Cyprian Kimurgor Kotut (born 1992) is a Kenyan professional

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who competes in the

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. His best for the distance is 2:04:47 hours. He was the winner of the 2016

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 ...

. He also holds a half marathon best of 59:12 minutes, set in 2014.

Career

The brother of

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(a former winner of the London Marathon),Kenya’s Cyprian Kotut wins Paris Marathon
''Daily Nation'' (2016-04-03). Retrieved on 2016-04-03. Kotut began to compete in professional road races in 2012. He placed fourth at both the

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and the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale that year. At the start of the following year he travelled to the United States and took third at the

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, but an attempted debut at the longer distance ended in a failure to finish at the

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.Cyprian Kotut Kimurgor

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. Retrieved on 2016-04-03. A career breakthrough came at the

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in September, where his time of 59:59 minutes brought him runner-up spot behind

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. This gained him his highest global placing yet, at twelfth for the season. Kotut ran on the 2013–14 Spanish cross country circuit and won at the Cross de Venta de Baños and the

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. He also set a best for the

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of 28:17 minutes to win the We Run Rome race. He fared poorly in the first half of 2014, recording a slow half marathon of 69:05 minutes and failing to finish at the

2014 London Marathon The 2014 London Marathon was the 34th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The men's elite race was won by Kenyan Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich and the women's race was won by Kenyan Edna Kipla ...

. A return to Philadelphia saw him repeat both his time and his placing, beaten by world medallist

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this time. A further improvement at the Delhi Half Marathon at 59:12 minutes for fourth place saw him ranked sixth in the world.Senior outdoor 2014 Half Marathon men
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-03. He competed sparingly in 2015, but still performed to a high standard, with runner-up finishes at the

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and

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(2:08:55 hours). Two victories came in Paris for Kotut at the start of 2016 – his first wins beyond the 10K distance. First he won the Paris Half Marathon, then topped the podium at the

. He recorded a personal best of 2:07:13 and easily beat the runner-up, Mark Korir, who had entered as defending champion. The sudden win at a high quality race was unexpected for Kotut and he remarked: "I had prepared well but not for this victory. It’s a surprise for me." 2022 he won the Hamburg Marathon in a personal best of 2.04:47 beating the course record of Eliud Kipchoge from 2013.

Circuit wins

* Hamburg Marathon: 2022 *

Florence Marathon The Florence Marathon ( it, Maratona di Firenze) is an annual full-length marathon race held in late November in Florence, Italy, since 1984. History Established in 1984, the international competition has significantly grown in size since its ina ...

: 2021 *

Cracovia Marathon The Cracovia Marathon (Polish: ''Cracovia Maraton'') is an annual marathon which has taken place every year in Kraków, Poland since its inception in 2002. It is one of Poland's largest marathons in terms of the number of finishers. History ...

: 2019 *

: 2016 * Paris Half Marathon: 2016 *

Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños The Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños is a cross country running competition that takes place in Venta de Baños, Castile and León, Spain. The competition was first held in 1980 and since then it has been held every year in mid-December. Amo ...

: 2013 *

: 2014

Personal bests

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

– 3:43.77 min (2010) *

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– 13:42.68 min (2011) *

– 28:17 min (2013) * Half marathon – 59:12 min (2014) *

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

– 2:04:47 (2022) Information from All AthleticsCyprian Kimurgor
All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-03.

References

External links

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All Athletics profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kotut, Cyprian Kimurgor Living people 1992 births Date of birth missing (living people) Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners Paris Marathon male winners