Jonathan Kosgei Kipkorir

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Jonathan Kosgei Kipkorir (born 29 December 1982) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running competitions, including marathons. He is a two-time winner of the Venice Marathon, with consecutive wins in 2006 and 2007, and won the 2010 Beppu-Ōita Marathon. He also competes over the half marathon and has wins from the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon and Porto Half Marathon. His personal best in the marathon is 2:07:31 while he has run 1:00:19 for the half marathon distance.

Career[]

He began his professional career in Europe around 2004 and one of his first elite races was the Rotterdam Half Marathon, where he ran a time of 1:03:13 for sixth place.[1] He also placed third at the Trofeo Podistico Internazionale Maria SS degli Ammalati race in Sicily that year.[2] He entered the 2005 Berlin Half Marathon and finished in tenth place.[3]

He made his debut over the marathon distance (42.195 km) at the Xiamen International Marathon the following March and completed the course in 2:10:49, finishing as runner-up behind .[4] He ran in the Udine Half Marathon and finished the race with a personal best time of 1:00:47 for fourth place.[5] The following month he ran at the Venice Marathon and took his first victory over the distance. A duel against Alberico Di Cecco in the final stages saw the Kenyan eke out a win, finishing just three seconds ahead of the home athlete with a personal best run of 2:10:18.[6] He entered the Shanghai Marathon in November which went to a photo finish alongside Paul Korir. The runners achieved the same time but Kipkorir was declared to be the runner-up.[7]

He opened his 2007 season with a runner-up performances at the in Eldoret and the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon, finishing behind Benson Barus on both occasions.[8] His first race over the full distance that year came at the Rome City Marathon in March and he took third place, while his training partner was the winner.[9] He won the Porto Half Marathon in September as preparation for a title defence in Venice.[8] He completed his second Venice win in a tactical manner, running at a measured pace and gradually moving away from to take first place.[10]

He improved a place at the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon in 2008 with a career best run of 1:00:19, taking victory by controlling the pace and using his fast finish to beat his competitors.[11] He also aimed to improve upon his Rome Marathon performance, but on his second attempt Kosgei finished in fifth place.[12] At the Amsterdam Marathon in October he secured his first sub-2:10 time and was fourth behind Robert Cheboror in a time of 2:09:22.[13] He knocked almost two minutes off this time at the 2009 Paris Marathon but in an exceptionally quick race, his time of 2:07:31 was only enough for seventh.[14] This meant Kosgei had the unfortunate honour of having the fastest ever time for a seventh place finish in a marathon.[15] He ran his third marathon under two hours and ten minutes at the Eindhoven Marathon, finishing in fifth.[16]

The third marathon win of Kosgei's career came in February 2010 at the Beppu-Ōita Marathon, as he outran second-placed Daniel Njenga as the course entered the final straight at Ōita Stadium.[17] He ran in the Kenya National Cross Country Championships that month but he was ninth and did not gain selection for the world championships.[18] An appearance at the saw him finish as runner-up behind Stanley Biwott.[19] Kosgei was the pre-race favourite for the Athens Classic Marathon, a competition celebrating 2500 years since the Battle of Marathon, but he was beaten by Raymond Bett and ended up second past the post.[20]

References[]

  1. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2004-09-14). 60:11 in inaugural Rotterdam Half. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  2. ^ Zorzi, Albert (2004-09-24). John Cheruiyot Korir sets sights on New Delhi. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  3. ^ Wenig, Jörg (2005-04-03). 150,000 spectators watch Zaituc stop Kenyan win streak in Berlin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  4. ^ Race Results March 2006. Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  5. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2006-09-25). Kalovics victorious, while Cheruyot holds off Kirui in Udine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  6. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2006-10-22). Dramatic wins for Kosgei, Cheruyiot at Venice Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  7. ^ Home win helps warm hearts in chilly marathon Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Shanghai.gov (2006-11-27). Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  8. ^ a b Half Marathon 2007. IAAF (2009-04-06). Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  9. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2007-03-18). 2:25:08 course record triumph for Souad Ait Salem in Rome. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  10. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2007-10-28). Kosgei, Cheruiyot repeat in Venice. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  11. ^ Zorzi, Alberto (2008-02-24). Women’s course record goes at Rome-Ostia Half Marathon with 1:09 run. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  12. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2008-03-16). Bogomolova conquers Rome in 2:22:53, Kiptoo takes men’s title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  13. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2008-10-19). Kirui 2:07 and Cheromei 2:25 debut - Double Kenyan victory in Amsterdam . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  14. ^ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2009-04-05). 2:05:47 course record for Kipruto in Paris, five others under 2:07. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  15. ^ Post, Marty (2010-04-28). Best Time For Place- Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  16. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2010-10-12). Mutai cruises 2:07:01 course record in Eindhoven. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  17. ^ Nakamura, Ken & Onishi, Akihiro (2010-02-07). Kipkorir prevails at Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  18. ^ Makori, Elias (2010-02-20). Tanui emerges while Masai pounces as Kenya selects squad for Bydgoszcz. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  19. ^ Gaitho, Francis (2010-05-04). Kenyans in clean sweep at Sao Paulo Marathon[permanent dead link]. Star Africa. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  20. ^ Drazdauskaite and Bett beat the heat to make history in Athens. IAAF (2010-10-31). Retrieved on 2010-10-31.

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