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Evans Chebet - Wikipedia

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Evans Chebet

Chebet after winning the 2022 Boston Marathon

Personal information

Full name

Evans Kiplagat Chebet

Nationality

Kenyan

Born

10 November 1988 (age 36)^[1]^[2]
Kondabilet, Rift Valley Province, Kenya

Sport

Country

Kenya

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

Half marathon, Marathon

Achievements and titles

Personal best

Marathon: 2:03:00 (Valencia 2020)

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing Kenya
World Marathon Majors
	2022 Boston	Marathon
	2022 New York	Marathon
	2023 Boston	Marathon
	2024 New York	Marathon
	2016 Berlin	Marathon

Evans Kiplagat Chebet (born 10 November 1988)^[1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road races. In 2022, he became the third man this century to win both the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon.^[3] Chebet successfully defended his title at the 2023 Boston Marathon for his third consecutive World Marathon Major victory in a row.^[4] He finished third at the 2016 Berlin Marathon.

In September 2019, after finishing in the top six of every marathon he had finished, Chebet won his first international race, the Buenos Aires Marathon, in a time of 2:05:00. The year after, in March 2020, he won the Lake Biwa Marathon with 2:07:29. In December of the same year, he lowered his personal best by exactly two minutes and set a world lead when he won the 2020 Valencia Marathon in 2:03:00, kicking down Lawrence Cherono and winning by four seconds.

Achievements

Road races

Representing Kenya
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
2011	Gargnano Dieci Miglia del Garda	Gargnano, Italy	2nd	10 miles	50:53
2012	Porto Half Marathon	Porto, Portugal	3rd	Half marathon	1:01:59
2013	JoongAng Seoul Marathon	Seoul, South Korea	6th	Marathon	2:11:26
2014	Prague Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	2nd	Marathon	2:08:17
2014	JoongAng Seoul Marathon	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	Marathon	2:07:46
2015	Coamo San Blas Half Marathon	Coamo, Puerto Rico	7th	Half marathon	1:06:11
2015	Prague Marathon	Prague, Czech Republic	2nd	Marathon	2:08:50
2016	Seoul International Marathon	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	Marathon	2:05:33
	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	3rd	Marathon	2:05:31
	Ziwa 10 km	Ziwa, Kenya	8th	10 km	29:30
2017	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	4th	Marathon	2:06:42
	Tilburg Ten Miles	Tilburg, Netherlands	2nd	10 miles	45:05.4
	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	2nd	Marathon	2:05:30
2018	Boston Marathon	Boston, MA, United States	—	Marathon	DNF
2018	Ziwa 10 km	Ziwa, Kenya	17th	10 km	29:20
2019	Milano City Marathon	Milan, Italy	2nd	Marathon	2:07:22
2019	Buenos Aires Marathon	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1st	Marathon	2:05:00
2020	Lake Biwa Marathon	Ōtsu, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:07:29
2020	Valencia Marathon	Valencia, Spain	1st	Marathon	2:03:00
2021	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	4th	Marathon	2:05:43
2022	Boston Marathon	Boston, MA, United States	1st	Marathon	2:06:51
2022	New York City Marathon	New York, NY, United States	1st	Marathon	2:08:41
2023	Boston Marathon	Boston, MA, United States	1st	Marathon	2:05:54
2024	New York City Marathon	New York, NY, United States	2nd	Marathon	2:07:45