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 2:07:07 Košice, Slovak Republic 8 May 2011

References

  1. "Half Marathon 2007". IAAF. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
  2. Kuehls, Dave (25 February 2008). "Kiplagat retains 10km title in San Juan". IAAF. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  3. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (1 March 2009). "Kitwara and Cheruiyot, new champions and men’s record at World’s Best 10K". IAAF. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  4. Wenig, Jorg (5 April 2009). "In debut, Kipyego takes Berlin Half Marathon in 59:34". IAAF. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
  5. "Mo Farah breaks British 10,000m road record in London". theguardian.com (The Guardian). 25 May 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
  6. Wenig, Jorg (20 September 2009). "Gebrselassie takes fourth Berlin Marathon title". IAAF. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  7. Fernandes, Antonio Manuel (21 March 2010). "Scorching 58:23 World Half Marathon record by Zersenay in Lisbon! - UPDATED". IAAF. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  8. Wenig, Jorg (9 May 2010). "Kosgei, Keitany shatter 25Km World records in Berlin - Updated". IAAF. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

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