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Marathoner Kipchoge Crowned Kenya's Best 2019 Sportsperson

The world marathon record holder, Eliud Kipchoge, beat World 1500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot and world half marathon record holder Geoffrey Kamworor to second and third places respectively. He had a hugely successful 2019 season, defending his London Marathon title in London and going on to become the first man to ever run the marathon in under two hours after clocking 1:59:40 in the Ineos 1:59 challenge in Austria.

  • Kenya:   Kipchoge Crowned 2019 Best Sportsperson

    Capital FM, 24 January 2020

    Eliud Kipchoge, regarded as the greatest marathoner of all time has been crowned the 2019 Safaricom Sports Personality of The Year for the second year running at a glamorous SOYA… Read more »

Kevin Odit/Daily Nation

Eliud Kipchoge speaks after he was crowned the Sports personality of the Year at the Soya gala in Mombasa on January 24.

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