Stanley Kipleting Biwott (born 21 April 1986) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in half marathon and marathon races. He won the 2012 Paris Marathon in a course record time of 2:05:11 hours and the 2015 New York City Marathon. His half marathon best is 58:56 minutes.
He began working with Italian coach Claudio Berardelli in 2006 and came seventh at that year's Carpi Marathon. [1] He was employed as the pacemaker at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon the following February and he finished third with a time of 1:01:20 hours behind his training partners Benson Barus and Jonathan Kosgei Kipkorir. [2]
He headed to Brazil in 2009 and came sixth at the Pampulha Lagoon International Race, then seventh at the Saint Silvester Road Race. [3] His first marathon win came the year after at the São Paulo Marathon and his time of 2:11:19 hours was the fastest ever on the South American soil. [4] [5] He dipped under two hours and ten minutes for the first time at the 2010 Reims à Toutes Jambes, where he was three seconds behind the winner Stephen Chebogut with a finishing time of 2:09:41 hours. [6]
At the start of 2011 he improved his half marathon best to 1:00:23 hours in winning the Azkoitia-Azpeitia Half Marathon. [7] At the Chuncheon Marathon he outran his teammate Jonathan Kosgei Kipkorir and won the race in a personal best of 2:07:03 hours – a course record and personal best by more than two minutes. [8] He ended the year with a third place at the Zhuhai Half Marathon, losing out in a sprint finish. [9]
Biwott began 2012 with his first sub-one hour half marathon; his finishing time of 59:44 minutes was enough to win the Paris Half Marathon in a course record. [10] Reaching a new career high, he recorded a marathon best of 2:05:11 hours to win the Paris Marathon a month later. He took the lead after the halfway point and continued at a fast pace to claim the prestigious course record. [11] In the latter half of the road racing season he won both the Beach to Beacon 10K and the Falmouth Road Race. [12] He was a comfortable winner at the Philadelphia Half Marathon, finishing forty seconds ahead of the field. [13]
His first race of 2013 of the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon where he finished as runner-up to Geoffrey Kipsang, running a best of 58:56 minutes to move up to tenth on the all-time lists. [14]
At the 2014 London Marathon Biwott ran a career best time of 2:04:55 to finish in 2nd place. [15]
In March 2015, he won the City-Pier-City-Loop half marathon in the fastest time of the season (00:59:20). [16]
In November 2015, he won the 2015 New York City Marathon in 2:10:34. [17]
At the 2016 London Marathon he improved his career best to 2:03:51, coming second behind Eliud Kipchoge and placing him sixth on the all-time ranking list.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Carpi Marathon | Carpi, Italy | 7th | 2:14:24 |
| 2010 | São Paulo International Marathon | São Paulo, Brazil | 1st | 2:11:19 |
| Reims Marathon | Reims, France | 2nd | 2:09:41 | |
| 2011 | Chuncheon Marathon | Chuncheon, South Korea | 1st | 2:07:03 |
| 2012 | Paris Marathon | Paris, France | 1st | 2:05:12 |
| Shanghai Marathon | Shanghai, China | 3rd | 2:09:05 | |
| 2013 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 8th | 2:08:39 |
| New York City Marathon | New York City, United States | 5th | 2:10:41 | |
| 2014 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | 2:04:55 |
| 2015 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 4th | 2:06:41 |
| 2015 New York City Marathon | New York City, United States | 1st | 2:10:34 | |
| 2016 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | 2:03:51 |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | DNF | — | |
| 2018 | Abu Dhabi Marathon | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 4th | 2:09:18 |
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