Paul Koech (25 June 1969 – 3 September 2018) was a Kenyan distance and

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

runner. He participated at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1998 and finished in first place. He was also a regular competitor in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships with several top-5 positions. He won the Parelloop 10K race in the Netherlands in 1999.

Personal life and death

Koech was an uncle of Sally Barsosio. He lived in Burnt Forest, Uasin Gishu District, Kenya. He was married to Zipporah and had six children. Koech died on 3 September 2018 at the age of 48.Former Kenyan cross country champion dies
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Kimbia Athletics
This is the wrong photo of Major Paul Koech. The photo appearing here is of Paul Kipsiele Koech, the 3,000m steeplechase veteran who is about 36 years old. 1969 births 2018 deaths Athletes from Uasin Gishu County Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Place of death missing World Athletics Half Marathon Championships winners African Games bronze medalists for Kenya African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Kenyan male cross country runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games 20th-century Kenyan sportsmen {{kenya-athletics-bio-stub