Rodgers Rop
Rodgers Rop (born February 16, 1976 in Kapsabet ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in road running.
Life
In 2001 he won the CPC Loop Den Haag and came third in the Berlin half marathon . In the 25 km from Berlin he set a world record over this distance of 1:13:44 h that lasted for three years. In the same year he won the Kassel City Run and the Tilburg Ten Miles and was third in the Portugal Half Marathon and the New York City Marathon .
In 2002 he finished second in the 20 van Alphen and fifth in the Lisbon half marathon . He then succeeded as the fourth runner after Bill Rodgers (1978 and 1979), Alberto Salazar (1982) and Joseph Chebet (1999) to win both the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon in the same year . He also won the 25 km from Berlin again.
In 2003 he finished sixth in the Lisbon Half Marathon, seventh in Boston and second in New York City. The following year, a victory in the Lisbon half marathon was followed by a third place in the Portugal half marathon and a ninth place in the Amsterdam marathon .
In 2005 he finished fifth in the Lisbon half marathon, seventh in the Paris marathon , fourth in the Rotterdam half marathon and sixth in the JoongAng Seoul marathon .
In the following season he finished eighth in the Lisbon half marathon, won the 10 km distance at the Paderborn Easter run in 2002 and was sixth in the London marathon . In the fall he finished fifth in the New York City marathon.
In 2007 he finished fourth in the 20 van Alphen and won the Hamburg Marathon in a dramatic final with one second ahead of Wilfred Kibet Kigen . Rop was one of the pacemakers for Haile Gebrselassie's world record run at the 2007 Berlin Marathon .
Rodgers Rop belongs to the Nandi ethnic group . At times he was trained and managed by Volker Wagner . Like many other Kenyan athletes, he is employed by the police.
Personal bests
- 10 km road race: 28:01 min, May 27, 2001, The Hague
- Half marathon : 1:00:56 h, September 11, 2005, Rotterdam
- 25 km road race: 1:13:14 h, May 6, 2001, Berlin
- Marathon : 2:07:32 h, April 29, 2007, Hamburg
Web links
- Rodgers Rop in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Athlete portrait ( Memento from January 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the World Marathon Majors website
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Rodgers Rop wins Berlin 25 km setting world best in 1:13:44. ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) May 7, 2001.
- ↑ Rop and Okayo triumph at the Boston Marathon , Leichtathletik.de
- ^ IAAF: Okayo beats Ndereba, while Rop leads Kenyan men's dominance of the Boston Marathon. ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) April 16, 2002.
- ^ IAAF: Rop and Chepchumba secure New York wins. ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the archive.today web archive ) November 3, 2002.
- ↑ First Kenyan double victory in New York , Leichtathletik.de
- ↑ Rodgers Rop, the Kenyan from Detmold , Leichtathletik.de
- ^ IAAF: Rodgers Rop and Magdaline Chemjor win once more in Berlin. ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the archive.today web archive ) May 6, 2002.
- ^ IAAF: Rop and Chepchumba take impressive Lisbon Half Marathon victories. ( Memento of April 2, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) March 28, 2004.
- ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Kenyan marathon aces convince in Lisbon. (Still visible in the source text) ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) March 28, 2004.
- ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Rodgers Rop wins in Hamburg. ( Memento of May 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) April 29, 2007.
- ↑ IAAF: Rop outsprints Kigen as three dip under 2:08 in Hamburg. ( Memento of May 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) April 29, 2007.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rop, Rodgers |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kapsabet |