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.Yearly Rankings- Marathon ARRS. Retrieved 5 January 2009. 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.The Doping menace is deeply entrenched in Kenyan sports. The Star. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
Achievements Representing 1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria1st20 km road run59:421992World Half Marathon Championships Newcastle, United Kingdom4thHalf marathon1:01:34Honolulu MarathonHonolulu, Hawaii2ndMarathon2:14:281993World Championships Stuttgart, Germany—MarathonDNFBoston Marathon Boston, United States1stMarathon2:09:33Honolulu MarathonHonolulu, Hawaii2ndMarathon2:13:401994Boston Marathon Boston, United States1stMarathon2:07:151995Boston Marathon Boston, United States1stMarathon2:09:221996Boston MarathonBoston, United States3rdMarathon2:09:51New York City MarathonNew York City, United States6thMarathon2:11:531997World Championships Athens, Greece—MarathonDNFFukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan6thMarathon2:11:472000Nagano Olympic Commemorative MarathonNagano, Japan3rdMarathon2:12:52
See also List of winners of the Boston Marathon List of doping cases in athletics
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