- Eliud Kipchoge
Eliud Kipchoge (born
November 5 1984 inKapsisiywa , nearKapsabet ) is aKenya n long distance runner.He graduated from Kaptel Secondary School in 1999 but did not run seriously then. In 2002 he won Kenyan trials for the
2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships junior race. At the World Cross Country Championships, held in Dublin, he finished fifth and was part on the Kenyan junior team winning gold. He also won 5000 metres race at the Kenyan trial for the2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics , but got ill and missed the championships. At the2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships he won the junior race.He won a gold medal at the 5000m final of the 2003 World Championships, beating runner-up
Hicham El Guerrouj by four hundredths of a second, by 12:52.79 and 12:52.83. [ 2003 World Champioships [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH03/news/Kind=2/newsId=23079.html Unheralded Kipchoge salvages Kenyan pride] - IAAF]He won a bronze medal at the 5000m final of the 2004 Athens Olympics, behind
Hicham El Guerrouj andKenenisa Bekele .Fact|date=October 2007He also won the bronze in the 3000 metres indoor at the 2006 World Championships in
Moscow .On
31 December 2006 he ran a new World Record over 10 kilometres road race in the San Silvestre Vallence race inMadrid . In a heavy battle between him andZersenay Tadese he finished in 26.54 minutes, breakingHaile Gebrselassie 's record of 27.02 minutes for a road race (but not a track race). Tadese got the same time, but finished slightly behind Kipchoge. [ [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=37145.html Kipchoge breaks 27 minute barrier in Madrid] - IAAF]He won a silver medal at the 5000 m final of the 2007 World Championships at
Osaka in 13:46.00, behindBernard Lagat (13:45.87). [2007 World Championships [http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=M/discipline=5000/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/result.html 5000m results] -- IAAF]During the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing, China, he won a silver medal in the 5000m event with a time of 13:02.80 which was better than the previous Olympic record of 13:05.59 but it was not enough to match Kenenisa Bekele's pace, who won the gold medal for this race. [2008 Olympics [http://2008olympics.runnersworld.com/2008/08/mens-5000m-fina.html 5000m results] --Runner's World]
He is coached by Coaches:
Patrick Sang andJoseph Chelimo .Major Achievements
External links
*IAAF, March 9, 2006: [http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=27397.html Focus on Africa - Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)]
*References and notes
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
