Ibrahim Hussein

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Ibrahim Hussein ( Ibrahim Kipkemboi Hussein ; born June 3, 1958 in Kapsabet in Nandi County ) is a retired Kenyan marathon runner .

Hussein attended St. Patrick's Secondary School in Iten , where his running talent was discovered and promoted. He studied at the University of New Mexico in the early 1980s and was active in their sports team as a middle-distance runner . After graduating, he continued to live in Albuquerque and now trained for long distances .

His first big success was winning the Greifensee run in 1985. In the same year he won the Honolulu Marathon , which he won in the following two years. His time of 1986 (2:11:43 h) should remain the course record for 18 years. In 1986 he finished fourth in the New York City Marathon , and in 1987 he became the first African runner to triumph in the race.

The following year, he was also the first African to join the list of winners in the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:08:43 . His lead over Juma Ikangaa was a second; it was the closest finish in the history of this race to date. Hussein's success heralded an era that has lasted to this day, in which the athletes from the black continent dominated the major marathons.

In 1989 he finished fourth in Boston and second in Honolulu. In 1991 he took his second victory in Boston and came third in New York. In 1992 he won in Boston with his personal best of 2:08:14 h; it was the second fastest time of the year.

He took part in the Olympic Games twice: in 1988 in Seoul he did not reach the finish line, in 1992 in Barcelona he finished 37th.

After his sporting career, he settled in Eldoret as a trainer and businessman .

Ibrahim Hussein's younger brother Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein is also a successful marathon runner.

  • Wall of honor for the athletes of St. Patrick's High School Iten

  • A tree in honor of Hussein in Iten

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Running Times: Albuquerque Takes Things in Stride . May 2008
  2. ↑ The hungry win . In: Der Spiegel . No. 32 , 1995 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Hussein, Ibrahim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hussein, Ibrahim Kipkemboi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan marathon runner
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Kapsabet