Rodgers Rop

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Rodgers Rop (born February 16, 1976) is a long-distance runner from Kenya.

In 2002, Rop won both the Boston Marathon and the New York Marathon. He joined an exclusive club of men who have won both races: Bill Rodgers, Alberto Salazar, Ibrahim Hussein and Joseph Chebet (see also List of winners of the Boston Marathon and List of winners of the New York City Marathon.

Rop tried to defend his Boston and New York titles in 2003 but finished 7th and 2nd respectively. In 2006 he improved his personal best to 2:07:34, when he finished 6th at the London Marathon.

In 2007 he won the Hamburg Marathon in 2:07:32, one second ahead of Wilfred Kigen, setting again a personal best.

Like many other Kenyan athletes, Rop works as a police officer in the offseason. After winning Boston in 2002, Rop received not only the winner's $80,000 check but also gifts of five sheep and two cows from the people of his native village. He also named his new-born son "Boston". ^[1]

[edit] References

Rogers Rop comes from Kapsabet, Kenya. He is married and has two children

[edit] External links

• Rodgers Rop at World Marathon Majors
• Article of The Boston Globe from 2004
• Rodgers Rop in the half marathon in Rotterdam 2007

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lee Bong-Ju	Boston Men's Marathon Winner 2002	Succeeded by Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
Preceded by Tesfaye Jifar	New York City Men's Marathon Winner 2002	Succeeded by Martin Lel
Preceded by Julio Rey	Hamburg Men's Marathon Winner 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent