Vadodara Marathon

Vadodara Marathon is a run for charity or for purpose organized now annually/bi-annually by an organization based in Vadodara. Accredited to the Association of International Marathon and Distance Races (AIMS), the Vadodara Marathon is the recipient of the AIMS gold medal for 'smallest city, biggest Marathon'.[1]

Vadodara Marathon
Logo of Vadodara International Half Marathon
DateEarly January
LocationVadodara, Gujarat, India
Event typeRoad running
DistanceMarathon, Half Marathon
Primary sponsorMG Motor
Established2009 (2009)
Official siteVadodara Marathon

Vadodara Marathon 2009

With an intention to promote civic sense in citizens, Vadodara Traffic Education Trust had organised Marathon on 22-Nov-2009. Nearly 31,800 participants took part in the Marathon flagged off by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in presence of Kapil Dev, Milkha Singh, Paresh Rawal, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan at Navalakhi Ground Vadodara.[2][3]

Vadodara Marathon 2011

Its year-2011 edition took place from Vaccine Institute Ground, where about 30,000 people participated on 23-Jan-2011.[4] The event had 3 categories of run: 5 km, 15 km and 21 km; which was flagged off by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.[5] For the first time in India, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags were given to each participant in the Marathons [6]

Vadodara Marathon 2012

It was organized on 5-Feb-2012.[7]

Vadodara Marathon 2013

Around 12,000 participants, including international runners, had turned up at Navlakhi compound located in the middle of the city organized on 15-Dec-2013[8][9]

Vadodara Marathon 2016

The fifth Vadodara Half Marathon was organized on 07-Feb-2016, flagged off by Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel.[10][11] Veteran athlete Dr Bhagwati Oza, cricketer Yusuf Pathan, cricketer Irfan Pathan, cross country champion Vandana Parekh, Founder of RABV Birju Patel, Go carting champion Meera Erda, Dirt bike champion Veer Patel and deaf-mute cricketer Imran Sheikh were appointed as brand ambassadors. It also received a record over 65000 registrations in all categories put together.

Vadodara Marathon 2017

The sixth Vadodara Marathon was organized on 05-Feb-2017, flagged off by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

Vadodara Marathon 2018

The seventh Vadodara Marathon was organized on 07-Jan-2018, flagged off by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Around 92,000 participants have registered for this mega event.

Vadodara Marathon 2019

The eighth Vadodara Marathon was organized on 06-Jan-2019, with around one lakh registration. It was flag-off by Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani at Navlakhi ground. [12]

List of winners

Key:   Course record   Half marathon

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2009 Winner not available Time not available Winner not available Time not available
— 2010 Did not held
2nd 2011  Bamzmtebe Kew (ETH) 1:01:02  Berhane Adere (ETH) 1:09:00
3rd 2012  Andualem Belay (ETH) 1:01:20  Yebrgual Melese (ETH) 1:12:28
4th 2013  Asefa Negewo (ETH) 1:03:45  Letebirhan Gebreselasie (ETH) 1:11:37
— 2014 Did not held
— 2015
5th 2016  Samuel Macharia (KEN) 1:02:36  Hannah Gatheru (KEN) 1:11:13
6th 2017  Elam Singh (IND) 2:26:33  Poonam Singh (IND) 3:32:24
7th 2018  Fikre Bekele (ETH) 2:20:12  Alganesh Anjelo (ETH) 2:39:53
8th 2019  Wesley Kiprono (KEN) 2:21:17  Preeti Lala (IND) 3:50:14
9th 2020  Cleophas Chepkwony (KEN) 2:25:30  Nupur Singh (IND) 3:10:25

References
  1. "Vadodara Marathon is accredited by AIMS, The Economic Times, 18 January 2012". Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. CM flags of Vadodara Marathon 24-Nov-2009
  3. Thousand run the VM 2009, The Times of India, 22-Nov-2009
  4. Volunteers ensured smooth VM 2011, The Times of India, 25-Jan-2011
  5. VM 2011 in Baroda News
  6. India's first RFID Run, The Indian Express, 24-Nov-2010
  7. Vadodara Marathon on NDTV
  8. The Times of India, 15-Dec-2013
  9. Marathon to support statue of unity, The Indian Express, 13-Nov-2013
  10. Calendar of Races of India
  11. Ahmedabad Mirror Newspaper 31-Oct-2015
  12. Vadodara Marathon eyeing one registration in 2019 edition, The Times of India, 9-Oct-2018

See also
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