Hamburg Marathon 2013

MEN ELITE ATHLETES HAMBURG MARATHON 2013

1 Eliud Kipchoge KEN/1984 debut

Eliud Kipchoge is the most experience track athlete of the field and making his marathon

debut in Hamburg. He has won medals at Olympic and World level. He came to prominence

in 2003 by winning the junior race at the World CC Championships, setting a world junior

record over 5000 metres on the track and then becoming world champion at the 2003 World

Championships in Athletics. An Olympic 5000m bronze for Kenya followed at the 2004

Athens Olympics and he took another bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

A series of silver medals came, starting at the 2007 World Championships in athletics before

another runner-up placing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Last summer he made his first

steps towards marathon running by making his half marathon debut in Lille, running 59.25.

2013 Barcelona Half Marathon 1st

60.04

2012 World ½ Marathon Championships 6th

61.52

2012 Lille Half Marathon 3rd

59.25 (debut)

2008 Olympic Games 5000m 2nd

13.02.80

2007 World Championships 5000m 2nd

13.46.00

2007 FBK Games Hengelo 10.000m 2nd

26.49.02 (3rd time 2007)

2006 World Indoor Championships 3rd

7.42.58

2004 Olympic Games 5000m 3rd

13.15.10

2003 World Championships 5000m 1st

12.52.79

2 Wilson Kiprop KEN/1987 2.09.09

After some years on the track and cross country, Wilson Kiprop made his move towards road

running by running Berlin Half Marathon in 2009 followed by his marathon debut in Prague.

In 2010 he won the World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning, China. He set his

personal best at the half marathon in Berlin in 2012 by running 59.15 and has the fastest half

marathon PB of the field. He also won the Kenyan 10.000m trials for the Olympic Games in

2012, but unfortunately he did not finish in the 10.000m final in London.

2013 Roma Ostia Half Marathon 1st

59.15

2012 Olympic Games 10.000m DNF

2012 Eugene 10.000m (Kenyan OG Trials) 1st

27.01.98 (6th

time 2012)

2012 Berlin Half Marathon 2nd

59.15 (8th

time 2012)

2011 Kenyan Championships 10.000m 2nd

27.32.9 (high altitude)

2010 World ½ Marathon Championships 1st

60.07

2010 Lille Half Marathon 1st

59.39 (6th

time 2010)

2010 African Championships 10.000m 1st

27.32.91

2010 Prague Marathon 5th

2.09.09 (debut)

2010 Kenyan Championships 10.000m 1st

27.26.93 (high altitude)

3 Chele Dechasa ETH/1984 2.06.33

Chele surprised everyone in 2008 while running his debut marathon in Amsterdam. Coming

from the 2nd

pack who crossed over a minute slower half way then the first pack Chele

picked up all athletes except former World Champion Paul Kirui who won the race.

2012 Dubai Marathon 17th

2.09.22

2011 World Championships Marathon DNF

2011 Rotterdam Marathon 3rd

2.08.47

2010 Amsterdam Marathon 3rd

2.07.23

2010 Dubai Marathon 2nd

2.06.33

2008 Amsterdam Marathon 2nd

2.08.31

4 Joseph Gitau KEN/1988 2.06.58

Joseph Gitau is a Kenyan runner who is based in Japan and running for the JFE Steel Track

Team. His first two marathons weren’t a success, he dropped out in his first marathon and

finished after 2.21 in his second marathon. But in his third marathon, the 2012 Fukuoka

marathon, he showed that he is a good marathon runner by winning the race in 2.06.58.

2012 Fukuoka Marathon 1st

2.06.58

2010 Yamaguchi Half Marathon 2nd

1.01.34

2009 Yamaguchi Half Marathon 1st

1.01.23

2008 Sapporo Half Marathon 3rd

1.01.19

5 Lawrence Kimaiyo KEN/1990 2.07.01

Trains in the group of well-known Kenyan coach Patrick Sang who coaches the likes 2011

London Marathon champion Emmanuel Mutai en Olympic Marathon Champion Stephen

Kiprotich among others.

2012 Kosice Marathon 1st

2.07.01

2010 Turin Marathon 2nd

2.11.46

6 Limenih Getachew ETH/1991 2.07.39

This young and talented athlete made his marathon debut in Cologne last October. In the

final stages of the race, Limenih was leading over Kenyan Alfred Kering. But in the last

meters Limenih was sent the wrong way which made him lose his leading position. Alfred

Kering won the race and Limenih finished two seconds behind in 2.07.39.

2012 Cologne Marathon 2nd

2.07.39

2012 Montferlandrun 15k 5th

43.48

7 Daniel Abera ETH/1988 2.08.52

Daniel Abera is the younger brother of Gezahgne Abera, the 2000 Olympic Marathon

Champion. He is not training in Addis Ababa, but in Eldoret, Kenya. He is training with coach

Claudio Bernadelli, who is also the coach of marathon stars such as Martin Lel.

2012 Hengshui Marathon 3rd

2.08.52

2011 Sevilla Marathon 1st

2.09.53

8 Henry Chirchir KEN/1985 2.09.24

After pacing in last year’s Hamburg Marathon for Falk Cierpinski he decided he had to make

his debut in the fall that same year. He did so with a respectable 6th

place and sub 2.10 finish

on the challenging Cologne Marathon course.

2012 Cologne Marathon 6th

2.09.24

2011 African Cross Championships 3rd

2011 Prague Half Marathon 4th

61.25

9 Dimitry Safronov RUS/1981 2.09.35

Dimitry is one of Russia’s best long distance runners of this moment. Having studied a period

abroad he learned to speak fluently English. He is the Bronze medalist winner of the 2010

European Championships in Barcelona which have been run under severe hot circumstances.

2012 Olympic Games Marathon 23rd

2.16.04

2011 Fukuoka Marathon 5th

2.11.29

2011 London Marathon 8th

2.09.35

2010 Fukuoka Marathon 2nd

2.10.12

2010 European Championships Marathon 3rd

2.18.16

10 Jacob Cheshari KEN/1984 2.09.43

Jacob Cheshari trains in Iten, Kenya together with Moses and Dennis Masai. After pacing in

Rotterdam Marathon he wanted to try the full marathon as well. He made his marathon

debut last January in Mumbai by finishing in second position.

2013 Mumbai Marathon 2nd

2.09.43 (debut)

2012 Eindhoven Marathon Pacemaker through 25km

2012 Brussels Diamond League 10.000m 9th

27.19.70

2010 KBC Night Heusden 5.000m 1st

12.59.72

11 Grigoriy Andreev RUS/1976 2.10.25

Grigoriy represented Russia in the past three Olympic Games, London, Beijing and Athens.

Finishing 14th

at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 was his best result as a Championship

runner. His best 10 marathon (out of 18) performances have all been 2.13.33 or faster.

2012 Olympic Games Marathon 37th

2.18.20

2011 Frankfurt Marathon 19th

2.10.25

2008 Olympic Games marathon 14th

2.13.33


2.16.55

12 Ricardo Ribas POR/1977 2.14.14

Husband to Portuguese top distance runner Anna Dulce Felix (10.000m European Champion

2012). Ricardo has had a long career starting back in the late 90’. He only run two marathons

in his career both in Hamburg (2008 and 2012) setting a Personal Best last year 2.14.14.

2012 Hamburg Marathon 12th

2.14.14

2008 Hamburg Marathon 21st

2.15.38

2007 European Championships Cross 9th

13 Marius Ionescu ROM/1984 2.15.32

Romania’s best long distance male runner of the past decade. Having won three medals in

various European Championships including a European Junior Gold in 10.000m in 2003.

Developed himself to a solid marathoner with a highlight 13th

place at the 2011 World

Championships Marathon in Daegu, Korea.


2.16.28

2011 World Championships Marathon 13th

2.15.32

2011 Rotterdam Marathon 13th

2.16.11 (debut)

14 Tobias Sauter GER/1983 2.17.27

At the age of 16 Tobias already made his debut in Frankfurt Marathon in a time of 3 hours

and 16 minutes. He decided to run another marathon in the spring the following year in

Hamburg where he improved himself to 2 hours and 52 minutes, still only 17 years of age. A

couple of years later in 2008 he run for the first time sub 2.20 in Essen Marathon which he

won running 2.18.24, after that Waldemar Cierpinski started coaching him.

2010 German Champs Half Marathon 3rd

66.06


2.35.43

2009 Düsseldorf Marathon 9th

2.17.27

2008 Essen Marathon 1st

2.18.24

15 Clint Perret AUS/1983 2.17.28

Clint lives and trains in Basel, Switzerland. He is coached by the same coach as 2010

European Marathon Champion, Viktor Röthlin.

2012 Lago Maggiore Half Marathon 6th

63.41

2011 Amsterdam Marathon 25th

2.17.28

2011 Alphen 20km 3rd

59.32

2010 Singelloop Utrecht 10km 6th

28.58

16 Titus Masai KEN/1989 2.18.20

Titus is training alongside Wilson Kiprop to prepare for Hamburg Marathon. Titus made his

debut at Venice Marathon, a point-to-point course which last year suffered strong head

wind preventing the athletes running fast time.

2012 Venice Marathon 2nd

2.18.20

2012 Nice Half Marathon 2nd

60.29

2011 Prague Half Marathon 3rd

60.40

2010 World ½ Marathon Championships 6th

61.24

2010 RAK Half Marathon 3rd

59.51

17 Lars Budolfsen DEN/1980 2.19.32

Lars belongs to Denmark’s best long distance runners, competing for the Danish Team on

several occasions. For Hamburg Marathon his target is to run sub 2.18.00.

2013 City Pier City Half Marathon 28th

65.36

2012 Berlin Marathon 20th

2.19.32

18 Vincent Yator KEN/1989 debut

Vincent Yator is a training partner of Eliud Kipchoge and Olympic Marathon Champion

Stephen Kiprotich. He made his move towards road running in last year in 2012.

2012 Route du Vin Half Marathon 2nd

61.02

2011 Groningen 4 Miles 1st

17.06 (World Best Ever)

2010 African Championships 5000m 2nd

13.30.53

2010 Kenyan Championships 5000m 1st

13.35.01

19 Yekeber Bayabel ETH/1991 debut

Training in Getaneh Tessema’s group in Ethiopia alongside some of Ethiopia’s best marathon

athletes suchs as Tsegay Kebede, Ayele Abshero and Getu Feleke.

2013 Egmond Half Marathon 7th

62.27

2010 World Junior Championships Cross 14th

20 Sibusiso Nzima RSA/1986 debut

Sibusiso Nzima lives and trains in Johannesburg and is a training partner of South Africans

best marathon athlete Stephen Mokoka (2.08.33 PB). By running his debut in Hamburg Sibu

hopes to get a World Marathon championships minima.

2012 Mossel Bay Half Marathon 1st

62.33

2011 South African Championships 10k 2nd

28.31

2010 Port Elizabeth Half Marathon 2nd

62.10

2008 South African Championships 10k 1st

28.52

21 Russel Dessaix-Chin AUS/1978 debut

Russel will make his marathon debut in Hamburg in order to secure a spot on the Australian

World Championships team.

2012 Melbourne Half Marathon 1st

65.32

2007 Australian Championships 10.000m 3rd

29.28.10

PACEMAKERS 1st

group

100 Michael Mutai KEN/1983 PACE MEN 1st

group

110 Pius Kirop KEN/1990 PACE MEN 1st

group

120 Soyekwo Kibet UGA/1992 PACE MEN 1st

group

130 Mulue Andom ERI/1991 PACE MEN 1st

group

PACEMAKERS 2nd

group

140 Jamal Baligha MOR/1973 PACE MEN 2nd

group

150 Mark Kenneally IRL/1981 PACE MEN 2nd

group

WOMEN ELITE ATHLETES HAMBURG MARATHON 2013

F1 Lisa Hahner GER/1989 2.31.28

The “Hahner-twins” are the upcoming German long distance runners. Both have similar

career path starting running track and cross country and gradually moving up in distance

making debuts in 2012 at the marathon distance. Lisa spent time in Kenya preparing for

Hamburg Marathon hoping to make the next step forward.


2.31.28 (debut)

2012 Europa Cup 10.000m 25th

33.38.49

2011 European U23 Championships 4th

34.12.05

2011 European U23 Championships XC 12th

2010 European U23 Championships XC 31st

2008-2012 Multiple German Champion in various distances

F2 Kateryna Stetsenko UKR/1982 2.27.51

Kateryna is born in Kiev. She already won several marathons in her career. Since 2009

Kateryna is coached by a famous Ukrainian coach, Igor Osmak, who also coaches Irina

Mikitenko. Since this cooperation she made a big progression cutting down her best times.

2012 Tokyo Marathon 8th

2.28.38

2010 Dublin Marathon 2nd

2.27.51

2010 Hannover Marathon 1st

2.31.37

2009 Dublin Marathon 1st

2.32.45

2007 Cracovia Marathon 1st

2.39.08

F3 Diana Lobacevske LT/1980 2.28.03

Diana is the best long distance runner from Lithuania. She has won three marathon so far in

her career and represented Lithuaia in several championships such as the London Olympic

Games and the Daegu World Championship. She also finished 6th

at the European Junior

Championships in 5000m back in 1999.


2.29.32

2012 European Cup 10.000m 22nd

33.22.47

2011 Blom Beirut Marathon 4th

2.34.16


2.36.05

2010 Carpi Marathon 2nd

2.28.03

F4 Malika Asahssah MOR/1982 2.30.23

Malika her international running career started back in 1999 when she represented Morocco

at the World Youth Championships finishing 6th

in the 3000m race. She competed twice in

the senior World Cross Country championships in 2004 and 2005. In 2012 Malika made her

Marathon debut in Hamburg.

2013 Rome Ostia Half Marathon 6th

69.11

2013 Marrakech Half Marathon 2nd

70.11


2.30.23 (debut)

2011 Medio Maraton de Valencia 1st

70.26

2009 Marrakech Half Marathon 1st

69.54

F5 Caroline Chepkwony KEN/1982 2.30.34

The Marakwet born Chepkwony is currently training, in what is considered one of the

strongest female long distance groups, in the group of coach Gabriele Nicola. Among her

training partners are athletes such as Mary Keitany, Lydia Cheromei and Hilda Kibet. She has

had a rich track and field career, before stepping up to the marathon last year in Berlin.

2013 Paris Half Marathon 4th

70.24


2.30.34 (debut)

2012 Berlin Half Marathon 3rd

68.36

2011 Altotting Half Marathon 1st

72.53

2001 African Championships 1st

10.000m

2001 African Championships 2nd

5.000m

F6 Magdaline Mukunzi KEN/1983 2.30.46

One of the more experienced athletes in the women’s field Magdaline is. Yet she is looking

for a breakthrough marathon to lower her personal best.

2012 Dublin Marathon 1st

2.30.46

2011 Singapore Marathon 3rd

2.38.07

2009 BIG Berlin 25km 4th

1.25.05

2008 Great North Run 2nd

68.52

2008 Glasgow Womens 10km 3rd

31.49

F7 Iuliia Arkhipova KGZ/1984 2.30.57

Iuliia already competed twice in the Olympic Games for the Kyrgyz Republic, in both Beijing

and London she run the marathon. In 2011 Iuliia got married to Grigoriy Andreev a Russian

Marathon runner and triple Olympian.


2.36.01

2012 Prague Marathon 7th

2.30.57

2011 Los Angeles Marathon 5th

2.33.55

2010 Baltimore Marathon 2nd

2.33.52


2.44.41

F8 Almaz Alemu ETH/1982 2.31.27

Yet to win another marathon Almaz mainly hopes to improve on her personal best in

Hamburg by running a first sub 2.30 time in her marathon career. After changing her

coaching to join Getaneh Tessema’s group in Addis, Ethiopia, she hopes to further improve

her career.

2011 Tallinn Marathon 1st

2.34.14

2010 Castellón Marathon 1st

2.31.27

2010 Kosice Peace Marathon 1st

2.36.35

2010 Mainz Marathon 1st

2.34.08

F9 Mona Stockhecke GER/1983 2.38.21


2.38.21


2.43.13


2.55.00

F10 Katharina Heinig GER/1989 2.39.03

Katharina made her debut in 2010 winning Cologne Marathon in a time of 2.46.05. From

then on every year she improved significantly setting a PB in 2012 of 2.39.03. Katharine is

coached by her father, Wolfgang, and daughter to former running star Katrin Dörre-Heinig.

2012 Hannover Marathon 11th

2.39.03

2011 Hannover Marathon 5th

2.42.10

2010 Cologne Marathon 1st

2.46.05

F11 Kidist Fiseha ETH/1990 2.39.42

Training in Getaneh Tessema’s group in Ethiopia alongside 2012 Olympic Marathon

Champion Tiki Gelana and 2012 World Half Marathon Champion Meseret Hailu.

2013 Mumbai Marathon 8th

2.39.42

2012 Mont St. Michel Marathon 6th

2.47.27

F12 Luzia Schmid SUI/1974 2.44.31

Coming back from her 4 week training camp Luzia is aiming to qualify for 2014 European

Championships Marathon, for which she needs to run sub 2.44.00 to represent Switzerland.

2012 Uster Half Marathon 79.04

2011 Mainz Marathon 2.44.31

F13 Céline Hauert SUI/1989 2.44.58

Céline currently belongs to the best long distance women in Switzerland. At the young age of

22 she made her marathon debut in Berlin.

2012 Vienna Half Marathon 1st

75.00


2.44.58 (debut)

2011 European U23 Championships 9th

35.20.38

F14 Priscilla Lorchima KEN/1985 2.45.53

Prisicilla comes from Pokot district which is the region where former World distance stars

such as Tegla Loroupe and Susan Chepkemei are from. She now trains in Keringet.

2013 Kericho Cross (KEN) 7th

2012 Kilimanjaro Half Marathon (TAN) 7th

77.15

2012 Kenya Prisons Championships 1st

33.52.0 (10.000m)

2011 Kisumu Marathon (KEN) 5th

2.45.53

PACEMAKERS

160 Stefan van den Broek BEL/1972 PACE WOMEN 1st

group

170 Birhanu Dare ETH/1986 PACE WOMEN 1st

group

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