Dickson Kiptolo Chumba (born 27 October 1986) is a Kenyan

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who competes in

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races. He has won the

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marathons and has a personal best of 2:04:32 for the distance.

Career

Born in Kenya's Nandi District, Chumba worked as a gardener until he decided to focus on

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professionally. He began working with Claudio Berardelli in

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in 2008. His first marathon outings came in 2010 and he was runner-up at both the

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and the

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. His first win came in March 2011 when he ran a personal best of 2:08:45 hours to claim the

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title ahead of defending champion

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. He was faster still at the Frankfurt Marathon in October, running 2:07:23, although the close to world record pace meant he finished seventh. At the start of 2012 he had his third career runner-up finish at the

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, having gradually fallen away from the winner Peter Kamais. Victory came at the

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as he surged away in the second half of the race. Although he struggled in the final two kilometres he won by a margin of half a minute and set a new course record (and personal best) of 2:05:46. He started the 2013 Xiamen race quickly, but dropped out after an ill-timed surge to the front. He placed seventh at the

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and then came eighth at the Amsterdam Marathon in October.Dickson Chumba
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-10-24. He won the 2014 Tokyo Marathon in 2:05:42, improving the course record by more than a minute. In October 2015 he won the

2015 Chicago Marathon The 2015 Chicago Marathon was the 38th edition of the Chicago Marathon, held in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, October 11. The elite men's race was won by Kenyan Dickson Chumba in a time of 2:09:25 hours and the women's race was won by another Keny ...

in 2:09:25, in a brilliant tactical race, pulling away at 30 K in a

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race conducted without pace makers. In 2018 he won the Tokyo Marathon for the second time in 2:05:30, improving his personal best time for the distance.

Achievements

World Marathon Majors results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chumba, Dickson Kiptolo Living people 1986 births Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners People from Nandi County Chicago Marathon male winners Tokyo Marathon male winners