Cosmas Ndeti
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Born | 24 November 1971 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Marathon |
Cosmas Ndeti (born 24 November 1971) is a three-time winner of the Boston Marathon. He was the winner of the 1993, 1994, and 1995 races. He set the course record in 1994 with a time of 2:07:15, which was also the best marathon performance in 1994.[1] That course record stood for 12 years until it was broken by one second when Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, a fellow Kenyan, won the 2006 race.
He received a three-month ban for doping, after failing a test for ephedrine at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. This made him the first doping ban case in Kenyan history.[2]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Kenya
| |||||
| 1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 1st | 20 km road run | 59:42 |
| 1992 | World Half Marathon Championships | Newcastle, United Kingdom | 4th | Half marathon | 1:01:34 |
| Honolulu Marathon | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2nd | Marathon | 2:14:28 | |
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | — | Marathon | DNF |
| Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:09:33 | |
| Honolulu Marathon | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2nd | Marathon | 2:13:40 | |
| 1994 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:07:15 |
| 1995 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:09:22 |
| 1996 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 3rd | Marathon | 2:09:51 |
| New York City Marathon | New York City, United States | 6th | Marathon | 2:11:53 | |
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | — | Marathon | DNF |
| Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 6th | Marathon | 2:11:47 | |
| 2000 | Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon | Nagano, Japan | 3rd | Marathon | 2:12:52 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Yearly Rankings- Marathon ARRS. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ^ The Doping menace is deeply entrenched in Kenyan sports. The Star. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
External links
[edit]- Cosmas Ndeti at World Athletics
- Cosmas Ndeti
- Cosmos Ndeti
- Joshua Hammer. "God, Boston, Country". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
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