Stephen "Baba" Kiogora (born 10 November 1976) is a Kenyan former
long-distance runner who competed in
marathon races. His personal best for the distance is 2:08:24 hours (set in 2008). He has had top three finishes at the
Boston Marathon,
New York City Marathon
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and
Frankfurt Marathon
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. The sole marathon win of his career came at the
Las Vegas Marathon in 2005. He was the 1996
African champion over
10,000 metres
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.
Biography
Born in the city of
Meru, Kenya, Kiogora initially began his career as a long-distance
track specialist and had his first success at the
1996 African Championships in Athletics
The 10th African Championships in Athletics were held in Yaoundé, Cameroon between 13 and 16 June 1996 at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo.
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
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, where he won the
gold medal over 10,000 metres. He then became a
half marathon
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runner and won the Kiev Half Marathon and the Kenyan Armed Forces Half Marathon in 2000. He was the runner-up at the 1999
Paris Half Marathon
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in a time of 1:01:37 hours, finishing a fraction of a second behind the winner
Phaustin Baha Sulle. He returned to the same race the following year and set his career best time of 1:01:09 hours, coming third on that occasion.
Kiogora's debut over the marathon distance came at the 2003
Cologne Marathon
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History
The inau ...
and he took third place behind
Benjamin Rotich with a time of 2:12:29.
[Stephen Kiogora]
Marathon Info. Retrieved on 2011-11-07. He entered the 2004
Boston Marathon, his first
World Marathon Major
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event, as a
pacemaker for his training partner
Timothy Cherigat. Kiogora completed his pacing duties, helping Cherigat to victory, and also managed to finish the race, taking fourth position. An appearance at the
Chicago Marathon
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followed later that year and he recorded his first sub-2:10 run, coming in seventh place in 2:09:21 hours.
[Stephen Kiogora]
World Marathon Majors
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. Retrieved on 2011-11-07. In 2005 he continued to compete in the United States, being based in
Boulder, Colorado with his coach
Dieter Hogen
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's
KIMbia Athletics group, and after a runner-up placing at the
San Diego Marathon
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he went on to win his first race over the distance, topping the podium at the
Las Vegas Marathon with a run of 2:11:58 hours.
Kiogora returned to San Diego in 2006 and had a consecutive podium finish, ending the race in third place. The
New York City Marathon
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that year saw him attain his highest ever placing at a major marathon, as he came second only to Brazil's
Marilson Gomes dos Santos.
[ The year after he was third at Boston, but managed only seventh place upon his return to New York.][ Kiogora achieved a career best time of 2:08:24 hours at the ]Frankfurt Marathon
The Frankfurt Marathon (official name as of 2016: Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, until 2015: BMW Frankfurt Marathon, until 2010: Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon) is a marathon which has taken place every year in Frankfurt am Main since its inception i ...
in 2008 and this brought him third place behind fellow Kenyans Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot and Wilson Kigen. He made the top ten at the 2009 Boston Marathon (ninth in 2:13:00 hours), but fell down the order at the race the following year, ending up in thirteenth place.[ He sustained an injury in January 2011 and was set to be one of favourites for the Düsseldorf Marathon in May, but did not compete.][Wenig, Jorg (2011-05-07)]
Focus on Kiogora, Weidlinger, Fitschen in Dusseldorf
IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-11-07.
References
External links
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Living people
1976 births
People from Eastern Province (Kenya)
People from Meru County
Kenyan male long-distance runners
Kenyan male marathon runners