1984 - Today
Eliud Kipchoge (English: EL-ee-OOD kip-CHOH-gə; born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized at the 5000 metre distance. Widely regarded as one of the greatest marathon runners of all time, he is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion and the world record holder in the marathon with a time of 2:01:09 set at the 2022 Berlin Marathon. He has run four of the six fastest marathons in history.Kipchoge claimed his first individual world championship title in 2003 by winning the junior race at the World Cross Country Championships and setting a world junior record over 5000 m on the track. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eliud Kipchoge has received more than 4,422,665 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Eliud Kipchoge is the 115th 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, Eliud Kipchoge ranks 115 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.
1879 - 1932
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 109
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 110
1933 - 2020
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 111
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 112
1873 - 1938
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 113
1865 - 1941
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 114
1984 - Present
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 115
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 116
1903 - 1983
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 117
1899 - 1978
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 118
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 119
1895 - 1966
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 120
1871 - 1940
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 121
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.
1984 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 18
1984 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 19
1984 - Present
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 20
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 21
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 22
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 23
1984 - Present
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 24
1984 - Present
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 25
1984 - Present
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 26
1984 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 27
1984 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 28
1984 - Present
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 29
1984 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 30
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).
1944 - 2022
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 6
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 7
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 8
1924 - 2020
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 10
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 11
1984 - Present
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 12
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 13
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 14
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 15
1944 - 2022
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 16
1926 - 2009
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 17
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 18
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).
1984 - Present
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 1
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 2
1944 - 2022
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 3
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 4
1945 - 2003
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 5
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 6
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 7
1946 - 2004
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 8
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 9
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 10
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 11
1943 - 2020
HPI: 40.27
Rank: 12