John Kipkemboi Kibowen (born 21 April 1969 in
Changach, southern
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), is a Kenyan former
long-distance runner
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Within e ...
who specialized in the
5000 metres
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and
cross-country running
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.
Kibowen won the gold medal in the short race at the
1998
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and
2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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in the Herald,
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, and finished second in
2003
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. He won a bronze at the
2001 World Championships and a silver at the
2003 World Athletics Final, finished fourth at the
2003 World Championships and sixth at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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and the
2005 World Championships.
He won the
Parelloop
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In 2009, Micah Kogo broke the world record for th ...
10K in race in the
Netherlands
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three times a row: 2003, 2004, 2005.
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Kibowen is currently based at the PACE Sports Management
PACE Sports Management is a sports management and marketing company based in Monaco and London, directed by Ricky Simms.
Background
KIM McDonald International management was founded in the 80's by former middle distance runner Kim McDonald. Th ...
training camp in Kaptagat
Kaptagat is a human settlement in Uasin Gishu County, in the southwestern part of Kenya. This part of the country, where the two counties of Uasin Gishu and Elgeyo Marakwet County share a border, is used by the majority of Kenyan professional l ...
.
References
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1969 births
Living people
Kenyan male middle-distance runners
Kenyan male long-distance runners
Olympic athletes for Kenya
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya
Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Cross Country Championships winners
African Games bronze medalists for Kenya
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Kenyan male cross country runners
Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games
Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
20th-century Kenyan people
21st-century Kenyan people
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