Joseph Chebet (born 23 August 1970) is the winner of the 1999
Boston Marathon
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and the 1999
New York Marathon
The New York City Marathon (currently branded TCS New York City Marathon after its headline sponsor) is an annual marathon () that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, with 53,627 finishe ...
. He won in Boston in 1999 after losing to fellow
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Moses Tanui
Moses Tanui (born 20 August 1965 in Sugoi Nandi District, Kenya) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal over 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo.
Biography
At the 1993 World Championships i ...
the year before by only three seconds.
Achievements
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All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
Other Notable Performances
*Chebet won 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 ...
in 1996
*Chebet won the
Torino Marathon in 1997.
*His best marathon time was his 2nd place loss to Tanui when he ran 2:07:37 at Boston in 1998.
*1998 was a tough year for Chebet. He lost not only the Boston Marathon by three seconds, but also lost the New York Marathon by three seconds to
John Kagwe
John Karunga Kagwe (born 9 January 1969) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner who had back-to-back wins at the New York City Marathon from 1997 to 1998. He set his lifetime best of 2:08:12 hours as part of his first victory there. Kagwe's profes ...
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See also
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List of winners of the Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a race which has been held in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts since 1897. Until 2020, it was the oldest annual marathon in the world, a distinction now held by the Osaka-Lake ...
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List of winners of the New York City Marathon
The New York City Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a race which has been held in New York City since 1970. It is the largest marathon in the world; since 2013, every race except one has had over 50,000 finishers. From 1970 thro ...
External links
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New York Marathon
Kenyan male long-distance runners
1970 births
Living people
New York City Marathon male winners
Boston Marathon male winners
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