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2014 Berlin Marathon
The 2014 Berlin Marathon was the 41st edition of the Berlin Marathon. The marathon took place in Berlin, Germany, on 28 September 2014 and was the fourth World Marathon Majors race of the year. The men's race was won by Kenyan athlete Dennis Kimetto in a world record time of 2:02:57, breaking the previous record of Wilson Kipsang by 26 seconds. Kimetto's performance means that the last six men's world records at the distance have all been set at the Berlin Marathon. Runner-up Emmanuel Mutai also surpassed Kipsang's old mark, finishing in 2:03:13.Mulkeen, Jon & Minshull, Phil (2014-09-28)Kimetto breaks marathon world record in Berlin with 2:02:57 IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-10-03. En route to his second-place finish, Mutai set a world record at the 30K distance (1:27:37). The women's race was won by Tirfi Tsegaye of Ethiopia in a time of 2:20:18 hours. Finishing third in a time of 2:21:14, Shalane Flanagan became the second fastest American woman at the marathon distance. Flanaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Bawcom
Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (born August 22, 1978) is an American distance runner. She grew up in Kenya, before attending college in the United States. In college, she won three Division II national championships and was named an All-American eight times. She became eligible to compete for the United States in 2011. In 2012, she made the U.S. Olympic team in the 10,000 meters and placed 12th. Early life and college Cherobon-Bawcom was born as Janet Cherobon on August 22, 1978 in Kapsabet, a small village in Kenya, to a single mother. She is the oldest of eight children. At the age of 19, she was walking to the bus stop when a stranger offered her a ride. She accepted, and the man turned out to be 1988 gold medalist Peter Rono. He told her that running could serve as a route to gaining a scholarship to an American college. Intrigued, Cherobon took up running, with Rono as coach. After two years, Rono was able to secure her a scholarship to Harding University in Arkansas. Cher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feyse Tadese
Feyse Tadese Boru (born 19 November 1988) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in the half marathon. Career She made her marathon debut at the 2009 Venice Marathon and finished in tenth place with a time of 2:36:57. Feyse gained her first international selection for Ethiopia at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz. She finished seventh on her senior debut at the event and helped an Ethiopian team of Meselech Melkamu, Tirunesh Dibaba and Mamitu Daska to the silver medal in the team race behind Kenya. Later that season, she won the Bologna Half Marathon with a time of 1:10:08, which was enough to gain her selection for the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She ran a personal best time of 1:09:28 at the championships in Nanning to finish in fourth place, sharing in the team silver medal alongside Dire Tune and Meseret Mengistu. She ended her breakthrough year with a personal best run of 1:08:50 at the Delhi Half Marathon, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Maeda
Kazuhiro Maeda ( ja, 前田 和浩; born 19 April 1981) is a Japanese long-distance runner. Born in Shiroishi, Saga, Maeda made his international debut at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he ran in the heats of the 5000 metres. He won the Karatsu 10-Miler in 2003. He was part of the Japanese men's team for the short race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. At the 2006 Asian Games he ran in the 5000 m and came in fourth place – however, he was the best Asian-born runner in the race as all the medallists were Kenyan emigrants to Qatar and Bahrain. Maeda competed twice at world level for Japan in 2007: he finished seventeenth in the 10,000 metres at the 2007 World Championships and then came 30th at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships in Udine. He made his marathon debut in 2009 at the Tokyo Marathon and he secured second place behind Salim Kipsang with a time of 2:11:01 hours. This automatically gained him a place for that y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Overall
Scott Overall (born 9 February 1983 in Hammersmith, London) is a British athlete who runs for the Blackheath & Bromley running club. Scott was officially named part of the 2012 GB Olympic team on 5 December 2011 after achieving "A-Standard" at the Berlin marathon. He finished 61st in the London Olympic Marathon of 2012 in a time of 2:22:37 Overall attended Archdeacon Cambridge's Church of England Primary School until 1994 then Orleans Park Secondary School in Twickenham until 1999. Overall then attended Butler University in Indiana, United States, from 2004-2007. He was also an usher at Mo Farah Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 23 March 1983) is a British long-distance runner. His ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner ever ...'s wedding. International competitions References {{DEFAULTSORT:Overall, Scott 1983 births Living people Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelhadi El Hachimi
Abdelhadi El Hachimi (born 15 December 1974) is a Belgian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ... in Beijing, China. References External links * 1974 births Living people Belgian male long-distance runners Belgian male marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium Place of birth missing (living people) {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Cabada
Fernando Cabada Jr. (born April 22, 1982) is an American distance runner. He first established himself in the national running scene while in high school when he was ranked among the ten fastest high school boys in the 3200 meters in the United States. Having developed a reputation as an elite prospect, he accepted a scholarship from University of Arkansas, but became disenchanted with school and attended a total of four different colleges before quitting running altogether and pursuing manual labor jobs in the early 2000s. Cabada then returned to competitive running with Virginia Intermont College coach Scott Simmons, who helped Cabada prepare for his 2006 marathon debut in Fukuoka, Japan, which he ran in 2:12:27. Since then, Cabada established himself primarily as a marathoner. Running career High school Cabada attended and ran with Buchanan High School of Clovis, California until he graduated in 2000. At Buchanan, Cabada ran cross country and track and established himself as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuki Tamaru
Kazuki (written: , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese wrestler *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor and singer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japanese comedian *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese manga artist and game creator *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese musician *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese sumo wrestler *Kazuki Watanabe (other), multiple people *, Japanese conductor *Kazuki Yamaguchi (other), multiple people *, Japanese voice actor and actor *Kazuki Yazawa (born 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsegaye Kebede
Tsegaye Kebede Wordofa ( Amharic: ፀጋየ ከበደ ዎርዶፋ; born 15 January 1987) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events, including marathons. He quickly rose to become a prominent distance runner after his international debut at the Amsterdam Marathon in 2007. In his second year of professional running, he won the Paris Marathon, the Fukuoka Marathon and won the marathon bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the 2009 season he established himself as one of Ethiopia's top athletes: he came second in the London Marathon and at his first World Championships in Athletics he took the bronze medal in the marathon. He retained his Fukuoka Marathon title at the end of 2009, running the fastest ever marathon race in Japan. He won the 2010 London Marathon – his first World Marathon Major – and the 2013 London Marathon. Early years Tsegaye Kebede was brought up as part of a large family, the fifth child of thirteen, and his early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levy Matebo
Levy Matebo Omari (born 3 November 1989) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes mainly in marathon races. Matebo has a personal best of 2:05:16 hours for the 42.195 km distance, which he set as a runner-up at the 2011 Frankfurt Marathon. He was also second at the Boston Marathon in 2012. He has won marathons in Brussels and Barcelona. In addition to the marathon, he has a half marathon best of 1:00:06 hours. Career Matebo grew up in Kenya's Trans-Nzoia District and took up running at school as one of his teachers urged him to try to make a career out of the sport.Levy Matebo . Retrieved on 2012-04-28. He ran for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankline Chepkwony
Franklin Chepkwony (born 15 June 1984, died 8 August 2023), sometimes spelled Frankline, was a Kenyan professional long-distance runner.Frankline Chepkwony . . Retrieved on 2014-04-22. He had a personal best time of 2:06:11 hours. Chepkwony's first marathon run came at the 2011 , where he placed second in a time of two hours and eleven minutes. He made his international marathon debut at the 2012 Zurich M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
