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Kibet
Kibet is a (surname or middle name)of Kenyan origin that may refer to a male born during the day. *David Kibet (born 1963), Kenyan middle-distance runner and former Kenyan record holder *Duncan Kibet (born 1978), Kenyan marathon runner and 2009 Rotterdam Marathon winner * Eliud Kibet Kirui (born 1975), Kenyan cross country runner *Hilda Kibet (born 1981), Kenyan long-distance runner representing the Netherlands * John Kibet Koech (born 1995), Kenyan-born long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain * Luke Kibet (born 1983), Kenyan marathon runner and 2007 world champion *Moses Kibet (born 1991), Ugandan middle- and long-distance runner * Raymond Kibet (born 1996), Kenyan sprinter *Sammy Kibet Rotich (born 1980), Kenyan marathon runner * Shedrack Kibet Korir (born 1978), Kenyan middle-distance runner and 2007 World Championships medallist * Stephen Kosgei Kibet (born 1986), Kenyan half marathon runner *Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (born 1984), Kenyan 5000 metres runner and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Kibet
Luke Kibet Bowen (born 12 April 1983) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. He won the marathon race at the 2007 World Championships. Early career Kibet was born in Kaplelach village, Moiben division, Uasin Gishu District. Famed Kenyan runners Samson Kitur and Noah Ngeny come from the same area. Kibet took up running in 1996, aged 13, impressed by the Kenyan performances at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He went to Moiben Secondary School from 1997 to 2000 and then joined Kenya Prisons Service. Kibet originally specialized in the steeplechase, his personal best being 8:25.4 minutes. In 2003, he won the Tilburg Ten Miles race in Tilburg, Netherlands.IAAF, August 25, 2007Kibet's Osaka gold: a shock Marathon win for Kenya? He ran his first half marathon in 2003, finishing fourth in the City-Pier-City Loop in the Hague. He took up the marathon in 2004 and reached the international level in this event. Kibet entered his first marathon, 2004 Enschede Marat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Kibet
Duncan Kibet (born 25 April 1978) is a runner from Kenya. He became the second fastest marathoner ever with a time of 2:04:27 hours, when he won the 2009 Rotterdam Marathon. Career Kibet dropped out of school in 1997 due to financial problems. He did not run competitively until after encouraged by his elder brother Luke Metto, who had some success as a runner at the turn of the century. He also followed Luke by moving to France, participating in local races. He won the Lille Half Marathon in 2004. Kibet started marathoning without major success. He finished 8th at the 2002 Monaco Marathon and 2nd at the 2004 Caen Marathon. He had also been in a car accident at age of 16, almost losing his ability to walk. During his early career he was afraid to run and train seriously, fearing he would break his leg again. His younger brother Shadrack Biwott got a scholarship in the USA and arranged for Kibet to run some races there. Kibet won the inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon in San J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilda Kibet
Hilda Kibet (born 27 March 1981 in Keiyo District) is a Dutch runner of Kenyan birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of Lornah Kiplagat. She obtained Dutch nationality in October 2007. Kibet's longtime partner is Dutch marathon runner Hugo van den Broek. They split their time between Iten, Kenya and Castricum, in the Netherlands. Her great-great-aunt, who is only six years her senior, is fellow runner Lornah Kiplagat. Career She won a series of road running competitions in 2007, including: the Egmond Half Marathon, New York City Half Marathon, City-Pier-City Loop, Parelloop and British 10km London Run. The following year she won the New York Mini 10K, succeeding her great-aunt Lornah Kiplagat, and made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where she was fifteenth in the 10,000 metres. She won the women's title at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships at the end of the year. She ran at the World 10K Bangalore in May 2009 and althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet
Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (born 28 March, 1984) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She was the silver medallist in the 5000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics in both 2009 and 2011. She also won medals over the distance at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics, the 2007 All-Africa Games and 2010 Commonwealth Games. She has narrowly missed out on medals at major championships on a number of occasions, having finished fourth at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 Beijing Olympics and twice over 3000 metres at the IAAF World Indoor Championships (in 2008 and 2010). Career Kibet is from Kapchorwa, Nandi District. Her older sister Hilda Kibet is also a runner, who now represents the Netherlands, as does Lornah Kiplagat, their cousin. After winning the 1500 m silver medal at the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics, she took a break from athletics and married Erastus Limo, a former middle-distance runner. After giving birth to a daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kibet Language
Aiki is a Maban language of Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic .... It consists of two dialects, Runga and Kibet, which are divergent enough to be considered separate languages. Kibet (Kibeit, Kibeet, Kabentang) is spoken in Chad, while Runga (Roungo) is split between Chad and the CAR. Ayki (Aykindang) is a name used in CAR. Possible dialects of Kibet are Dagal (Dagel, Daggal) and Muru (Murru, Muro, Mourro);Pierre Nougayrol (1989) ''La langue des Aiki dits Rounga'' however, they are poorly known, and Blench (2012) lists them separately. The Aiki area is flooded half the year. References Maban languages Languages of Chad {{ns-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Kosgei Kibet
Stephen Kosgei Kibet (born 9 November 1986) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running competitions from the 10K run to the marathon. His half marathon personal best of 58:54 minutes ranks him in the top ten of all-time for the distance. His best of the marathon distance is 2:08:05 hours. He has won half marathon races in Paris, Udine, and the Hague. He represented Kenya at the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, coming fifth and taking the team gold medal. Career His first European road races came in 2009: at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon he surprised with a third-place finish in a time of 61:19 minutes. He improved to 60:34 minutes to come third at the Nice Half Marathon, but failed to finish his debut marathon at the Prague Marathon in May. His first victory came at the 2010 Azkoitia-Azpeitia Half Marathon, where his time of 60:48 minutes was the second fastest recorded at the event at that point. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kibet Koech
John Kibet Koech (born 23 August 1995) is a Kenyan-born long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain. He specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase and was the winner of the event at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships. His elder brother Isiah is an Olympic long-distance runner. Koech first began competing at national level in the steeplechase in 2012, running at the national junior championships. He also acted as pacemaker at the Herculis meeting that year. The following year he won at the Kenyan Athletics Championships, but placed tenth at the national trial event for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. His best performance of the year was a personal best of 8:16.96 minutes at the DN Galan, where he placed sixth – this time ranked him twentieth in the world for the event that season. Koech switched his international eligibility to Bahrain in September 2013. In the 2014 season he competed extensively on the track and field circuit. He was runner- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Kibet
Moses Kibet (born 23 March 1991) is a Ugandan middle- and long-distance runner. He represented his country at the 2009, 2011, and 2015 World Championships. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *1500 metres – 3:43.75 (Nijmegen 2009) *3000 metres – 8:05.04 (Nijmegen 2008) *5000 metres – 13:15.18 (Heusden-Zolder 2011) *10,000 metres – 28:05.71 (Ferrara 2014) * 15 kilometres – 43:24 (Copenhagen 2014) * 20 kilometres – 58:42 (Copenhagen 2014) *Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcu ... – 1:01:37 (Lisbon 2016) References External links * 1991 births Living people Ugandan male long-distance runners Ugandan male middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Kibet Kigen
Wilfred Kibet Kigen (born 23 February 1975) is a Kenyan long distance runner who primarily competes in marathon races in Germany. His personal best for the distance is 2:07:33 hours, set in 2007. He is a three-time winner of the Frankfurt Marathon and won the Hamburg Marathon in 2010, after having finished as runner-up on three occasions. Career Hailing from Eldoret, Kenya, he had a childhood steeped in long-distance running – every day he would run 10 km to school as a child and his mother had been a successful athlete herself in the 1960s, winning prizes at track races in Uganda. Kigen was persuaded by Wilson Boit Kipketer (a world record holder in the steeplechase) to move to Ngong to focus on his running. It was through Boit Kipketer's suggestion that Kigen got his late start in competitive running at the age of 24. Kigen started out as a 3000 metres steeplechase specialist, but changed to the marathon distance in 2004. That year he set a personal best of 2:11.52 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kibet
David Kibet (born November 24, 1963, in Burnt Forest) is a former Kenyan middle distance runner who won a bronze medal at the African Championships 1990 over 1500 m. Kibet finished tenth in the 1992 Summer Olympics final and seventh in the 1991 World Championships. His greatest achievement was the victory in the Oslo Dream Mile 1992 where he defeated the world champion Noureddine Morceli Noureddine Morceli ( ar, نور الدين مرسلي, ''Nūr ud-Dīn Mursilī''; born February 28, 1970) is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner. He was the winner of the 1500 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won three straight gold me .... In 1992 he also set a temporary Kenyan record in 1500 m at 3:32.13 minutes. External links * 1963 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Kenya {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shedrack Kibet Korir
Shedrack Kibet Korir (born 14 December 1978 in Nandi District) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres. He won the bronze medal in the 1500m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. He is based at the PACE Sports Management training camp in Kaptagat. Competition record Personal bests *1500 metres - 3:31.18 min (2007) *3000 metres - 7:37.50 min (2006) *5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ... - 13:09.92 min (2005) External links *Pace Sports Management 1978 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships medalists People from Nandi County {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Kibet
Raymond Kibet (born February 4, 1996) is a Kenyan sprinter specializing in the 400m. He won gold at the 2015 African Games as part of the 4x400 metre relay team. Additionally, he was a finalist and finished 7th the 2015 African Games in the 400 metres. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * Kenyan male sprinters 1996 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kenya African Games gold medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games {{Kenya-athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
