Patrick Ivuti

Patrick Mukutu Ivuti (born June 30, 1978, Machakos, Kenya) is a Kenyan long distance athlete, who currently resides in Nairobi, Kenya. A two-time silver medallist at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, he made his marathon debut in 2005 and had his first major victory at the Chicago Marathon in 2007. He had back-to-back wins at the Honolulu Marathon in 2008–2009 and was the 2009 winner of the Prague Marathon.

Ivuti has competed several times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing second in 1999 behind Paul Tergat and runner-up again in 2003 when the race was won by Kenenisa Bekele. He also won the IAAF's Belfast International Cross Country meeting in 2000. However, he was plagued by injuries during much of the early part of this decade. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the 10,000 metres. He was a two-time winner of the Almond Blossom Cross Country during this period.

Ivuti made his debut over the marathon distance at the 2005 Chicago Marathon. He has broken the hour mark several times since running a time of 59:31 in Lisbon 2000. He set his new half marathon personal record of 59:27 at the Rotterdam Half Marathon on September 9, 2007. He won the Prague International Half Marathon with a course record 1:01 on March 24, 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic.

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