Lornah Kiplagat

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lornah Kiplagat
Occupation	Marathon Runner
Date Of Birth	May 1, 1974(1974-05-01)
Age	50
Birthplace	Keiyo District
Country	Kenya
Horoscope	Taurus

Lornah Kiplagat Biography

Lornah Kiplagat is one of the most popular and richest Marathon Runner who was born on May 1, 1974 in Keiyo District, Kenya. Lornah Kiplagat, a Dutch long distance runner, was born 1 May 1974. She was born in Kabiemit in Rift Valley Province of Kenya. She moved to the Netherlands in 1999. In 2003, she was granted Dutch citizenship and has been competing for the Netherlands ever since. She competes in both road and cross-country events as well as track and field.

Kiplagat had already been performing well when she ran to represent Kenya. She was the first woman ever to win the Falmouth Road Race as well as the Peachtree Road Race. She is still the only female to have achieved this feat as of 2006. Her other accomplishments include the Amsterdam Marathon, Rotterdam Marathons, Osaka Ladies Marathons and the Los Angeles Marathon.

She won the 2007 World Cross Country Championships held in Mombasa, Kenya. Earlier, in February 2007, she competed at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships as an invited athlete and won the women’s race, ahead of the elite among her former compatriots. In winning these championships, she beat off the entire Ethiopian challenge, of defending champion Tirunesh Dibaba, the previous short course champion Gelete Burka, and double bronze medalist from 2006, Meselech Melkamu. They finished: Dibaba, 2nd, Melkamu, 3rd, Burka, 4th.

Kiplagat was ruled out for the whole of 2009 and returned to competition with a win at the Runner’s World Zandvoort Circuit Run in March 2010. In September, she ran at the Dam tot Damloop and was the runner-up behind her niece Hilda Kibet, finishing with a time of 52:03. She returned to the marathon event for the 2011 London Marathon and completed her first race over the distance in four years, coming 18th with a time of 2:27:57 hours. Although she was far from the podium and failed to gain the World Championship qualifying time, she considered the race a success following her previous injury-ridden seasons. She improved at the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon, crossing the line after 2:25:52 hours to claim third place, the Dutch national title, and the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifying time. Despite being almost four minutes slower than the winner (Tiki Gelana), she said: “I am the happiest woman in Amsterdam, and perhaps the whole world”.

Kiplagat’s 2005 year was a success. She won a silver medal in the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and then claimed the title at 2005 European Cross Country Championships. These feats led her to be named the Dutch athlete of year. She won the silver medal at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Japan. At the 2006 European Athletics Championships, she was fifth in the 10,000m.

Lornah Kiplagat Net Worth

Lornah Kiplagat is one of the richest Marathon Runner from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lornah Kiplagat 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kiplagat left the Netherlands in 1999 to become a Dutch citizen. She was able to run for the Netherlands from 2003 onwards four years later. She also lowered the Dutch marathon record by 2:23.43 in the New York City Marathon that year. She was also a participant in the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the 10,000m, she placed 5th.

She competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2007, she was the gold medallist at IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2007. From 2006 to 2008, she also won three consecutive World Road Running Championship titles. She holds the world record for marathon time at 2:22:22.22 hours. She has also won major races in Osaka, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. She holds the current world road record for 5 km and 10 miles. From 2007 to 2011, her best times over 20km and half-marathon distances were world records. They remain the second fastest ever.

Besides the Dutch record for the marathon, Kiplagat also owns four world records. In the 5 km road race she ran the distance in 14:47, while she lowered her own record in the 10 miles of 50.54 by two seconds to 50.50 during the 2006 Dam tot Damloop, which she also won in 2002. On 14 October 2007, Kiplagat set a new half marathon world record of 1:06:25 at the World Road Running Championships at Udine, Italy, while defending the title she first won in 2006. She also smashed her own 20 km world record en route, running 1:02:57. However, Paula Radcliffe has run a faster half-marathon on the slightly downhill Great North Run course in 2003.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Lornah Ranked on the list of most popular Marathon Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Lornah Kiplagat celebrates birthday on May 1 of every year.