Richard Chelimo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Chelimo
Occupation	Kenyan Long-Distance Runner
Date Of Birth	Feb 24, 1972(1972-02-24)
Age	52
Date Of Death	2001-08-15
Country	Kenya
Horoscope	Aquarius

Richard Chelimo Biography

Richard Chelimo is one of the most popular and richest Kenyan long- distance runner who was born on February 24, 1972 in Kenya. Richard Chelimo, 21 April 1972 – 15 Aug 2001 was a Kenyan long distance runner and former world record holder for 10,000m. He is most well-known for his silver medal in the 10,000m at the 1992 Olympics. He also held the world junior record in 10,000m.

Chelimo quit athletics in 1996. According to Kiptanui his cousin, Chelimo was depressed after his failure to reach the top of the sport. Chelimo returned to the army, gained weight, and started drinking heavily — a similar decline to Henry Rono’s. His friends Tanui and William Mutwol encouraged Chelimo to get back to training. Chelimo finally lost 5kg of his race weight. At the age of 29, he died from a brain tumor.

Chelimo failed to win the gold medal at the 1993 world championships held in Stuttgart, Germany. Because he couldn’t match Tanui’s pace and Haile Gebrselassie, an Ethiopian star, Chelimo finished third. Another controversial race, as Tanui was unable to match Gebreselassie’s pace and lost his shoe. The Ethiopian won the race.

Richard Chelimo Net Worth

Richard Chelimo is one of the richest Kenyan Long-Distance Runner from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Chelimo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Chelimo won his first international medal in the junior section at the 1990 cross-country championship in Aix-les-Bains (France), where he took silver. Although Chelimo was not given much attention because of Kenya’s dominance at the event, his team won 10 consecutive junior titles.

Chelimo was selected for the Kenyan senior team in the 10,000 m race at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. He was Kenya’s second runner and was given the task of pacemaker to Moses Tanui. He managed to drag Tanui past his main rival, Khalid Skah from Morocco, and on the last lap, he allowed Tanui sprint clear to win the gold medal.

In 1993 Chelimo broke the world junior and senior 10,000 m world record, in a time of 27:07.91 minutes, in Stockholm. He was to hold the senior world record for only five days before it was broken again by his compatriot Yobes Ondieki. He held the junior record for over 11 years before it was broken by Ugandan Boniface Kiprop Toroitich at a Golden League meeting on 3 September 2004, in a time of 27 min 04.00 s.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Kenyan long-distance runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Richard Chelimo celebrates birthday on February 24 of every year.