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| Born | 16 February 1993 Nyeri, Kenya | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kenya | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||
| Team | NN Running Team | ||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (Born 16 February 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in cross country running competitions, track and road races up to the marathon.
Kirui won gold in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships. [1]
He won bronze in the men's 10,000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. [1]
At the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, he finished 15th in the senior men's race. [1]
Kirui won the 2017 Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 37 seconds. [2] It was his third marathon. [3]
Kirui participated in the 2017 World Championships held in London, winning the gold in the Marathon, with a time of 2:08:27. [4] [5]
In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. [6] He finished in 14th place. [6]
In 2020 Geoffrey competed at the Valencia Marathon, however he DNF in a race won by Kenya's Evans Chebet in 2:03:00. [7]
| Distance | Time | Location | Date |
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| 3000 Metres | 7:42.26 | Doha (Hamad Bin Suhaim) | 10 MAY 2013 |
| 5000 Metres | 13:16.68 | Eugene (Hayward Field), OR | 01 JUN 2013 |
| 10,000 Metres | 26:55.73 | Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion) | 16 SEP 2011 |
| 10 Kilometres | 27:53 | New Delhi | 29 NOV 2015 |
| 15 Kilometres | 42:43 | Yangzhou | 19 APR 2015 |
| 20 Kilometres | 56:23 | New Delhi | 29 NOV 2015 |
| Half Marathon | 59:38 | New Delhi | 29 NOV 2015 |
| 25 Kilometres | 1:13:42 | Chicago, IL | 12 OCT 2014 |
| 30 Kilometres | 1:28:48 | Chicago, IL | 12 OCT 2014 |
| Marathon | 2:06:27 | Amsterdam | 16 OCT 2016 |
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