Eliud Kipchoge Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife (Grace Sugutt), Children, London Marathon, INEOS 1:59 Challenge

By Globe Intel on September 16, 2018

Eliud Kipchoge Bio, Wiki

Eliud Kipchoge was born on November 5th, 1984 n Kapsisiywa, Nandi District. He is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly the 5000 metres. He won the Olympic marathon in 2016 and is the current marathon world record holder with a time of 2:01:39 hours. Kipchoge’s world record run at the 2018 Berlin Marathon broke the previous world record by 1 minute and 18 seconds. This is the greatest improvement in a marathon world record time since 1967.

Kipchoge has won 12 of the 13 marathons he has entered, his only loss being a second-place behind Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich at the 2013 Berlin Marathon, where Kipsang broke the world record. In October 2019, Kipchoge is scheduled to make another attempt at a sub-two-hour marathon on a special course in Vienna.

On October 12th, 2019, Kipchoge ran the marathon distance on a special course in Vienna, achieving a time of 1:59:40.

 

Eliud Kipchoge Quick Facts
Born	November 5th, 1984 Kapsisiywa, Nandi District
Age	33 Years old as of 2019
Wife	Grace Sugutt
Children	3 Children
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Athletics
Coached by	Patrick Sang

Eliud Kipchoge Career 

Eliud Kipchoge came to prominence in 2003 by winning the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, setting a world junior record over 5000 metres on the track and then becoming world champion at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. An Olympic 5000 m bronze for Kenya followed at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and he took another bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

He won a series of silver medals, starting at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics before another runner-up placing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2009 World Championships, he finished fifth but again reached the podium at the 2010 Commonwealth Games; coming in second behind Moses Kipsiro in the 5000 metres. He has won four medals at editions of the annual IAAF World Athletics Final and is a five-time 5000 m finalist at the World Championships.

His 3000 metres best of 7:27.66 ranks him as the 12th-fastest at the distance ever and his 5000 m best of 12:46.53 makes him the fourth-fastest ever in the event. Eliud began to move towards Marathon running in 2012 and set a half marathon best of 59:25 minutes — which is the third-fastest debut half marathon in history. He made his Marathon debut at the Hamburg Marathon in 2013 setting a new course record of 2:05:30. He improved on this later that year, at the Berlin Marathon, running 2:04:05, the fifth-fastest marathon in history at the time. He won the London Marathon in 2015, 2016 and 2018. He also won the Berlin Marathon in 2015 in 2:04:00, improving his personal best by 5 seconds despite the insoles of his shoes coming loose early in the race. In 2016, he improved on this personal best again, achieving a winning time of 2:03:05 (second-fastest time ever at the time on a record-eligible course and setting a new course record) at the London Marathon, followed by a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics with a time of 2:08:44.

On 6 May 2017, as part of the Nike Breaking2 project, he ran a marathon distance in 2:00:25 at the Monza racetrack, Italy. His time marks the fastest marathon ever run but is not an official world record due to the circumstances in which it occurred.

Eliud Kipchoge London Marathon 2018

Kipchoge won the 2018 London Marathon against competitors including Mo Farah (4 time Olympic gold medalist) finished third 2:06:32 hours in his second marathon, Kenenisa Bekele (3 time Olympic gold medalist) and defending champion Daniel Wanjiru

Eliud Kipchoge Breaks World Marathon record in Berlin 2018

On 16 September 2018, he set out to obtain the official world record for the marathon and ensure he would be the world best marathon runner and did so by breaking the previous, held by his compatriot Dennis Kimetto, record by 1 minute 18 seconds in a time of 2:01:39 at the Berlin Marathon.

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge crosses the finish line to win the Berlin Marathon setting a new world record on September 16, 2018, in Berlin.

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge stands in front of a clock displaying his time after winning the Berlin Marathon setting a new world record with 2h01m39s on September 16, 2018, in Berlin

“It was hard,” said Kipchoge. “I ran my race; I trusted my trainers, my programme and my coach. That’s what pushed me in the last kilometers.”

The previous records are also held by Kenyans, Patrick Makau ( 2:03:38) in 2011, Wilson Kipsang (2:03:23) in 2013 and Dennis Kimettto (2:02:57) in 2014.

Eliud Kipchoge London Marathon 2019

Eliud Kipchoge won the 2019 London Marathon in a time of 2:02:37 registering the second-fastest marathon of all time, behind his 2018 Berlin Marathon win. His fourth win in London marks a new course record, beating his own 2016 London Marathon record by 28 seconds. The lead runner passed the half marathon mark at 1:01:37. Mosinet Geremew (Ethiopia) finished as the runner up in 2:02:55 and Mule Wasihun (Ethiopia) came in third place in 2:03:16. The British runner Mo Farah (4 time Olympic Gold medalist), a pre-race favorite, finished 5th.

Eliud Kipchoge “INEOS 1:59 Challenge”

In May 2019, a few days after his London Marathon win, Eliud Kipchoge announced another take on the sub-two-hour marathon, named the “INEOS 1:59 Challenge”, where he ran 4.4 laps of the Hauptallee, in a park named the Prater in Vienna, on October 12th,  2019. He successfully broke the two-hour barrier, finishing in 1:59:40. The run will not count for record purposes, as standard competition rules for pacing and fluids were not followed.

Eliud Kipchoge Family

Eliud Kipchoge is married to his wife, Grace Sugutt. The couple is blessed with 3 children, the names of their children are not in the public domain.

Eliud Kipchoge his wife, Grace Sugutt and their children

Grace Sugutt, Eliud Kipchoge’s wife