Kirui on the podium after winning gold at the 2011 World Championships
Personal information
Born
(1982-04-06) 6 April 1982 (age 42)
Sport
Country
Kenya
Sport
Athletics
Event
Marathon
Team
NN Running Team
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 London
Marathon
World Championships
2009 Berlin
Marathon
2011 Daegu
Marathon
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. He earned the silver medal in the 2012 London Olympic marathon.
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.
AbelKirui (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...
Country Champion and 2011 World Championships 10000m bronze medalist), AbelKirui (2009 and 2011 World Marathon Champion and Olympic silver medalist), Caleb...
Kirui is a surname of Kalenjin origin that may refer to: AbelKirui (born 1982), Kenyan marathon runner and two-time world champion Catherine Kirui (born...
championship records for the event are 2:06:54 hours for men, set by AbelKirui in 2009, and 2:20:57 hours for women, set by Paula Radcliffe in 2005....
Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (Born 16 February 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in cross country running competitions, track and road races...
reintroduction of pacemakers into the race. Previous champions Dickson Chumba and AbelKirui were announced in another press release published in August. Chumba ran...
went on to win the London 2012 Olympic Marathon, ahead of Kenyan runners AbelKirui and Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich, who finished second and third, respectively...
Tsegay Kebede Ethiopia 2012 London details Stephen Kiprotich Uganda AbelKirui Kenya Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich Kenya 2016 Rio de Janeiro details Eliud...
dropped back sharply. Wanjiru stayed with a lead pack of Bedan Karoki, AbelKirui and Feyisa Lilesa until 21 miles before making a break. However, Bekele...
American Galen Rupp won the men's race, holding off defending champion AbelKirui. Rupp is the first American man to win this event since Khalid Khannouchi...
the last day, Kenyan AbelKirui became the third marathon winner to retain the title at the next World Championships, after Abel Anton and Jaouad Gharib...
(2011-06-21). Retrieved on 2023-06-02. 2011 World Championship Marathon: AbelKirui Repeats as Champion. Let'sRun (2011-09-04). Retrieved on 2013-02-24. Nakamura...
Kipsang Kiprotich Kenya 2012 2:03:42 Former marathon world record holder AbelKirui Kenya 2012 2009 2011 2:06:51 Hannes Kolehmainen Finland 1920 Lee Bong-Ju...
Deon Lendore 2:59.40 Marathon details Stephen Kiprotich Uganda 2:08:01 AbelKirui Kenya 2:08:27 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich Kenya 2:09:37 20 kilometres walk...
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