Sammy Lelei, Date of Birth

    

Sammy Lelei

Kenyan long-distance runner

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1964

Profession: athletics competitor, marathon runner

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Sammy Lelei

  • Sammy Lelei (born August 14, 1964) is a former long-distance runner from Kenya, who won the 1995 Berlin Marathon with a career best time of 2:07:02 hours.
  • It was the fastest marathon time in 1995.
  • This time stood as the Kenyan record for the event until 1998, when it was beaten by Ondoro Osoro. In 1991 he competed in a high calibre one hour run contest and covered 19,820 m, while the winner Arturo Barrios set a world record.
  • Lelei set his half marathon best of 1:01:36 hours en route to winning the 1992 Humarathon Half Marathon in France.
  • In 1992 he won both the Peachtree Road Race and the Boilermaker Road Race.
  • He was a two-time winner of the Cascade Run Off, having back-to-back wins in 1992 to 1993.
  • He also won the Lisbon Half Marathon 1993 with a time of 59:24 minutes (although the course was short).
  • His major marathon debut came at the 1993 Boston Marathon and his finishing time of 2:12:12 hours brought him fifth place overall.
  • He ran in the New York City Marathon later that year and managed eighth.
  • He came close to his personal best at the following year's New York race, coming fourth behind Arturo Barrios with a time of 2:12:24 hours.Lelei took third place at the Paris Marathon in 1995, improving his best time to 2:11:11 hours.
  • He ran at the 1996 Boston Marathon, finishing in 2:10:11 hours for fifth place.
  • He focused more on marathon races in his late career.
  • He returned to defend his title at the 1996 Berlin Marathon and reached the podium with a third-place finish and his second sub-2:10 clocking of 2:09:49 hours.
  • He was third at the 1997 Berlin Marathon, recording a time of 2:08:00 hours,His niece, Janet Cherobon-Bawcom, is also a marathon runner.

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