Simon Biwott (born 3 March 1970 in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu District) is a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won the silver medal in the men's marathon at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. The race in Edmonton, Canada was won by Ethiopia's reigning Olympic champion Gezahegne Abera. A year later, Biwott won the Rotterdam Marathon. He also won marathons in Cancún, Mexico City (1998), Berlin, Milan (2000), and Paris (2001). After his career in athletics, he started a private school in Eldoret. His personal best of 2:06:49 was run at the 2002 edition of the Berlin Marathon.
He was a surprise winner at the 2000 Berlin Marathon, having only entered as a pacemaker originally.[1]
^Surprise win by pacemaker Simon Biwott. IAAF (2000-09-10). Retrieved 2018-05-24.
SimonBiwott (born 3 March 1970 in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu District) is a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won the silver medal in the men's marathon...
Paul Biwott (born 1978(, Kenyan marathon runner SimonBiwott (born 1970), former Kenyan marathon runner and 2002 Paris Marathon winner Stanley Biwott (born...
2001, Gezahegne won the World Championships by a mere second ahead of SimonBiwott from Kenya to become the first person to achieve an Olympics-World Championships...
marathon world record. Two years later, one of the race's pacemakers, SimonBiwott won the race, after one of the favourites had pulled out in the second...
records in Tokyo". World Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024. Simon Hart (28 April 2019). "Kipchoge cracks course record in London with second-fastest...
Salim Kipsang with a time of 2h08'02, followed in by fellow Kenyan Paul Biwott 13 seconds later. The top female finisher was Lydiya Grigoryeva in 2h27'00...
pacing the first 15.5 mi (24.9 km) of the race, and Kenyan pacemaker SimonBiwott won the 2000 Berlin Marathon even though he was only supposed to set...
Paredes (MEX) 2:17:14 María del Carmen Díaz (MEX) 2:39:07 16th 1998 SimonBiwott (KEN) 2:16:48 María Elena Reyna (MEX) 2:42:55 17th 1999 Eliud Kering (KEN)...
marathon race held in Berlin, Germany, held on 10 September 2000. Kenya's SimonBiwott won the men's race in 2:07:42 hours, while the women's race was won by...
Position Athlete Nationality Time 01 Raymond Kipkoech Kenya 2:06:47 02 SimonBiwott Kenya 2:06:49 03 Vincent Kipsos Kenya 2:06:52 04 Boniface Usisivu Kenya...
September 1997. Retrieved 21 November 2020. "Surprise win by pacemaker SimonBiwott". World Athletics. 10 September 2000. Retrieved 21 November 2020. "Three...
in Kenya. Kipkoech won the race in a final sprint with fellow Kenyans SimonBiwott and Vincent Kipsos. The top five finishers in the race were all Kenyan...
group was down to four competitors, all from Kenya: Eliud Kipchoge, Stanley Biwott, Kipsang, and world record holder Dennis Kimetto. Kipsang and Kipchoge broke...
finished in 3rd place behind winner Eliud Kipchoge and runner-up Stanley Biwott in a time of 2:06:36. This performance was despite the fact he only returned...
Wilson Kipsang and Stanley Biwott. Kipsang pulled away over the last mile, to win the race in 2 hours 4 minutes 29 seconds. Biwott finished second in a personal...
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