Albert Korir Explained

Birth Date:1994 3, df=yes
Sport:Athletics
Event:Long-distance running

Albert Korir (born 2 March 1994) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

Career

In 2017, Korir won the Vienna City Marathon with a time of 2:08:40.[1]

In 2019, he won the Houston Marathon with a time of 2:10:02.[1] In this year he also won the marathon event of the Ottawa Race Weekend with a new personal best of 2:08:03.[1] [2] In November 2019, he finished in 2nd place in the New York City Marathon with a time of 2:08:36.[3]

Korir won the 2021 New York City Marathon with a time of 2:08:22.[4]

Achievements

Representing
2016Barcelona MarathonBarcelona, Spainbgcolor=silver 2ndMarathon2:10:08
Toronto Waterfront MarathonToronto, Canada3rdMarathon2:10:21
2017Vienna City MarathonVienna, Austriabgcolor=gold 1stMarathon2:08:40
Ljubljana MarathonLjubljana, Slovenia3rdMarathon2:10:35
2018Lake Biwa Mainichi MarathonOtsu, Japanbgcolor=silver 2ndMarathon2:08:17
Cape Town MarathonCape Town, South Africabgcolor=silver 2ndMarathon2:09:02
2019Houston MarathonHouston, TX, United Statesbgcolor=gold 1stMarathon2:10:02
Ottawa Race WeekendOttawa, Canadabgcolor=gold 1stMarathon2:08:03
New York City MarathonNew York, NY, United Statesbgcolor=silver 2ndMarathon2:08:36
2021New York City MarathonNew York, NY, United Statesbgcolor=gold 1stMarathon2:08:22
2022Boston MarathonBoston, MA, United States6thMarathon2:08:50
New York City MarathonNew York, NY, United States7thMarathon2:13:27
2023Boston MarathonBoston, MA, United States4thMarathon2:08:01
New York City MarathonNew York, NY, United Statesbgcolor=silver 2ndMarathon2:06:57

Notes and References

  1. News: Geoffrey Kamworor ready to out sprint rivals in New York Marathon. Rutto. Stephen. 31 October 2019. The Standard, Kenya. 28 December 2019.
  2. News: Albert Korir and Tigist Girma reign as Ottawa marathon champions. 26 May 2019. Ottawa Sun. 28 December 2019.
  3. News: 3 November 2019. 2019 New York City Marathon Results. NBC Sports. live. 21 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20191112071810/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/11/03/new-york-city-marathon-results-nyc/. 12 November 2019.
  4. News: Albert Korir of Kenya wins the men's race at the New York City Marathon.. 7 November 2021. The New York Times. 7 November 2021. en-us. Cacciola. Scott.