Wesley Korir
Athlete
1982 –
Who is Wesley Korir?
Wesley Korir is a Kenyan elected Member of Parliament for Cherangany Constituency and a long distance runner who specializes in road running competitions. On 16 April 2012, he won the Boston Marathon with a time of 2 hours 12 minutes 40 seconds. He had previously won the Los Angeles Marathon in 2009 and 2010, the first back-to-back winner there in eight years. He took second place in the 2011 Chicago Marathon in a personal-record time of 2 hours 6 minutes 15 seconds, and improved that personal record by 2 seconds in the 2012 Chicago Marathon. In March 2013, Korir was elected to a seat in the Kenyan National Assembly.
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- Born
- Nov 15, 1982
Kitale - Nationality
- Kenya
- Education
- Murray State University
- University of Louisville
- Lived in
- Kitale
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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