Japhet Kosgei Kipkorir

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Japhet Kosgei Kipkorir athletics
nation KenyaKenya Kenya
birthday 20th December 1968 (age 51)
Career
discipline Marathon run
Best performance 1:00:22 h (half marathon)
2:07:09 h (marathon)
last change: May 1st, 2017

Japhet Kosgei Kipkorir (born December 20, 1968 ) is a Kenyan marathon runner .

Life

After victories at the Turin and Venice marathons in 1998, he won the Lisbon half marathon and the Rotterdam marathon in 2:07:09 hours, the tenth fastest time of the year.

In 2000, he won the Tokyo International Men's Marathon in 2:07:15, the fourth fastest time of the year, and came second in the New York City Marathon . In 2001 he finished fifth in the London Marathon and again second in New York City.

In 2003 he won the Lake Biwa Marathon , and in 2005 he finished second in the Vienna City Marathon . In 2006 he set the current course record at the Belgrade Marathon with 2:10:54 and was seventh in the Chicago Marathon . In 2007 he was ninth and in 2008 sixth in the Frankfurt Marathon , and in 2010 he was ninth in the Dubai Marathon .

Sporting successes

Ski mountaineering
Date / year rank competition venue distance time comment
Oct 26, 2008 6th Frankfurt marathon GermanyGermany Frankfurt am Main marathon 2:09:24
Oct 28, 2007 9 Frankfurt marathon GermanyGermany Frankfurt am Main marathon 2:11:01
Oct 22, 2006 7th Chicago Marathon 2006 United StatesUnited States Chicago marathon 2:11:37
Apr 22, 2006 1 Belgrade marathon SerbiaSerbia Belgrade marathon 2:10:54 track record
May 22, 2005 2 Vienna City Marathon AustriaAustria Vienna marathon 2:15:15 Second behind Mubarak Hassan Shami (2:12:20)
02nd Mar 2003 1 Lake Biwa marathon JapanJapan Ōtsu marathon 2:07:39
0Nov 4, 2001 2 2001 New York City Marathon United StatesUnited States New York City marathon 2:09:19
Apr 22, 2001 9 London marathon United KingdomUnited Kingdom London marathon 2:10:45
0Nov 5, 2000 2 New York City Marathon 2000 United StatesUnited States New York City marathon 2:12:30 Second behind Abdelkader El Mouaziz (2:10:09)
Feb 13, 2000 1 Tokyo International Men's Marathon JapanJapan Tokyo marathon 2:07:15
Apr 18, 1999 1 Rotterdam marathon NetherlandsNetherlands Rotterdam marathon 2:07:09 personal best and tenth fastest time of the year
21 Mar 1999 1 Lisbon half marathon SpainSpain Lisbon half marathon 1:00:01
Oct 25, 1998 1 Venice marathon ItalyItaly Venice marathon 2:11:27
May 10, 1998 1 Turin marathon ItalyItaly Turin marathon 2:09:59

Personal bests

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ IAAF: Kenyan double in Rotterdam . April 18, 1999
  2. ^ IAAF: Kosgei beats Lee to win Tokyo marathon . February 13, 2000
  3. ^ IAAF: Japhet Kosgei just short of course record in Lake Biwa Marathon . March 2, 2003
  4. ^ IAAF: 2:10:54 course record for Kosgei in Belgrade . April 22, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Kipkorir, Japhet Kosgei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan marathon runner
DATE OF BIRTH 20th December 1968