa breaks course record with 2:06:14 in Frankfurt ( Memento of November 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). October 25, 2009
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| SURNAME | Kirwa, Gilbert Kipruto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1985 |