- Luke Kibet
Luke Kibet (born
12 April 1983 ) is aKenya n long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. He is from Kaplelach village,Uasin Gishu District . Famed Kenyan runnersSamson Kitur andNoah Ngeny come from the same area [Daily Nation, September 04, 2007: [http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=5&newsid=105829 Home coming party for marathon hero] ] He was raised inEldoret , and originally specialized in the steeplechase. He took up marathon in 2004 and reached the international level in this event. He currently does most of his training atMoses Tanui 's training camp inKaptagat .He won the gold medal at the
2007 World Championships in Athletics in a time of 2:15:59 hours. It was the first Kenyan marathon victory at the World Championships sinceDouglas Wakiihuri in 1987.His personal best time is 2:08:52 hours, achieved in October 2005 in
Eindhoven . In thehalf marathon his personal best time is 1:00:43 hours, achieved in September 2006 inRotterdam .On October 28, 2007 he won the
Great South Run 10-mile race inPortsmouth ,England [IAAF, October 28, 2007: [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=42180.html Kibet, Cheruiyot take Great South Run titles] ] .During the
2007-08 riots in Kenya , Kibet was attacked by a mob and hurt heavily by a stone, which hit his head. [IAAF : [http://www.iaaf.org/WXC08/news/kind=103/newsid=43347.html "World champion Luke Kibet offers a beacon of hope for troubled Kenya"] , February 12, 2008]References
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