Elisha Rotich is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. Rotich has a personal best in the marathon of 2:04:21, which he set when he won and set the course record at 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 ...

in 2021. Rotich also won the 2016 Cannes Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes, the 2017 Chuncheon Chosunilbo Marathon, and the 2018

Eindhoven Marathon The Eindhoven Marathon (Dutch: ''Marathon Eindhoven'') is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of 42.195km which is held in the city of Eindhoven, The Netherlands in October. It has been an annual race since 1990 – it was held bie ...

Career

Early career 2010 - 2015

Rotich began his career racing mainly road races from 10k to marathon. Rotich's marathon debut was at the 2011 Kassel Marathon, where he placed 3rd in 2:15:18. In 2014 Rotich won the Strasbourg Half Marathon and the Altötting Half Marathon in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. In 2015 he secured his first marathon victory at the San Sebastián Marathon in Spain clocking 2:13:56.

2016 - 2018

In 2016 Rotich placed 3rd in the Kraków Marathon, before winning the Cannes Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes in 2:10:45. In 2017 Elisha won the Gunsan Marathon and the Chuncheon Chosunilbo Marathon, both in

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, and clocking 2:08:58 in the latter. In 2018 Rotich placed 4th in the

Daegu Marathon The Daegu International Marathon is an annual marathon race which takes place in April in Daegu, South Korea. The day's events also feature a 5K event and a 10K event, as well as the full course marathon (42.195 km). The race begins and end ...

in 2:07:50. Later in the year Rotich secured another marathon victory on 14 October winning the

in 2:07:32.

2019 - present

On 17 March, 2019 Rotich ran the Seoul Marathon, where he placed 2nd in 2:06:12, while the race was won by Thomas Kiplagat in 2:06:00. On 31 August he placed 5th at the Semi Marathon in

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in 1:00:42. Rotich then placed 3rd in the

Amsterdam Marathon The Amsterdam Marathon (branded TCS Amsterdam Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon (42.195 km) in Amsterdam in the Netherlands since 1975. The road race has a Platinum Label from World Athletics. During the event, there a ...

on 20 October in 2:05:18, while his compatriot

Vincent Kipchumba Vincent Kipchumba (born 3 August 1990) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2019, he won the Amsterdam Marathon with a time of 2:05:09. In 2019, he also won the Adana Half Marathon and the Vienna City Marathon The Vienna City Marathon is an a ...

won the race in 2:05:09. In 2020 Rotich raced one marathon. On 20 December he placed second at the

Taipei Marathon The Taipei Marathon ( zh, 臺北馬拉松) is an annual marathon held in Taipei, Taiwan, on the third weekend in December. The event has an World Athletics Label Road Races, Elite Label from World Athletics and has been held annually since 1986. ...

in 2:13:07. The race was won by his compatriot

Paul Lonyangata Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata (born 12 December 1992) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in road running events. He is a marathon runner with a personal best of 2:06:10 and has won marathons in Lisbon, Shanghai, Taipei and Paris. He was ...

, who set a new course record of 2:09:18. In 2021 Elisha placed 10th in the

Milan Marathon The Milano City Marathon is a marathon race held every April in Milan, Italy. It was first organised in 2000 by the Milano City Marathon Club and the first nine editions were held in November. History The 2009 edition of the race, initially se ...

on 16 May in a time of 2:06:44. Next Rotich raced the

on 17 October where he won the race in a new course record of 2:04:21, breaking

Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele ( om, Qananiisaa baqqalaa; am, ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5000-metre and 10000-metre from 2004 (5,000m) and 2005 (10,000m) unti ...

's previous course record of 2:05:04 from 2014. On New Year's Eve 2021 in

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Rotich placed 4th at the 96° Corrida Internacional de São Silvestre in 46:26 a personal best.

Personal bests

;Outdoor Elisha ROTICH , Profile , World Athletics. (2021b). Worldathletics.Org. Retrieved January 2, 2022, from https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/elisha-rotich-14443470

References

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