Kenyan long-distance runner
Cosmas Ndeti
Nationality Kenyan Born (1971-11-24 ) 24 November 1971 (age 52) Sport Athletics Event Marathon
Cosmas Ndeti (born 24 November 1971) is a three-time winner of the Boston Marathon . He was the winner of the 1993, 1994, and 1995 races. He set the course record in 1994 with a time of 2:07:15, which was also the best marathon performance in 1994.[1] That course record stood for 12 years until it was broken by one second when Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot , a fellow Kenyan, won the 2006 race.
He received a three-month ban for doping, after failing a test for ephedrine at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships . This made him the first doping ban case in Kenyan history.[2]
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Kenya
1990
World Junior Championships
Plovdiv , Bulgaria
1st
20 km road run
59:42
1992
World Half Marathon Championships
Newcastle, United Kingdom
4th
Half marathon
1:01:34
Honolulu Marathon
Honolulu, Hawaii
2nd
Marathon
2:14:28
1993
World Championships
Stuttgart , Germany
—
Marathon
DNF
Boston Marathon
Boston , United States
1st
Marathon
2:09:33
Honolulu Marathon
Honolulu, Hawaii
2nd
Marathon
2:13:40
1994
Boston Marathon
Boston , United States
1st
Marathon
2:07:15
1995
Boston Marathon
Boston , United States
1st
Marathon
2:09:22
1996
Boston Marathon
Boston , United States
3rd
Marathon
2:09:51
New York City Marathon
New York City , United States
6th
Marathon
2:11:53
1997
World Championships
Athens , Greece
—
Marathon
DNF
Fukuoka Marathon
Fukuoka, Japan
6th
Marathon
2:11:47
2000
Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon
Nagano, Japan
3rd
Marathon
2:12:52
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