David Mandago Kipkorir

DAVID MANDAGO KIPKORIR
KENYA

BIRTHDATE:
21 June 1978

PERSONAL BEST:
2:06:53 (Paris, 2009)

WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:

19Apr10 Boston Marathon DNF
12Oct08 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2nd 2:07:37

ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

01Nov09 Joon Ang Seoul International Marathon 2nd 2:09:01
05Apr09 Marathon de Paris 6th 2:06:53
27Apr08 Conergy Marathon Hamburg 1st 2:07:23
21Oct07 Beijing International Marathon 4th 2:09:59
15Apr07 Fortis Rotterdam Marathon 12th 2:17:28
15Oct06 Beijing International Marathon 2nd 2:10:46
26Mar06 City of Rome Marathon 1st 2:08:38
15Jan06 Mumbai Marathon 2nd 2:12:18
11Sep05 Montreal Marathon 1st 2:17:26
17Apr05 Turin Marathon 5th 2:12:50
28Nov04 Florence Marathon 3rd 2:12:34
24Oct04 Lausanne Marathon 1st 2:13:38
09May04 Naples Marathon 1st 2:15:53

CAREER NOTES:

David Mandago Kipkorir's first marathon of 2008 was the fastest of his career. After zipping through the first half in 1:03:17, he held on to set a personal record by more than a minute with a 2:07:23 victory at the Conergy Marathon in Hamburg, Germany this past April.

However, his second place 2:07:37 at Chicago in October was arguably a much better effort given the hot race day conditions. At 30 kilometers he was still even with eventual winner Evans Cheruiyot and ended up missing his PR by just 14 seconds.

At Paris in April 2009 in a race with unprecedented depth, Mandago lowered his PR to 2:06:53, yet he could only finish sixth.

In the last four years Mandago picked up marathon wins at Rome, Montreal, Lausanne and Naples.

Mandago lowered his half marathon PR in 2008. He finished third in 1:00:23 at the Maratonina Rome-Ostia in late February.