23 Facts About Geoffrey Kamworor

Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor was born on 22 November 1992 and is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner.

Geoffrey Kamworor won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.

Geoffrey Kamworor took individual titles at the World Cross Country Championships in 2015 and 2017, and finished third in 2019.

Geoffrey Kamworor won his first World Marathon Major at the 2017 New York City Marathon and regained his title in 2019, after a second-place finish in 2015.

Geoffrey Kamworor placed second at the 2023 London Marathon and earned three other podium finishes at a World Marathon Majors.

Geoffrey Kamworor is the former half marathon world record holder, having won the Copenhagen Half Marathon with a time of 58:01 in September 2019.

Geoffrey Kamworor's record stood until December 2020 when it was bested by Kibiwott Kandie at the 2020 Valencia Half Marathon.

Geoffrey Kamworor was raised in the village of Chepkorio in Kenya's Rift Valley Province, and first competed abroad in 2010, when he travelled to Finland and set track bests of 3:48.15 minutes for the 1500 metres and 7:54.15 minutes over 3000 metres.

The Kenyans were not given any team instructions and Geoffrey Kamworor reacted by taking the lead immediately with a very fast start.

Geoffrey Kamworor never slipped out of the lead and out ran the field on the final lap to take the world junior title.

Geoffrey Kamworor was employed as a pacemaker for the 2011 Berlin Marathon and his work resulted in a new world record for Patrick Makau.

Geoffrey Kamworor marked his entrance into the senior cross country ranks with a win at the 2012 Cross Internacional de Italica in Seville.

Geoffrey Kamworor was the runner-up at the Elgoibar Cross Country behind Paul Tanui the following week.

Geoffrey Kamworor won the World 10K Bangalore title, beating a large field of prominent runners.

Geoffrey Kamworor won the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon with a time of 58:54, a new personal best and just two seconds outside the course record.

Geoffrey Kamworor placed fourth at the Rotterdam Marathon and his best performance that year was a run of 2:06:26 hours for third at the 2013 Berlin Marathon.

In 2014, Geoffrey Kamworor placed sixth at the Tokyo marathon But in March he did win the world half Marathon Championships, defeating five time world half Marathon Championships winner Zersenay Tadese.

Geoffrey Kamworor won the 2017 New York City Marathon with a time of 2:10:53.

Geoffrey Kamworor beat fellow Kenyan, Wilson Kipsang, who placed second, just three seconds behind him.

Also in 2018 Geoffrey Kamworor placed third in the 2018 New York City Marathon with a time of 2:06:26 behind the first and second place Ethiopian runners Lelisa Desisa and Shura Kitata.

Geoffrey Kamworor won the Copenhagen Half Marathon on 15 September 2019 in a world record time of 58:01.

On June 27,2020, Geoffrey Kamworor was hit by a motorcycle while out on a daily run resulting in a tibia fracture that required surgery.

Geoffrey Kamworor was set to compete in the Tokyo Olympics but had to pull out of the competition due to an ankle injury.