Kitwara behind Boniface Kirui at the Singelloop Utrecht in 2011
Sammy Kirop Kitwara (born 26 November 1986 in Sagat, Marakwet District[1]) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in road running events. He is coached by Moses Kiptanui.[1] As of November 2023 he is the 33rd fastest half marathon runner in history, having run 58.48 in 2011, which was the 4th fastest ever at the time.
^ ab"Focus on Athletes – Sammy Kitwara". IAAF. 3 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
Sammy Kirop Kitwara (born 26 November 1986 in Sagat, Marakwet District) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in road running events. He is...
Race organizers and media have reported that the course records set by SammyKitwara in 2009 and Lineth Chepkurui in 2010 are also world records at the 12 km...
Marathon, Wanjiru clocked a 1:01:08 on 13 September, which was won by SammyKitwara with a time of 58:58. In October 2009, Wanjiru won the Chicago Marathon...
marathon in Den Haag (14 March 2009), when he was beaten by SammyKitwara (59:47 for Kitwara, 59:50 for Haile). On 30 September 2007, Haile won the Berlin...
respectively. At the 2012 World's Best 10K he came third, beaten by SammyKitwara and Vincent Chepkok. He won the Lisbon Half Marathon for the third straight...
in March, taking the team title with Kenya. He was runner-up behind SammyKitwara at the World's Best 10K that month. He was fourth in the 5000 m at the...
the Rotterdam Half Marathon but was three minutes behind the winner SammyKitwara, having run 1:02:00 for fourteenth place. He stepped up to make his...
2008 after completing Chebara high school in Marakwet district. He met SammyKitwara and the professional trained with him and introduced him to his coach...
World's Best 10K in Puerto Rico a few weeks later, but Moses Masai and SammyKitwara pushed him into third place. Mutai ran one of the fastest marathons...
2:14:02 4 Wesley Korir Kenya 2:14:05 5 Paul Lonyangata Kenya 2:15:45 6 SammyKitwara Kenya 2:16:43 7 Stephen Chebogut Kenya 2:16:52 8 Abdi Nageeye Netherlands...
four sub-4:40 miles reduced the lead pack to himself, Tilahun Regassa, SammyKitwara and Feyisa Lilesa. Wesley Korir was twenty seconds behind after 35 km...
debuted over the 10K road distance later that month and was runner-up to SammyKitwara at the World's Best 10K with a time of 27:45. He won the Carlsbad 5K...
Julius Chepkwony Kenya 2:14:04 2015 William Chebor Kenya 2:16:15 2016 SammyKitwara Kenya 2:09:59 2017 Abraham Kiprotich France 2:17:50 2018 Aredom Degefa...
Jake Robertson New Zealand 1:00:01 Mare Dibaba Ethiopia 1:09:43 2016 SammyKitwara Kenya 59:47 Ruti Aga Ethiopia 1:09:16 2015 Mo Farah United Kingdom...
Marathon runner-up Hendrick Ramaala and three-time World's Best 10k winner SammyKitwara. In 2016 the half-marathon was cancelled to allow the organisers to...
defend his title, but was beaten into third place. He came fifth behind SammyKitwara at the Delhi Half Marathon in November and started his cross country...
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