Benson Kipruto (born 17 March 1991) is a Kenyan

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. He won the 125th Boston Marathon in 2021 (2:09:51), the 2022 Chicago Marathon (2:04:24) and the

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in a personal best of 2:02:16, where he also set a new course record. Kipruto finished third at both the

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and

2023 Boston Marathon The 2023 Boston Marathon was a marathon race held in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 17, 2023. It was the 127th official running of the race, and 125th time it was run on course (excluding the virtual event of 2020, and the ekiden of 1918). It a ...

with times of 2:07:27 and 2:06:06 respectively. In 2023, he finished second in the

2023 Chicago Marathon The 2023 Chicago Marathon was the 45th edition of the annual marathon race in Chicago, held on Sunday, . A Platinum Label marathon, it was the fifth of six World Marathon Majors events that were held in 2023. The race also hosted the age gro ...

, with a personal best time of 2:04:02, 3 minutes behind compatriot

Kelvin Kiptum Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot (2 December 1999 – 11 February 2024) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who currently holds the marathon world record. , he holds three of the seven fastest marathons in history, and was ranked first among the world's ...

who broke the Marathon world record. He won the 2018

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(2:07:24) and the 2021

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(2:10:16).

Personal bests

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– 1:00:06 (

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2020) *

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– 2:02:16 (

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2024)

Notable marathon results

Results taken from IAAF Profile

References

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* 1991 births Living people Boston Marathon male winners Chicago Marathon male winners Kenyan male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Athletes from Nandi County 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub