Paul Malakwen Kosgei

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Malakwen Kosgei
Occupation	Marathon Runner
Date Of Birth	Apr 22, 1978(1978-04-22)
Age	46
Country	Kenya
Birth City	Marakwet District
Horoscope	Aries

Paul Malakwen Kosgei Biography

Paul Malakwen Kosgei is one of the most popular and richest Marathon Runner who was born on April 22, 1978 in Marakwet District, Kenya. Paul Malakwen Kosgei (born 22 April 1978 in Marakwet) is a Kenyan long- distance and marathon runners. He made his debut in athletics after achieving the World Junior Record of 3000m steeple in 1997. He followed that up following that, he won consecutive gold medals at IAAF World Cross Country Championships between 1998 and 2000.

In the year 2000, he focused on long-distance running which meant he dropped the steeplechase specialty. He set a 10-kilometer record of 27:40 in winning the Parelloop race in Brunssum the year. He also claimed the third consecutive cross-country award at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and continued the run of Kenya team wins with the bronze medal he won. He won on the road circuit across Europe in the Giro Podistico Internazionale di Pettinengo and won his 9.5 mile race with a time of 27 minutes and 3 seconds; in addition, the Giro al Sas 10K in Trento. He represented Kenya in the race that was long at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships but was unable to compete with his short course performance and was fifth. The longer distances didn’t earn his medals in the 2001 World Championships in Athletics when he placed seventh in the 10,000 m final. He won in 2001 the Giro Media Blenio 10K race in Dongio and recorded the time as 28:13.4.

The 2002 marked a significant breakthrough for Kosgei in both track and road running. In May, he led the Kenyan team to victory at the 2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships with a time of 1:00:39. He edged out Jaouad Gharib to win the race on his first attempt at the half marathon distance. His first time success did not make him an immediate convert, however: “I have changed my focus from the steeplechase to the 10,000 metres … Maybe in two or three years I will start to think about running the marathon”. Kosgei became the Kenyan champion over 10,000 m that summer, and his next test came at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. He was entered into the 10,000 m race and was second behind his Kenyan compatriot Wilberforce Talel – Kosgei’s finishing time of 27:45.46 was seven hundredths of a second behind Talel, who broke the Games record for the event.

He focused on entirely on road running after 2002 and he broke the world record for the 25 km distance, running 1:12:45 in May 2004. His personal best over the half marathon (59:07 minutes), with which he won the 2006 Berlin Half Marathon, ranks him within the top ten fastest ever over the distance. He began to focus on marathon running and won his first race at the Maratona d’Italia in 2010 with a course record and personal best time of 2:09.00.

In 1999, he initiated his technical collaboration with Italian Trainer Renato Canova. It altered his approach to the sport, which was aimed at distances that were longer.

Paul Malakwen Kosgei Net Worth

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

Kosgei began in his career on the world stage, as a cross-country racer and steeplechaser. Kosgei made his name as an athlete of the junior age group in 1997, when he won the bronze medal for juniors in the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and also made it to his 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final for the steeplechase that was 3000 meters long. He established his pedigree when setting a record for the world junior age group for the race.

He made his debut as an adult the following year winning the bronze medal in the sprint course at 1998’s IAAF World Cross Country Championships and also helping Kenya to win the Gold medal for the team. He also helped lead Kenya to victory as a team in the IAAF World Road Relay Championships in Manaus in April. He was fourth fastest on the planet that year when he competed in the steeplechase. He also began participating in road races and also won the 10 km BOclassic race near the close season. He was able to improve by a few points to clinch the gold medal spot during the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and finished second in second place behind Paul Tergat to help Kenya to win their second consecutive team title. Kenya represented the country in the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville which saw him finish seventh in the steeplechase for men. He concluded his track season by finishing fifth in the in the 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final.

He went unbeaten over the distance at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics the following month, beating John Cheruiyot Korir to the continental title. As African champion, he was selected to represent the continental at the 2002 IAAF World Cup. He took the 5000 metres silver medal behind the reigning European champion Alberto García (who was banned in 2003 for taking EPO). Among Kosgei’s other honours that year was a silver medal from the World Military Track and Field Championships.

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He scored his first victory over the marathon distance at the Maratona d’Italia in October 2010, where he set a new course record of 2:09:00.

Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Marathon Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Paul Malakwen Kosgei celebrates birthday on April 22 of every year.