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Richard Kipkemei Limo (born November 18, 1980) is a Kenyan athlete. He specializes in long distance track events. He won the 5000 m gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Limo was born in 1980 in Cheptigit village, Uasin Gishu District. After primary school he went to polytechnic and received a grade in electrical wiring in 1996. He did not start running, until 1997 when he joined a training camp located near his home. The next year he won the silver medal at the junior race of World Cross Country Championships. The same year he broke the world junior record at 3000 m, by running in 7:36.76 minutes, but missed the World Junior Championships. He won the Cross Zornotza in 1999 and the Trofeo Alasport cross country meeting in 2002. In 2001 he became world champion and was world's best performer of the year at 5000 metres with his time 12:56.72, which remains his personal record. Since 2004 Limo has not been much in the limelight, but has since switched to marathon racing. He won the Giro Media Blenio 10K in 2004. He was the runner-up in the 2007 Amsterdam Marathon, his debut where he consequently set a new personal best (2:06:45).〔The Standard, October 23, 2007: (Mutai wins as Limo debuts in marathon )〕 He won his first marathon race in 2010, running a time of 2:09:56 for victory at the Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon. He slowed to a halt just before the finish line in celebration of his first win over the distance.〔Cruz, Dan (2010-06-07). (Limo, Gromova take San Diego wins ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-07.〕 He finished the 2011 Reims Marathon in third place, finishing behind debutant Demessew Tsega.〔Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2011-10-17). (In debut, Tsega triumphs in Reims ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.〕 Richard Limo is married to Rose Tarus with two children, born in 2000 and 2002. He is 1.67 m tall and has a mass of 52 kg. He is not related to Benjamin Limo or Felix Limo, both also Kenyan runners.〔IAAF, August 25, 2000: (Not even the elements can stop Jones )〕 == Achievements == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Limo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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