Martin Kiptoo Lel

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Martin Kiptoo Lel at the 2005 London Marathon

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 .

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Footnotes

  1. ^ IAAF: Lel takes gold for Kenya as Tanzania win first team gold ( Memento of December 4, 2003 in the Internet Archive ). October 4, 2003
  2. ^ IAAF: World record will be mine, says Lel ( Memento of April 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). April 14, 2008
  3. ^ IAAF: Lel and Goucher win in Lisbon ( Memento of March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). March 22, 2009
  4. ^ IAAF: Great North Run honors for Lel and Augusto ( Memento of September 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). September 20, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Lel, Martin Kiptoo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1978