Sammy Korir

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Sammy Korir (born December 12, 1971) is a long-distance runner from Kenya, who raced into the history books as only the second man ever to run under 2 hours, 5 minutes, when he finished second in the Berlin Marathon on September 28, 2003: 2:04:56. Korir was beaten by his countryman and the new world record holder Paul Tergat by one second. ^{[1] [2]}

In 2008 he became the first man to run ten marathons faster the time of 2.09 hours, by finishing third in Dubai Marathon with a time of 2:08:34. The race was won by Haile Gebrselassie who narrowly failed to break the world record held by himself ^[3].

[edit] Marathon achievements

Date	Marathon	Venue	Result	Time
April 20, 1996	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	3rd	2:08:02
December 15, 1996	Cancún Marathon	Cancún, Mexico	1st	2:12:33
November 1, 1998	Amsterdam Marathon	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	2:08:13
May 2, 1999	Turin Marathon	Turin, Italy	1st	2:08:27
April 22, 2001	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	3rd	2:08:14
June 2, 2002	Rock 'n' Roll Marathon	San Diego, California, U.S.	1st	2:09:02
October 20, 2002	Amsterdam Marathon	Amsterdam, Netherlands	5th	2:08:10
September 28, 2003	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	2nd	2:04:56
April 18, 2004	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	2nd	2:06:49
October 9, 2005	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	9th	2:10:53
February 12, 2006	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	2:10:07
April 9, 2006	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st	2:06:38

[edit] References

1. ^ Marathon world best progression
2. ^ Tergat goes under 2:05 in Berlin - IAAF
3. ^ IAAF, January 23, 2007: Sammy Korir becomes first man to run 10 sub-2:09 marathons

[edit] External links

• Profile MarathonMajors

Sporting positions
Preceded by Joseph Chebet	Amsterdam Men's Marathon Winner 1997 – 1998	Succeeded by Fred Kiprop
Preceded by John Kagwe	San Diego Men's Marathon Winner 2002	Succeeded by Osoro Ondoro
Preceded by Jimmy Muindi	Rotterdam Men's Marathon Winner 2006	Succeeded by Joshua Chelanga