Martin Kiptoo Lel
Martin Kiptoo Lel (born October 29, 1978 ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon .
In 2002 he finished second in the Venice Marathon .
The following year he was first third in the Boston Marathon and then won the World Half Marathon Championships in Vilamoura in 1:00:49 h and the New York City Marathon in 2:10:30 h.
However, he has been most successful so far at the London Marathon . In 2005 he won in 2:07:26 h, over two and a half minutes below his best time at the time, and in 2006 he finished second there in 2:06:41 h, two seconds behind Felix Limo .
In 2007 he won both the London Marathon in 2:07:41 h and the New York City Marathon in 2:09:04 h. In both races he relegated Abderrahim Goumri to second place.
In 2008 he won for the third time in London with a course record of 2:05:15 h. This makes him the fourth fastest runner over the 42.195 km distance (as of the end of March 2009). At the Olympic Games in Beijing , he finished fifth in a time of 2:10:24 h. With these successes he secured victory in the World Marathon Majors Series 2007/08 .
In 2009 he won for the third time after 2003 and 2006 the Lisbon Half Marathon and for the second time after 2007 the Great North Run .
Web links
- Martin Lel in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Athlete portrait ( memento from September 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the World Marathon Majors website
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Lel takes gold for Kenya as Tanzania win first team gold ( Memento of December 4, 2003 in the Internet Archive ). October 4, 2003
- ^ IAAF: World record will be mine, says Lel ( Memento of April 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). April 14, 2008
- ^ IAAF: Lel and Goucher win in Lisbon ( Memento of March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). March 22, 2009
- ^ IAAF: Great North Run honors for Lel and Augusto ( Memento of September 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). September 20, 2009
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SURNAME | Lel, Martin Kiptoo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1978 |