Pius Maiyo Kirop

Pius Maiyo Kirop (born 8 January 1990) is a Kenyan road runner. He won a team gold medal at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2012.

Pius Maiyo Kirop
Kirop at the 2013 Prague Half Marathon
Personal information
Born8 January 1990 (1990-01-08) (age 30)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)10K run, half marathon, marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)10 km – 27:51 (2010)
HM – 59:25 (2012)
Marathon – 2:09:58 (2015)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Kenya
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
2012 KavarnaTeam

Kirop began competing on the European professional circuit in 2009, taking a runner-up spot at the Bucharest Half Marathon. He returned the following year to win that race and set a personal best of 60:39 minutes in fourth at the Route du Vin Half Marathon. His marathon debut in Frankfurt ended in a failure to finish. Highlights of his 2011 season included fourth-place finishes at the Göteborgsvarvet and Route du Vin race, but another marathon outing in Köln Marathon saw him fail to finish again.[2]

In 2012 he set a personal best of 59:25 minutes at the Berlin Half Marathon and won the Tilburg Ten Miles. He was selected for Kenya for the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[3] Despite being one of the lesser runners on the circuit, he gave a strong performance there, taking fourth place in 61:11 minutes and helping John Nzau Mwangangi and Stephen Kosgei Kibet to the team gold medals.[1]

Kirop failed to make a breakthrough after his 2012 season – he ran in higher calibre races, but struggled to get near the top of the fields. He began marathon running in 2015 and set a best of 2:09:58 hours for ninth at the Paris Marathon.[2]

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2012 World Half Marathon Championships Kavarna, Bulgaria 4th Half marathon 1:01:11
1st Team 3:03:52

Circuit wins
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References
  1. Pius Maiyo Kirop. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-30.
  2. Pius Maiyo Kirop. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-03-30.
  3. Pius Maiyo Kirop. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-30.
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