Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei

Not to be confused with Sammy Koskei.

Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei (born 20 January 1986) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in road running competitions.

One of his first international competitions was the Outer Banks Half Marathon in 2007, where he finished first in 1:02:34.[1] The following year he ran at the 2008 World's Best 10K in Puerto Rico where he recorded a time of 28:13 for sixth place.[2] He finished second at the Reims Marathon later that year. He returned to Puerto Rico in 2009 and improved upon his past performance, running a personal best of 27:49 for fourth place behind Wilson Kipsang.[3]

Kosgei greatly improved his half marathon best at the Berlin Half Marathon, running 59:36 and finished just two seconds behind the winner Bernard Kipyego.[4] Shortly after, he took part in the London 10,000 and took second place behind Mo Farah.[5] He was given the task of pacemaker at the 2009 Berlin Marathon later that year and he led Haile Gebrselassie up to the 32 km mark.[6] He started 2010 at the Lisbon Half Marathon but his time of 1:01:57 was only enough for ninth and some distance off the winner Zersenay Tadese, who set a world record.[7] At the BIG 25 Berlin race in May, he established himself in elite road running by winning in a world record time for the 25K – his mark of 1:11:50 knocked almost a full minute off Paul Malakwen Kosgei's former world best. Mary Keitany also set a world record in the women's section, making it the first time that two 25K world records had been set at the same race.[8]

Personal bests

Event Time (h:m:s) Venue Date
10 kilometres 27:49 San Juan, Puerto Rico 1 March 2009
Half marathon 59:36 Berlin, Germany 5 April 2009
25 kilometres 1:11:50 WR Berlin, Germany 9 May 2010
Marathon 2:07:47 Prague, Czech Republic 8 May 2011

References

  1. ↑ Half Marathon 2007. IAAF (2009-04-06). Retrieved on 2010-06-02.
  2. ↑ Kuehls, Dave (2008-02-25). Kiplagat retains 10km title in San Juan. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-02.
  3. ↑ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2009-03-01). Kitwara and Cheruiyot, new champions and men’s record at World’s Best 10K . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-02.
  4. ↑ Wenig, Jorg (2009-04-05). In debut, Kipyego takes Berlin Half Marathon in 59:34. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-02.
  5. ↑ Mo Farah breaks British 10,000m road record in London. The Guardian (2009-05-25). Retrieved on 2010-06-02.
  6. ↑ Wenig, Jorg (2009-09-20). Gebrselassie takes fourth Berlin Marathon title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-02.
  7. ↑ Fernandes, Antonio Manuel (2010-03-21). Scorching 58:23 World Half Marathon record by Zersenay in Lisbon! - UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-22.
  8. ↑ Wenig, Jorg (2010-05-09). Kosgei, Keitany shatter 25Km World records in Berlin - Updated. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-02.

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