Nephat Ngotho Kinyanjui (born 30 June 1977 in Miharati, Central Province)Nephat Kinyanjui
. Promotion in Motion International. Retrieved on 2011-03-23. is a Kenyan

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who competes in

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events including the

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. He is a three-time champion at the

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and has also won marathons in

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, and

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. He set his personal best of 2:08:09 hours at the latter race.

Career

He was trained by two-time

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champion

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 ...

and is a training partner with 2008 Olympic champion

Samuel Wanjiru Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (10 November 1986 – 15 May 2011) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32; becoming the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon. He beca ...

. Kinyanjui began competing internationally in 2002, mainly in

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road races. He won the Buffalo 4-Mile Chase and made his marathon debut at the Dallas White Rock Marathon, which he won in a time of 2:16:27 hours. He made his second appearance over the distance at the Country Music Marathon, setting a personal record of 2:15:52, although he was the runner-up on this occasion. He was also second at the Fairfield Half Marathon but managed only ninth at the

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. Kinyanjui returned to Dallas and improved his best further to 2:14:35 hours, but was beaten to the title by half a minute by fellow Kenyan

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. His 2005 season saw further improvements as he won the Country Music Marathon. He was top-three at the

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in July and then won the

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the following month. He branched out beyond his US base for the first time that year and was 13th at the

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, but he still ran a best time of 2:12:48 in the top-level race. He began to focus on

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n races from 2006 onwards. In a closely contested race, he defeated Grigoriy Andreyev by one second at the

to record a personal record time of 2:11:18. At the 2007 Nagano race the final stages proved to be a repeat of the previous year, as the Kenyan eked out the win at the line over Andreyev. He was invited to the

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in October and he claimed first place with a significant new best time of 2:08:09 – over three minutes faster than he had run before. He took a third consecutive title in Nagano the following year, narrowly holding off

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in a four-man sprint for the line. He ran at the 2009

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, but was well back in the field with his run of 2:15:23 hours. He did not race for the following two seasons and returned at the 2012

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, placing fifth.Edwards, Andy (2012-05-13)
Kiprop dashes Cheromei’s hopes while Chimsa lives up to expectations in Prague
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-15.

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