Geoffrey Kirui
Kenyan long-distance runner
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Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (Born 16 February 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in cross country running competitions, track and road races up to the marathon.
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| Born | 16 February 1993 Nyeri, Kenya | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kenya | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||
| Team | NN Running Team | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Junior career
Kirui won gold in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships.[1]
He won bronze in the men's 10,000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[1]
Senior career
At the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, he finished 15th in the senior men's race.[1]
Kirui won the 2017 Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 37 seconds.[2] It was his third marathon.[3]
Kirui participated in the 2017 World Championships held in London, winning the gold in the Marathon, with a time of 2:08:27.[4][5]
In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[6] He finished in 14th place.[6]
In 2020 Geoffrey competed at the Valencia Marathon, however he DNF in a race won by Kenya's Evans Chebet in 2:03:00. [7]
Personal bests
| Distance | Time | Location | Date |
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| 3000 Metres | 7:42.26 | Doha (Hamad Bin Suhaim) | 10 MAY 2013 |
| 5000 Metres | 13:16.68 | Eugene (Hayward Field), OR | 01 JUN 2013 |
| 10,000 Metres | 26:55.73 | Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion) | 16 SEP 2011 |
| 10 Kilometres | 27:53 | New Delhi | 29 NOV 2015 |
| 15 Kilometres | 42:43 | Yangzhou | 19 APR 2015 |
| 20 Kilometres | 56:23 | New Delhi | 29 NOV 2015 |
| Half Marathon | 59:38 | New Delhi | 29 NOV 2015 |
| 25 Kilometres | 1:13:42 | Chicago, IL | 12 OCT 2014 |
| 30 Kilometres | 1:28:48 | Chicago, IL | 12 OCT 2014 |
| Marathon | 2:06:27 | Amsterdam | 16 OCT 2016 |
Marathons
- 2016 Rotterdam Marathon 2:07:23 (3rd)
- 2016 Amsterdam Marathon 2:06:27 (7th)
- 2017 Boston Marathon 2:09:37 (1st)
- 2017 World Championships in Athletics 2:08:27 (1st)
- 2018 Boston Marathon 2:18:23 (2nd)
- 2018 Chicago Marathon 2:06:45 (6th)
- 2019 Boston Marathon 2:08:55 (5th)
- 2019 World Athletics Championships 2:13:54 (14th)
