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词条 Felix Limo
释义

  1. Marathons

  2. References

  3. External links

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|width1 = 148
|caption1 = 2006 London Marathon winner Limo (left) and 2005, 2007 & 2008 winner Martin Lel (right) in 2006
|image = Felix Limo at the Berlin Marathon 2011.jpg
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|caption = Limo at the Berlin Marathon 2011
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Felix Limo (born 22 August 1980) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner, who specialized in the marathon.

Limo held the 15 Kilometres road running world record from November 2001 to November 2010, where he lost the record to Leonard Komon.[1] Limo set his record of 41:29 minutes in Nijmegen, the Netherlands when winning the Zevenheuvelenloop race. Deriba Merga of Ethiopia equalled the time in 2009.[2]

He won the Portugal Half Marathon in 2002. He debuted at the 2003 Amsterdam Marathon, finishing second timing 2:06.42, only three seconds slower than William Kipsang, who set a course record.[3]

Limo has achieved victory at the 2005 Chicago Marathon, as well as at Berlin and Rotterdam in 2004. In winning the 2004 Rotterdam Marathon, he ran arguably his strongest effort, setting his personal best of 2:06:14. Not only was that the eleventh fastest marathon ever run, but it was achieved on a very windy day.[4] Limo withdrew from a possible defense of his Chicago Marathon title due to back pain, and the 2006 race was won by Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot.

He won the 2006 London Marathon in a time of 2:06:39, the third fastest of 2006. He returned the following year and recorded 2:07:47 for third place.

His performances deteriorated significantly from 2008 onwards as he rarely bettered two hours and ten minutes. In 2008 he was eighth in London and fifth in Fukuoka. His 2009 saw little improvement as he came tenth in London and then seventh in Seoul. His sole competition in 2010 was the Vienna Marathon and his time of 2:11:34 brought him seventh place.[5] Limo was sixth at the 2011 Tokyo Marathon, finishing in a time of 2:10:50.[6]

He decided to retire from the sport at the start of 2013. Back problems had reduced his capacity to train and he felt the very top level was now beyond him: "I feel confident I could still run marathons in 2:09 or 2:10 [but] those times are not going to get me into the top three of the best marathons these days". He paid tribute to his coach, Patrick Sang, and said that he hoped to spend more time with his family and managing his business portfolio.[7]

Felix is not related to world champion Richard Limo, but might be distantly related to another Kenyan runner, Benjamin Limo.[8]

Marathons

Representing {{KEN
2004Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands1st2:06:14
Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany1st2:06:44
2005Chicago MarathonChicago, United States1st2:07:02
2006London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom1st2:06:39

References

1. ^{{cite news |title=Komon breaks World 15Km record in Nijmegen|date=21 November 2010|publisher=IAAF|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/komon-breaks-world-15km-record-in-nijmegen-|accessdate=7 May 2016}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/recbycat/location=O/recordtype=WR/event=0/age=N/area=0/sex=M/records.html|title=IAAF: Men's outdoor 100 Metres {{!}} Records {{!}} iaaf.org|website=iaaf.org|access-date=2018-05-02}}
3. ^Time-to-run.com: Amsterdam Marathon 2003 results {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120913114806/http://www.time-to-run.com/marathon/amsterdam/2003/results.htm |date=2012-09-13 }}
4. ^{{cite news|publisher=IAAF|date=4 April 2004|accessdate=7 May 2016 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/felix-limo-sets-course-record-of-20614-in-rot|title=Felix Limo sets course record of 2:06:14 in Rotterdam Marathon}}
5. ^Limo Felix. Marathon Info. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
6. ^{{cite news|last=Nakamura|first=Ken|date=27 February 2011|title=Mekonnen triumphs in Tokyo in 2:07:35|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/mekonnen-triumphs-in-tokyo-in-20735|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=7 May 2016}}
7. ^{{cite news|last=Minshull|first=Phil|date=10 January 2013|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kenyan-marathon-man-and-former-15km-world-rec|title=Kenyan marathon man and former 15km world record holder Felix Limo retires|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=18 February 2013}}
8. ^{{cite news|publisher=IAAF|date=25 August 2000|accessdate=7 May 2016|title=Not even the elements can stop Jones|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/not-even-the-elements-can-stop-jones-1}}

External links

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|before=Evans Rutto|after=Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
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}}{{s-end}}{{Footer London Marathon Champions Men}}{{Footer Chicago Marathon Champions Men}}{{Footer Rotterdam Marathon Champions Men}}{{Footer Berlin Marathon Champions Men}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Limo, Felix}}

7 : 1980 births|Living people|Kenyan male long-distance runners|Kenyan male marathon runners|Chicago Marathon male winners|London Marathon male winners|Berlin Marathon male winners

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