Stanley Kipleting Biwott (born 21 April 1986) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in half marathon and marathon races. He won the 2012 Paris Marathon in a course record time of 2:05:11 hours and the 2015 New York City Marathon. His half marathon best is 58:56 minutes.

Career He began working with Italian coach Claudio Berardelli in 2006 and came seventh at that year's Carpi Marathon.Sampaolo, Diego (2006-10-15). Command debut performance for Kalovics at Carpi Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-21. He was employed as the pacemaker at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon the following February and he finished third with a time of 1:01:20 hours behind his training partners Benson Barus and Jonathan Kosgei Kipkorir.Zorzi, Alberto (2007-02-25). Barus and Ait Salem produce fast Half Marathons. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-21.

He headed to Brazil in 2009 and came sixth at the Pampulha Lagoon International Race, then seventh at the Saint Silvester Road Race.AIMS Results December 2009. AIMS. Retrieved on 2012-04-21. His first marathon win came the year after at the São Paulo Marathon and his time of 2:11:19 hours was the fastest ever on the South American soil.AIMS Results May 2010. AIMS. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.Post, Marty (2012-01-26). All-Comers Records- Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-04-22. He dipped under two hours and ten minutes for the first time at the 2010 Reims à Toutes Jambes, where he was three seconds behind the winner Stephen Chebogut with a finishing time of 2:09:41 hours.Marathon 2010. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.

At the start of 2011 he improved his half marathon best to 1:00:23 hours in winning the Azkoitia-Azpeitia Half Marathon.Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (2012-04-03). Azkoitia-Azpeitia Half Marathon. ARRS. Retrieved on 2012-04-22. At the Chuncheon Marathon he outran his teammate Jonathan Kosgei Kipkorir and won the race in a personal best of 2:07:03 hours – a course record and personal best by more than two minutes.Yelena Kurdyumova and Sergey Porada (2011-10-23). 2:07:03 course record in Chuncheon for Biwott. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-23. He ended the year with a third place at the Zhuhai Half Marathon, losing out in a sprint finish.Half Marathon 2011. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.

Biwott began 2012 with his first sub-one hour half marathon; his finishing time of 59:44 minutes was enough to win the Paris Half Marathon in a course record.Paris Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2011-03-08). Retrieved on 2012-04-22. Reaching a new career high, he recorded a marathon best of 2:05:11 hours to win the Paris Marathon a month later. He took the lead after the halfway point and continued at a fast pace to claim the prestigious course record.Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2012-04-15). Biwott 2:05 and Tsegaye 2:21 defy windy conditions to set race records at Paris Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-21. In the latter half of the road racing season he won both the Beach to Beacon 10K and the Falmouth Road Race.Matson, Barbara (2012-08-13). Kenya’s Stanley Biwott, Margaret Wangari win Falmouth Road Race. Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2012-08-22. He was a comfortable winner at the Philadelphia Half Marathon, finishing forty seconds ahead of the field.Biwott and Cherop dominate at Philadelphia Half Marathon. IAAF (2012-09-16). Retrieved on 2013-01-22.

His first race of 2013 of the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon where he finished as runner-up to Geoffrey Kipsang, running a best of 58:56 minutes to move up to tenth on the all-time lists.Kabuu and Kipsang triumph in high-quality races at Ras al-Khaimah Half. IAAF (2013-02-15). Retrieved on 2013-03-02.

At the 2014 London Marathon Biwott ran a career best time of 2:04:55 to finish in 2nd place.Burrows, Ben Mirror (2014-04-13). Retrieved on 2014-11-06.

In March 2015, he won the City-Pier-City-Loop half marathon in the fastest time of the season (00:59:20).Stanley Biwott loopt snelste seizoentijd NN CPC Loop (2015-03-08). Retrieved on 2015-03-09.

In November 2015, he won the 2015 New York City Marathon in 2:10:34.

At the 2016 London Marathon he improved his career best to 2:03:51, coming second behind Eliud Kipchoge and placing him sixth on the all-time ranking list.

Marathons 2006Carpi MarathonCarpi, Italy7th2:14:242010São Paulo International MarathonSão Paulo, Brazil1st2:11:19Reims MarathonReims, France2nd2:09:412011Chuncheon MarathonChuncheon, South Korea1st2:07:032012Paris MarathonParis, France1st2:05:12Shanghai MarathonShanghai, China3rd2:09:052013London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom8th2:08:39New York City MarathonNew York City, United States5th2:10:412014London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom2nd2:04:552015London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom4th2:06:412015 New York City MarathonNew York City, United States1st2:10:342016London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom2nd2:03:51Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, BrazilDNF—2018Abu Dhabi MarathonAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates4th2:09:18

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