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Benson Kipruto

Benson Kipruto

Kenyan long-distance runner

Benson Kipruto (born 17 March 1991) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the 125th Boston Marathon in 2021 (2:09:51), the 2022 Chicago Marathon (2:04:24) and the 2024 Tokyo Marathon in a personal best of 2:02:16, where he also set a new course record. Kipruto finished third at both the 2022 and 2023 Boston Marathon with times of 2:07:27 and 2:06:06 respectively.

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In 2023, he finished second in the 2023 Chicago Marathon, with a personal best time of 2:04:02, 3 minutes behind compatriot Kelvin Kiptum who broke the Marathon world record.

He won the 2018 Toronto Waterfront Marathon (2:07:24) and the 2021 Prague Marathon (2:10:16).[1][2]

Personal bests

Notable marathon results

Results taken from IAAF Profile[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Benson Kipruto Of Kenya Wins Boston Marathon Men's Race". 11 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Prague Marathon: Battle of the Teams | AIMS | Race news". aims-worldrunning.org. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Benson Kipruto". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2024.


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