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2016 Chicago Marathon
The 2016 Chicago Marathon was the 39th edition of the marathon race in Chicago, Illinois, United States and was held October 9. Over 37,000 runners took part in the marathon. Florence Kiplagat of Kenya defended her women's title with a winning time of 2:21:32 hours, while her countryman Abel Kirui took the men's race in 2:11:23 hours.Reilly, Stephen (2017-10-09)Kiplagat and Kirui prevail in Chicago IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-10-08. The top finishing Americans were Serena Burla in seventh in the women's division and Diego Estrada in eighth in the men's. The women's wheelchair marathon was won for a sixth consecutive time by American Tatyana McFadden in 1:42:28 hours, one second clear of Manuela Schär. Marcel Hug defeated the defending champion Kurt Fearnley in the men's race with 1:32:57 hours and also a one-second margin of victory. Results Men Women Wheelchair men Wheelchair women References ;ResultsChicago Marathon {{World Marathon Majors 2016 2016 Chicago Mara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Kirui
Abel Kirui (born 6 April 1982) is a long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championship marathon in 2009 and 2011. Kirui won in 2009 with a time of 2:06:54, then defended his title with a winning margin of two minutes and 28 seconds – the largest ever margin at the World Championship event. He earned the silver medal in the 2012 London Olympic marathon. He has also won the 2008 Vienna City Marathon, the 2016 Chicago Marathon and was runner-up at the 2007 Berlin Marathon and 2017 Chicago Marathon. Career Abel Kirui started running while in Samitui Primary School. After high school, the jobless Kirui entered a recruitment race by Administration Police (AP); the winner of such race would be recruited by AP. He won the race and subsequently joined AP, starting serious training only after then. He entered the 2006 Berlin Marathon as a pacemaker, but finished the race ninth. At the 2007 Berlin Marathon, Kirui fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Sambu
Stephen Sambu (born July 7, 1988, in Kenya) is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. College career Stephen Sambu ran for the University of Arizona, where he was coached by James Li, who is also Bernard Lagat's long-term coach. For the Arizona Wildcats he was runner-up in the 10,000 meters at the 2012 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, runner-up at the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship, and a 9-time All-American. At Rend Lake College in Ina, Illinois, he captured 10 individual national championships, including two National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national cross country titles. 2013 season He won the 2013 B.A.A. 10K. 2014 season Sambu won the 2014 editions of the Falmouth Road Race, Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run, B.A.A. 10K, and UAE Healthy Kidney 10K. 2015 season He won the 2015 editions of the Great Manchester Run, Falmouth Road Race, Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run. 2016 season Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh George
Joshua George (born March 18, 1984) is a Paralympian athlete from the United States competing in category T53 events ranging from sprints to the marathon. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, George participated in seven events, winning bronze medals in the 100 and 400 metre races. He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's 100 metres - T53 event, a silver medal in the men's 800 metres - T53 event, went out in the semi-finals of the men's 1500 metres - T53 event, finished fourth in the men's 200 metres - T53 event, went out in the first round of the men's 400 metres - T53 event, went out in the first round of the men's 4 x 400 metre relay - T53 event and finished sixteenth in the men's Marathon - T54 event In November 2014, George traveled to Brazil as a SportsUnited Sports Envoy for the U.S. Department of State. In this function, he worked with Allyson Felix Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is a retired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alia Gray
Alia or ALIA may refer to: People *Alia (name), a list of people with the surname or given name Places *Alia, Sicily, Italy, a comune * Alia (Phrygia), a town of ancient Phrygia which remains a Roman Catholic titular bishopric *Alía, Spain, a municipality in Extremadura *El Alia, Tunisia, a town and commune in the Bizerte Governorate Other uses *Alia (gastropod), a genus of molluscs *Alia, the former name of Royal Jordanian Airlines *Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) See also * Aaliyah (1979–2001), American R&B singer * Aaliyah (other) * Aliya (other) * Aliyah (other) * ''Allia'' (moth), a genus in the family Noctuidae * Allia, a tributary of the River Tiber, Italy ** Battle of the Allia, fought BC between the Romans and the Senones * Alya (other) Alya may refer to: * Alya (name), a female name * Alya, the International Astronomical Union, IAU-approved proper name of the primary component of the triple star system The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Crouch
Sarah Crouch (22 August, 1989) is an American long-distance runner who has represented Team USA in the marathon. During her collegiate career at Western Washington University, she was an NCAA Division II All-American thirteen times and won the 2011 NCAA Division II National Championship in the 10,000m. Upon graduation, she began her professional career with ZAP-Reebok. In one of her first races as a professional runner, she finished fifth at the U.S. 10 Mile Championships. In 2011, she made her marathon debut in New York and qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, and in 2012, she qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 10,000m. NCAA In college, Sarah Porter was a 13-time All-American for Western Washington University. Sarah tied an NCAA record and made a school-record 12 national appearances during her four-year career – four each in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. Professional Crouch finished 7th at the 2014 Chicago Marathon. Crouch finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnieszka Mierzejewska
Agnieszka Mierzejewska, née Ciołek (born 22 October 1985 in Zaklików) is a Polish long-distance runner. At the 2016 European Athletics Championships she finished 9th in the women's half marathon. She won the 2016 Polish national championship in the marathon, but came two minutes and four sections shy of selection to compete in the 2016 Olympics. She finished second overall in the race, but was the top finishing Pole. She finished 8th at the 2016 Chicago Marathon The 2016 Chicago Marathon was the 39th edition of the marathon race in Chicago, Illinois, United States and was held October 9. Over 37,000 runners took part in the marathon. Florence Kiplagat of Kenya defended her women's title with a winning tim .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mierzejewska, Agnieszka Living people Polish female long-distance runners Polish female marathon runners 1985 births People from Stalowa Wola County 20th-century Polish women 21st-century Polish women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atsede Baysa
Atsede Bayisa Tesema, also known as Atsede ''Bayisa'' (born 16 April 1987), is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in road running events. She has won the Chicago Marathon, Boston Marathon and Paris Marathon twice. She has also won at the Xiamen International Marathon and the Istanbul Marathon. She represented Ethiopia at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships (taking the team silver) and at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in the marathon race. She was the half marathon silver medallist at the 2007 All-Africa Games. Career She started her international career with performances at the Tokyo Women's Marathon and Nagano Marathon in 2006. She ran in the 2007 Rotterdam Marathon and clocked a time of 2:33:54 for fourth place. Her first major event was 2007 All-Africa Games, where she took the half marathon silver medal behind Souad Aït Salem. A few months later she attended the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships and finished in eleventh, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yebrgual Melese
Yebrgual Melese Arage (born Yebrgual Melese 18 April 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She placed second at the 2015 Chicago Marathon. Career At the 43rd Chevron Houston Marathon The Houston Marathon is an annual marathon usually held every January in Houston, Texas, United States, since 1972. With thousands of runners and spectators, it is the largest single day sporting event in the city. It is run concurrently wi ... in 2016, Yebrgual Melese ran the second-fastest time ever by a woman in Houston. She smashed the course record at the 19th edition of the Shanghai International Marathon in 2018. Personal bests References External links * Living people 1990 births Ethiopian female long-distance runners Ethiopian female marathon runners Ethiopian female cross country runners Athletes from Addis Ababa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purity Rionoripo
Purity Cherotich Rionoripo (born 10 June 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She won the Copenhagen Half Marathon in 2015 in 1:08:29 as well as the Lisbon Marathon in 2:25:09 hrs. She reached her personal best in 2017 winning the Paris Marathon The Paris Marathon (french: Marathon de Paris) is an annual marathon hosted by the city of Paris, France. It is the marathon with the second-most finishers in the world, behind the New York City Marathon. The marathon begins along the Champs ... References External links * 1993 births Living people Kenyan female marathon runners Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female cross country runners Paris Marathon female winners 21st-century Kenyan women {{longdistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentine Kipketer
Valentine Jepkorir Kipketer (born 5 January 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the half marathon and marathon distances. She has won marathons in Mumbai and Amsterdam and represented her country at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. She has personal bests of 2:23:02 hours for the marathon and 1:08:21 hours for the half marathon. Kipketer first emerged in cross country running competitions: after a fifth place at the 2008 Eurocross at the age of fifteen, in 2009 she came third at the Discovery Cross Country Championships in Eldoret and was the North Rift Valley junior champion. Her international career began in 2010 in the Netherlands: she ran a 5000 metres best of 16:22.83 minutes at the FBK Games, came third at the 4 Mijl van Groningen and was in the top ten at the Zevenheuvelenloop. Her breakthrough came the following year with her transition into road running events. She won the major Berlin Half Marathon race in 70:12 minutes. A runner-up finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edna Kiplagat
Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat (born 15 November 1979) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She was the 2011 and 2013 World Champion in the marathon. She established herself as an elite marathon runner with wins at the Los Angeles and New York City Marathons in 2010. Her personal best for the distance is 2:19:50 hours, set at the London Marathon in 2012. At age 37, Kiplagat won the 2017 Boston Marathon in a time of 2:21:52 hours, and won the marathon silver medal at the IAAF World Championships in London. At age 39, she was second at the 2019 Boston Marathon and fourth in the event at the following World Championships. At age 41, she won the 2021 Boston Marathon, becoming the oldest-ever winner of a World Marathon Major (male or female). Career At the 3000 metres distance, Kiplagat won a silver medal at the 1996 World Junior Championships and a bronze medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships. She finished thirteenth in the long race at the 2006 World Cross Countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkanah Kibet
Elkanah Kibet (born June 2, 1983) is a Kenyan-born Americans, American long distance running, long distance runner. An alumnus of Auburn University, he is also a financial management technician in the United States Army and competes in marathons as a member of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program. Kibet won the 2015 and 2016 Reedy River Run 10k race. At the 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon, 2017 World Championships, Kibet finished 16th in the marathon. He came in fourth at the 2021 New York City Marathon in 2:11:15, a personal best. Kibet was set to compete at the 2022 New York City Marathon, but withdrew after receiving orders to report overseas. References External links * * 1983 births Living people American male long-distance runners Kenyan male long-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) American male marathon runners United States Army soldiers Auburn University alumni Kenyan emigrants to the United States U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
