Laban Korir
Laban Kipngetich Korir (born 30 June 1985 in Uasin Gishu District) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running competitions. Korir is currently part of the NN Running Team, an international team of elite long-distance runners managed by Global Sports Communication in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
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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.
In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[8] He finished in 11th place.[8]
References
- Civai, Franco (2011-05-11). Setúbal Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-04-28.
- 27ª Meia Maratona de Pombal Archived 2009-08-06 at the Wayback Machine. CM Pombal. Retrieved on 2012-04-28.
- van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-16). Chebet sizzles sub-2:06, course record for Gelana in Amsterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-19.
- Laban Korir. Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2012-04-28.
- Sampaolo, Diego (2012-02-26). Kiplagat sizzles sub-1:07 at Roma-Ostia Half. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-28.
- 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.
- Gugala, Jon (2012-10-07). Course record for Kebede, Baysa dethrones Shobukhova - Chicago Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-02.
- "Marathon Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.