Lawrence Cherono
Lawrence Cherono | |
nation | Kenya |
birthday | 7th August 1988 (age 32) |
place of birth | Kenya |
Career | |
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Best performance | 2:04:06 h (marathon) |
status | active |
last change: October 31, 2018 |
Lawrence Cherono (born August 7, 1988 ) is a Kenyan marathon runner .
career
In 2015 he won the Seville Marathon in 2:09:39 h at its premiere . This was followed by a second place in the Lanzhou Marathon and a seventh place in the Shanghai Marathon .
The following year he finished second in the Hong Kong Marathon and won the Prague Marathon in 2:07:24 hours. In the fall he finished second in the Hengshui Marathon and improved Jimmy Muindi's twelve-year-old course record by more than a minute and a half to 2:09:39 hours in the Honolulu Marathon .
In 2017 he finished second in the Rotterdam Marathon with a time of 2:06:21 h before setting new course records in each of his victories in Amsterdam (2:05:09 h) and Honolulu (2:08:27 h) .
At London Marathon 2018 Cherono seventh. The 30-year-old successfully defended his title at the Amsterdam Marathon in October and improved both the course record and his personal best with 2:04:06 hours.
In 2019, Cherono won the Boston Marathon in 2:07:57 hours. It was his first win in a World Marathon Majors race . The second followed in the same year at the Chicago Marathon , where he prevailed in 2:05:45 h.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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Oct 13, 2019 | 1 | Chicago marathon | Chicago | 2:05:45 | |
April 15, 2019 | 1 | Boston marathon | Boston | 2:07:57 | |
Oct 21, 2018 | 1 | Amsterdam marathon | Amsterdam | 2:04:06 | Victory with a new course record and personal best marathon time |
Dec 10, 2017 | 1 | Honolulu marathon | Honolulu | 2:08:26 | |
Oct 15, 2017 | 1 | Amsterdam marathon | Amsterdam | 2:05:09 | Victory with a new course record and personal best marathon time |
Apr 9, 2017 | 2 | Rotterdam marathon | Rotterdam | 2:06:21 | 17 seconds behind his compatriot Marius Kimutai Kipserem |
Dec 11, 2016 | 1 | Honolulu marathon | Honolulu | 2:09:39 | |
May 8, 2016 | 1 | Prague marathon | Prague | 2:07:24 | |
Feb 22, 2015 | 1 | Seville marathon | Seville | 2:09:39 |
Web links
- Lawrence Cherono in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Honolulu Marathon on December 11, 2016: Lawrence Cherono runs a great course record . In: keep on running. December 11, 2016
- ↑ Marathon Running Form Analysis - Lawrence Cherono 2016 Honolulu (video analysis)
- ^ IAAF: Cherono breaks course record at Amsterdam Marathon . 15th October 2017
- ↑ Jörg Wenig: Lawrence Cherono breaks course record in Amsterdam . In: Leichtathletik.de. 15th October 2017
- ^ Johanna Gretschel: Course Records Smashed At Honolulu Marathon . In: FloTrack. December 10, 2017
- ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Kosgei smashes marathon world record in Chicago. In: iaaf.org. October 13, 2019, accessed October 14, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cherono, Lawrence |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan marathon runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1988 |