Eliud Kipchoge stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.67 m) tall and weighs 115 pounds (52 kg ).
The Kenyan long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metre distance.
Recognized as the greatest marathon runner of all time, Kipchoge is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion and the world record holder in the marathon with a time of 2:01:09 set at the 2022 Berlin Marathon.
Kipchoge earned his first individual world championship title in 2003 by winning the junior race at the World Cross Country Championships and setting a world junior record over 5000 m on the track.
At age 18, he emerged as the senior 5000 m world champion at the 2003 World Championships with a championships record.
Kipchoge went on to attain a medal-laden track career winning Olympic 5000m bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics Games and a bronze at the 2006 World Indoor Championships.
A five-time World Championship 5000 m finalist, Kipchoge took silver medals at the 2007 World Championships, 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Kipchoge switched to road running in 2012 and made the second-fastest half-marathon debut ever, at 59:25.
In 2013, he commenced his marathon career with a victory in Hamburg (2:05:30). His first victory at a World Marathon Major came at the Chicago Marathon in 2014, and he subsequently became series champion a record five times – for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022.
He has won the London Marathon a record four times and also shares the record for most Berlin Marathon wins with four, tied with Haile Gebrselassie.
With 15 victories out of his 18 marathons, Kipchoge’s only losses have been a second-place finish behind Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich at the 2013 Berlin Marathon, where Kipsang broke the world record, an eighth-place finish at the 2020 London Marathon and a 6th place in his debut on the Boston Marathon in 2023.
In October 2019, Kipchoge was appointed Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart by President Uhuru Kenyatta in recognition of his sub-two-hour marathon. He was also named the 2019 BBC World Sport Star of the Year.