Laban Korir

Korir (right) running at the 2012 Chicago Marathon

Laban Korir (born 30 June 1985 in Uasin Gishu District) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running competitions.

He began competing abroad for the first time in 2008 in his early twenties. His first win came at the Setúbal Half Marathon in Portugal,[1] and another followed at the 2009 Pombal Meia Maratona.[2] Working with athletics manager Jos Hermens, he gained a place at the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon and made the third-fastest marathon debut in history with his run of 2:06:05 hours, which was enough for second place behind Wilson Chebet.[3][4]

In his first race of 2012 he came fifth at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon, but improved his best over the distance to a time of 1:00:38 hours.[5] He was invited to the 2012 Boston Marathon and managed sixth place, although difficult running conditions left him with a slower time of 2:15:29 hours.[6] A run at the 2012 Chicago Marathon saw him in contention up to the halfway point, but he faded into eleventh place by the finish.[7]

Korir then won the 2014 Toronto Waterfront Marathon with a time of 2:08:15.

References

  1. ↑ Civai, Franco (2011-05-11). Setúbal Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-04-28.
  2. ↑ 27ª Meia Maratona de Pombal Archived 2009-08-06 at the Wayback Machine.. CM Pombal. Retrieved on 2012-04-28.
  3. ↑ van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-16). Chebet sizzles sub-2:06, course record for Gelana in Amsterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-19.
  4. ↑ Laban Korir. Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2012-04-28.
  5. ↑ Sampaolo, Diego (2012-02-26). Kiplagat sizzles sub-1:07 at Roma-Ostia Half. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-28.
  6. ↑ Boston Marathon Results Kenya's Wesley Korir, Cherop win Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine.. Fox News (2012-04-16). Retrieved on 2012-04-27.
  7. ↑ Gugala, Jon (2012-10-07). Course record for Kebede, Baysa dethrones Shobukhova - Chicago Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-02.
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