Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long-distance runner widely regarded as the greatest marathon runner in history. He won Olympic gold in the marathon in 2016 and 2021, held the marathon world record for several years, and became the first person to run a marathon distance in under two hours, in an unofficial, specially organized event in Vienna in 2019 that did not count as a world record under competition rules.
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Career HighlightOlympic marathon champion in 2016 and 2020, and held the marathon world record from 2018 to 2023. 1 Classification
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Did Eliud Kipchoge win Olympic medals before he became a marathon runner?
Yes, he won 5,000 metres bronze in 2004 and silver in 2008 on the track.
Yes. Before his marathon career Eliud Kipchoge was a track runner in the 5,000 metres. Olympedia records him winning the bronze medal in the men's 5,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It also lists a 5,000 metres personal best of 12:46.53 set in 2004, and world championship medals in the event: gold in 2003 at Saint-Denis and silver in 2007 at Osaka.
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1. Wikipedia, Eliud Kipchoge
Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-date clause: "born 5 November 1984"
born 5 November 1984
en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-year figure: "born 5 November 1984"
born 5 November 1984
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is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon
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Kipchoge is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion, and was the world record holder in the marathon from 2018 to 2023, until that record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon.
Wikipedia, article summary lead
Eliud Kipchoge (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres.
Competed In: 2020 Summer Olympics, Lead paragraph (competition)
Kipchoge is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion, and was the world record holder in the marathon from 2018 to 2023, until that record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon.
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