Benedict Muli Kimondiu (born 30 November 1977) is a Kenyan former marathon runner.
Kimondiu was born on 30 November 1977 and spent his childhood in Kilungu, Kenya.
[1][2] Kimondiu began his athletic career at the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run in Washington, D.C.[1] As a pacesetter, Kimondiu finished sixteenth at the 2000 New York City Marathon and first at the 2001 Chicago Marathon.
[3] Kimondiu's 2001 win made him the first ever pacesetter to finish first at the Chicago Marathon.
[4] After the marathon, race director Carey Pinkowski said Kimondiu would be permitted to keep all of the money he won at Chicago as a pacesetter.