Philip Kipkurgat Manyim
Philip Kipkurgat Manyim (born March 24, 1978 ) is a Kenyan marathon runner .
Manyim worked as a pacemaker in 3000 m obstacle courses for a long time . His friend Moses Tanui persuaded him to switch to street running . In 2003 he won the South Tyrolean Spring Half Marathon in 1:01:15. In his second marathon he had another success when he finished second in 2:08:01 in the 2005 Rome Marathon . Things went even better for him at the Berlin Marathon of the same year, which he surprisingly won in 2:07:41.
In 2006 he was third in the JoongAng Seoul Marathon and in 2007 fourth in the Berlin Marathon.
Manyim comes from the Uasin Gishu district , is married with two children.
Web links
- Philip Kipkurgat Manyim in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Athlete portrait ( memento from July 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on the World Marathon Majors website
- “I didn't expect a victory against my compatriots” , interview on the Berlin Marathon website, September 26, 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ronny Blaschke: Late discovery. In: Berliner Zeitung . September 26, 2005, accessed September 7, 2015 .
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| SURNAME | Manyim, Philip Kipkurgat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1978 |