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Abel Kirui

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Abel Kirui

Abel Kirui (born 6 April 1982) is a long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championship marathon in 2009 and 2011. Kirui won in 2009 with a time of 2:06:54, then defended his title with a winning margin of two minutes and 28 seconds – the largest ever margin at the World Championship event. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abel Kirui has received more than 79,489 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Abel Kirui is the 2,948th most popular athlete (down from 2,817th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 80th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Abel Kirui ranks 2,948 out of 6,025. Before him are Alexey Voyevoda, Vyach

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Meet Abel

In 2012, Abel once more showed his ability to perform on the championship stage by winning silver in the Olympic marathon in London.

After enduring several lean years Abel returned to the winner’s circle in 2016 with a memorable victory in the Chicago Marathon. He further solidified his re-emergence in 2017, placing fourth (2:07:45) in a top-quality London Marathon and second (2:09:48) at the Chicago Marathon.

In 2018, Abel earned a second successive fourth-place finish at the London Marathon (2:07:07). In 2020, in his first completed marathon in 26 months, Abel, then aged 38, rolled back the years to finish seventh in Valencia. His time of 2:05:05 came within one second of his 11-year-old PB. Last year Kirui finished fourth in the Abu Dhabi Marathon (2:08:46), and in 2022 he came in eighth at the Barcelona Marathon (2:07:25).

In 2022, the Kenyan ran the Barcelona Marathon and finished 8th in 2:07:25.

Did You Know?

Abel believes the foundation for his running success came from playing on the rugged Nandi Escarpment – which plummets 1700m down to the v

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Abel Kirui

Kenyan long-distance runner

Abel Kirui (born 6 April 1982) is a long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championshipmarathon in 2009 and 2011. Kirui won in 2009 with a time of 2:06:54, then defended his title with a winning margin of two minutes and 28 seconds – the largest ever margin at the World Championship event. He earned the silver medal in the 2012 London Olympicmarathon.

He has also won the 2008 Vienna City Marathon, the 2016 Chicago Marathon and was runner-up at the 2007 Berlin Marathon and 2017 Chicago Marathon.

Career

Abel Kirui started running while in Samitui Primary School. After high school, the jobless Kirui entered a recruitment race by Administration Police (AP); the winner of such race would be recruited by AP. He won the race and subsequently joined AP, starting serious training only after then. He entered the 2006 Berlin Marathon as a pacemaker, but finished the race ninth.[1]

At the 2007 Berlin Marathon, Kirui finished second with a time of 2:06:51, after the

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