How tall is Eliud Kipchoge?

Eliud Kipchoge's listed height is 167 cm (5'6"). He is taller than about 26% of men in Kenya.

Where 167 cm sits among men in Kenya

Taller than about 26% of men in Kenya born in 1984 (average 171.5 cm).

About Eliud Kipchoge

Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. He was born on 5 November 1984 in Kapsisiywa. He is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion.

Kipchoge won the junior race at the 2003 World Cross Country Championships and set a world junior record for the 5000 m. At eighteen he became the senior 5000 m world champion at the 2003 World Championships, then took Olympic bronze in 2004 and silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He switched to road running in 2012 and won the 2013 Hamburg Marathon on his marathon debut. He won the Chicago Marathon in 2014, became World Marathon Majors series champion a record five times, and has won the London Marathon four times and the Berlin Marathon five times. He held the marathon world record from 2018 to 2023.

At a listed 167 cm (5'6"), Kipchoge won 15 of his first 18 marathons between 2013 and 2023. His only losses in that run included a second-place finish behind Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich at the 2013 Berlin Marathon.

Frequently asked

How tall is Eliud Kipchoge in feet and inches? Eliud Kipchoge is 5'6" tall, which is 167 cm, 65.7 inches or 1.67 m.

Is Eliud Kipchoge tall for men in Kenya? At 167 cm he is taller than about 26% of men in Kenya born in 1984, whose average height is 171.5 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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