Sammy Korir (born December 12, 1971) is a long distance runner from Kenya.
Biography Korir was born in Kiboswa village, Nandi County of Rift Valley Province, Kenya. In 2003 he finished second in Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:04:56, just one second after the winner of the race, Paul Tergat who broke the previous world record. In 2008 he became the first man to run ten marathons faster than the time of 2:09 hours, by finishing third in Dubai Marathon with a time of 2:08:01. The race was won by Haile Gebrselassie, who narrowly failed to break the world record held by himself.
Overall, Korir has run 20 marathons under 2:12:00 in his career.
Marathon achievements December 1, 1996Florence MarathonFlorence, Italy1st2:15:04December 15, 1996Cancún MarathonCancún, Mexico 1st2:12:33April 20, 1997Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands3rd2:08:02November 2, 1997Amsterdam MarathonAmsterdam, Netherlands1st2:08:24November 1, 1998Amsterdam MarathonAmsterdam, Netherlands 1st2:08:13May 2, 1999Turin MarathonTurin, Italy 1st2:08:27October 24, 1999Chicago MarathonChicago, United States13th2:13:08April 22, 2001Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands 3rd2:08:14February 3, 2002Beppu-Ōita MarathonBeppu/Ōita, Japan 1st2:11:45June 2, 2002Rock 'n' Roll San Diego MarathonSan Diego, United States 1st2:09:01October 20, 2002Amsterdam MarathonAmsterdam, Netherlands 5th2:08:10March 30, 2003Xiamen International MarathonXiamen, China2nd2:10:44June 1, 2003Rock 'n' Roll San Diego MarathonSan Diego, United States4th2:11:36September 28, 2003Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany 2nd2:04:56April 18, 2004London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom 2nd2:06:48December 5, 2004Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan3rd2:11:45October 9, 2005Chicago MarathonChicago, United States 9th2:10:53February 12, 2006Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan 3rd2:10:07April 9, 2006Rotterdam MarathonRotterdam, Netherlands 1st2:06:38January 18, 2008Dubai MarathonDubai, United Arab Emirates3rd2:08:01March 16, 2008Seoul International MarathonSeoul, South Korea 1st2:07:32March 22, 2009Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan4th2:11:57April 28, 2012Jeonju-Gunsan MarathonJeonju, South Korea1st2:11:29October 21, 2012Gongju Dong-A MarathonGongju, South Korea11th2:12:00
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