Richard Limo

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Richard Kipkemei Limo (born November 18, 1980) is a Kenyan athlete. He specializes in long distance track events. He won the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.

He was born in 1980 in Cheptigit village, Uasin Gishu District. After primary school he went to polytechnic and received a grade in electrical wiring in 1996. He did not start running until 1997 when he joined a training camp located near his home. The next year he won silver medal at the junior race of World Cross Country Championships. The same year he broke the world junior record at 3000 metres, by running in 7:36.76 minutes, but missed the World Junior Championships. In 2001 he became world champion and was world's best performer of the year at 5000 metres with his time 12:56,72, which remains his personal record. Since 2004 little has been heard of him, but he was still active in 2006 [1].

He is married to Rose Tarus with two children, born in 2000 and 2002. He is 1.67 m tall and has a mass of 52 kg. He is not related to Benjamin Limo or Felix Limo, both Kenyan runners [2].

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1998	World Cross Country Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	2nd	Junior
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	5000m
	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	2nd	3000m st
1999	World Cross Country Championships	Belfast, Northern Ireland	2nd	Junior
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	6th	5000m
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	10th	5000m
2001	World Cross Country Championships	Oostende, Belgium	32nd	Long
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st	5000m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Melbourne, Australia	5th	5000m
2002	World Cross Country Championships	Dublin, Ireland	4th	Long
2002	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Paris, France	7th	5000m
2003	World Cross Country Championships	Lausanne, Switzerland	4th	Long
2003	IAAF World Athletics Final	Monaco	2nd	5000m
2004	World Cross Country Championships	Brussels, Belgium	32nd	Long