Philemon Limo, Date of Birth

    

Philemon Limo

Kenyan long-distance runner

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1985

Profession: athletics competitor, marathon runner

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Philemon Limo

  • Philemon Kimeli Limo (born 2 August 1985) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in cross country running and road running competitions.
  • He has a half marathon best of 59:30 minutes and a marathon best of 2:09:25 hours.
  • He typically competes on the Italian road circuit and has won the Roma-Ostia and Prague Half Marathons. Hailing from Marakwet District, Kenya, he began to make his mark domestically in 2009 as he was the runner-up at the high level Rift Valley Province Cross Country Championships.
  • In his European debut in March 2010, he came third at the Stramilano Half Marathon, completing the distance in a time of 1:01:34 hours to finish behind Moses Mosop and Silas Kipruto.
  • He was the pacemaker for the 2010 European Cup 10000m and went on to record a 5000 metres personal best of 13:18.97 minutes at the Memorial Primo Nebiolo later that June.
  • He won a 10 km race in Rennes, recording a time which ranked him in the top ten for the distance that year.
  • He defeated all comers in the Marseille-Cassis Classique in October that year.Representing Kenya Police, he gained his first national selection in 2011 with a fourth-place finish at the Kenyan National Cross Country Championships.
  • On his international debut at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in March, he took seventh place in the men's senior race – the fifth Kenyan to cross the line.
  • He proved himself on the roads a month later at the Prague Half Marathon as he won the race with a sub-one hour timing, setting the fastest time ever on Czech soil with his finishing time of 59:30 minutes.
  • A runner-up finish at the Giro Media Blenio came four weeks later.
  • He won the men's title at the World 10K Bangalore in June, where he finished in 28:01 minutes, and set a course record and personal best of 27:34 min to win the Prague Metro 10K.
  • He returned to the Marseille-Cassis race to defend his title, but was beaten into third place.
  • He came fifth behind Sammy Kitwara at the Delhi Half Marathon in November and started his cross country season with a win at the Venta de Baños Cross a month after.He was within two seconds of his best at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon and won by a twenty-second margin.
  • returned to defend his title at the Prague Half Marathon in 2012, but finished third in a time of 60:03 minutes.
  • Limo made his marathon debut at the Prague International Marathon in May and recorded a time of 2:09:25 hours for third, although he slowed significantly in the final stages.
  • In 2013 he managed only tenth at the Prague Half Marathon, but won the Ústí nad Labem Half Marathon.

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