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Kelvin Kiptum

1999 - 2024

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Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot (2 December 1999 – 11 February 2024) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who set the current marathon world record. As of 2025, he still holds three of the seven fastest marathons in history, and was ranked first among the world's men's marathon runners at the time of his death. Kiptum won all three marathons he ran, including two top-tier World Marathon Majors (WMM) between December 2022 and October 2023. His times were three of the seven fastest marathon times, setting a course record of less than 2 hours 2 minutes in each race. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2024). Kelvin Kiptum is the 2,288th most popular athlete (down from 1,992nd in 2024), the 37th most popular biography from Kenya (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kelvin Kiptum ranks 2,288 out of 6,025. Before him are Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Katrin Dörre-Heinig, Maria Fricioiu, Ron Brown, and Joachim Mattern. After him are Yelena Slesarenko, Ollan Cassell, Stefano Baldini, Jess Thorup, Bernhard Glass, and Eva Korpela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1999, Kelvin Kiptum ranks 59. Before him are Joey King, Kim So-hyun, Park Ji-hoon, Iñaki Peña, Zehra Güneş, and Francisco Trincão. After him are Chou Tzu-yu, Youssouf Fofana, Jota, James Charles, Nico Schlotterbeck, and Imane Khelif. Among people deceased in 2024, Kelvin Kiptum ranks 475. Before him are Ken Page, Roberto Chale, Choi Dae-shik, and Michael Jayston. After him are Jānis Timma, Sharda Sinha, Alexander Goehr, Adan Canto, Basdeo Panday, Piedad Córdoba, Mouncif El Haddaoui, and Morgan Spurlock.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Kelvin Kiptum ranks 37 out of 150. Before him are Naftali Bon (1945), Munyoro Nyamau (1942), Faith Kipyegon (1994), Ben Jipcho (1943), Urjit Patel (1963), and William Tanui (1964). After him are Hellen Obiri (1989), Daniel Rudisha (1945), Douglas Wakiihuri (1963), Catherine Ndereba (1972), Moses Kiptanui (1970), and Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Kelvin Kiptum ranks 17. Before him are Julius Sang (1946), Naftali Bon (1945), Munyoro Nyamau (1942), Faith Kipyegon (1994), Ben Jipcho (1943), and William Tanui (1964). After him are Hellen Obiri (1989), Daniel Rudisha (1945), Douglas Wakiihuri (1963), Catherine Ndereba (1972), Moses Kiptanui (1970), and Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (1984).

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