Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot (born May 10, 1982, in Kapkoi village,

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) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. He started out as a

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runner, taking wins in

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and

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, and won his debut marathon race in

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in 2007. He won the

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in 2008, running a personal best of 2:06:25 hours. Cheruiyot has also represented Kenya internationally and was the bronze medallist at the

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Background

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by training, Cheruiyot is the seventh-born of a family of nine. After graduating from Kapkoi Primary School, in

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's Keiyo District, he took a mechanical engineering and driving course upon joining the National Youth Service (NYS). With the NYS, he started running. He began his competitive career in October 2004 with a third-place finish in a

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race after completing his program in NYS. Four weeks later, he won his debut in the

at the Standard Chartered Nairobi race with a time of 1:04:24. After competing in several cross-country competitions in France, he won his second half marathon race, the

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, in April 2005. He ran in several other races in 2005 until he got stranded in France along with 14 teammates without money, food and shelter in December until the Kenyan embassy rescued them. In 2006, he ran a sub one-hour half marathon in a second-place finish at the

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, and he was a nationally ranked runner according to '' Running Times''. His 2006 half marathon time ranked him in the top ten of all time. At the

he finished third and was part of the Kenyan team that won the team race. He won the 2007

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and made his full marathon debut later that year, taking victory at the Milan Marathon in December. He had previously beaten elite fields and runners such as namesake Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot. In his second outing over the full distance, he won the

held on October 12, 2008, with a time of 2:06:25. His 2009 season was less successful – he was eighth at the Boston Marathon and then fifth at the

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in Japan. A serious injury ruled him out of competitive running for the latter half of 2009 and all of 2010. He made his comeback at the 2011

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and demonstrated a return to form by finishing as the runner-up behind David Barmasai with a time of 2:08:17.Butcher, Pat (January 21, 2011)
Barmasai and Mergia fight headwind to take Dubai Marathon wins
IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-21.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheruiyot, Evans 1982 births Living people Chicago Marathon male winners Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male marathon runners People from Elgeyo-Marakwet County