Eliud Kiptanui

Eliud Kiptanui (born 6 June 1989) is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.

[1] Kiptanui began to take running seriously after leaving school at 16, using the prize money to help pay for his sibling's education.

[2] Kiptanui travelled to Norway in July 2009 to compete in the 3000 metres at the Bislett Games, where he finished in fifth position.

Kiptanui won the Safaricom Marathon in Kisumu in December of that year with a time of 2:12:17 hours, outrunning the second-place finisher by a margin of over seven minutes.

[2] He was touted as a possible winner at the 2010 Berlin Marathon, but he ended the race in fifth place with a time of 2:08:05 while compatriot Patrick Makau took the honours.