Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (born 16 February 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in cross country running competitions, track and road races up to the marathon.
Junior career Kirui won gold in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships.
He won bronze in the men's 10,000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
Senior career At the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, he finished 15th in the senior men's race.
Kirui won the 2017 Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 37 seconds. It was his third marathon.
Kirui participated in the 2017 World Championships held in London, winning the gold in the Marathon, with a time of 2:08:27.
In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He finished in 14th place.
In 2020 Geoffrey competed at the Valencia Marathon, however he DNF in a race won by Kenya's Evans Chebet in 2:03:00.
Personal bests DistanceTimeLocationDate3000 Metres7:42.26Doha (Hamad Bin Suhaim) 10 MAY 20135000 Metres 13:16.68 Eugene (Hayward Field), OR 01 JUN 201310,000 Metres26:55.73Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion) 16 SEP 201110 Kilometres27:53New Delhi29 NOV 201515 Kilometres42:43Yangzhou19 APR 201520 Kilometres56:23New Delhi29 NOV 2015Half Marathon59:38New Delhi29 NOV 201525 Kilometres1:13:42Chicago, IL12 OCT 201430 Kilometres1:28:48Chicago, IL12 OCT 2014Marathon2:06:27Amsterdam16 OCT 2016
Marathons 2016 Rotterdam Marathon 2:07:23 (3rd) 2016 Amsterdam Marathon 2:06:27 (7th) 2017 Boston Marathon 2:09:37 (1st) 2017 World Championships in Athletics 2:08:27 (1st) 2018 Boston Marathon 2:18:23 (2nd) 2018 Chicago Marathon 2:06:45 (6th) 2019 Boston Marathon 2:08:55 (5th) 2019 World Athletics Championships 2:13:54 (14th)
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