Philemon Kimeli Limo (born 2 August 1985) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in cross country running and road running competitions. He has a half marathon best of 59:30 minutes and a marathon best of 2:09:25 hours. He typically competes on the Italian road circuit and has won the Roma-Ostia and

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s. Hailing from Marakwet District, Kenya, he began to make his mark domestically in 2009 as he was the runner-up at the high level Rift Valley Province Cross Country Championships. In his European debut in March 2010, he came third at the

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, completing the distance in a time of 1:01:34 hours to finish behind

Moses Mosop Moses Cheruiyot Mosop (born 7 July 1985) is a Kenyan middle and long distance athlete. He competed for Kenya at the 2004 Olympic Games and went on to take 10,000 metres bronze at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. He has also been suc ...

and

Silas Kipruto Silas Kipruto Semetei (born 26 September 1984) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon and 10K run events, with personal bests of 59:39 minutes and 27:28 minutes respectively. He finished seventh at the ...

. He was the

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for the 2010 European Cup 10000m and went on to record a

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personal best of 13:18.97 minutes at the Memorial Primo Nebiolo later that June. He won a 10 km race in

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, recording a time which ranked him in the top ten for the distance that year. He defeated all comers in the

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in October that year. Representing

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, he gained his first national selection in 2011 with a fourth-place finish at the

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. On his international debut at the

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in March, he took seventh place in the men's senior race – the fifth Kenyan to cross the line. He proved himself on the roads a month later at the

as he won the race with a sub-one hour timing, setting the fastest time ever on Czech soil with his finishing time of 59:30 minutes. A runner-up finish at the

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came four weeks later. He won the men's title at the

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in June, where he finished in 28:01 minutes, and set a course record and personal best of 27:34 min to win the

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. He returned to the Marseille-Cassis race to defend his title, but was beaten into third place. He came fifth behind Sammy Kitwara at the Delhi Half Marathon in November and started his cross country season with a win at the

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a month after. He was within two seconds of his best at the

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and won by a twenty-second margin. returned to defend his title at the Prague Half Marathon in 2012, but finished third in a time of 60:03 minutes. Limo made his

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debut at the

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in May and recorded a time of 2:09:25 hours for third, although he slowed significantly in the final stages. In 2013 he managed only tenth at the

, but won the

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.Limo and Chepkoech win at the Udsti nad Labem Half Marathon
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Limo, Philemon 1985 births Living people People from Elgeyo-Marakwet County Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners Kenyan male cross country runners