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Eliud Kipchoge

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Eliud Kipchoge (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest marathon runners of all time, he is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion, and was the world record holder in the marathon from 2018 to 2023, with a time of 2:01:09 set at the 2022 Berlin Marathon, until that record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:00:35. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eliud Kipchoge has received more than 5,742,248 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Eliud Kipchoge is the 119th most popular athlete (up from 420th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Eliud Kipchoge ranks 119 out of 3,059. Before him are Rudolf Bauer, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Robert Shavlakadze, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, John Flanagan, and Edgar Aabye. After him are Jay Cutler, Lina Radke, Harold Abrahams, Michael Johnson, Alfred Neuland, and Gyula Kellner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Eliud Kipchoge ranks 24. Before him are Emmanuel Adebayor, Javier Mascherano, Beren Saat, Burak Özçivit, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Robert Kubica. After him are Dustin Moskovitz, Mathieu Valbuena, Nikola Karabatić, Indila, Pavel Durov, and Lena Katina.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Eliud Kipchoge ranks 12 out of 140. Before him are Richard Leakey (1944), Roger Whittaker (1936), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938), Daniel arap Moi (1924), Deep Roy (1949), and Mwai Kibaki (1931). After him are Uhuru Kenyatta (1961), Philippa Gregory (1954), Kipchoge Keino (1940), Benjamin Kogo (1944), Zena Marshall (1926), and Chris Froome (1985).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Eliud Kipchoge ranks 1. After him are Kipchoge Keino (1940), Benjamin Kogo (1944), Amos Biwott (1947), Naftali Temu (1945), Paul Tergat (1969), Wilson Kipketer (1972), Julius Sang (1946), Munyoro Nyamau (1942), Charles Asati (1946), Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (1984), and Ben Jipcho (1943).

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