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Elijah Lagat was born on 19 June, 1966 in Saniak, Nandi Kenya, is a Kenyan marathon runner and politician. Discover Elijah Lagat's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?
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Elijah Lagat Net Worth
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Timeline
Elijah Kiptarbei Lagat (born 19 June 1966) was the winner of the 104th running of the Boston Marathon held in 2000.
He won in the closest finish in the race's history when he edged out Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia and fellow Kenyan and previous year's champion, Moses Tanui.
Abera and Lagat were both clocked at 2 hours 9 minutes and 47 seconds while Tanui finished three seconds back.
The Kenyan obliged and his weight decreased from 158 pounds in 1992 to 125 by the time he won Boston.
He started jogging in 1993 and began competing in 1994.
He was already 27 when he first began competing; his late start in the sport is unusual and a testament to his innate talent.
Before running, Lagat worked as an educational administrator before switching to full-time athlete.
Lagat won the Prague Marathon in 1998 and the Berlin Marathon in 1997.
His best time was a 2:07:41 during his win in Berlin.
Lagat's win in the Boston Marathon initially gave him a spot on Kenya's marathon team in the 2000 Olympics.
Lagat indicated his enthusiasm for running in the Olympics immediately after Boston.
He claimed that the three who had initially made the team had not been training hard enough.
This move may have been precipitated by poor Kenyan showings in the Olympic marathons in the past.
It also may have been brought about by the three initial qualifiers' criticism of the Kenyan Amateur Athletics Association officials.
Later in the summer of 2000 however, Onsaro was shot in a carjacking incident.
Lagat found his way back onto the team as a replacement after being clearly miffed by what he called a strange dismissal from the team.
When the Sydney Olympics finally came about, Lagat was on the team and started the race but did not finish.
He blamed his failure to finish on excessive preparation for the Olympic marathon; he claimed he wanted to show the Kenyan athletics officials he really could win but overtrained as a result.
Lagat began running simply to lose weight and not necessarily to compete at the highest level of the sport.
As a young man, a physician told him that he "had a lot of fat around his heart" and needed to lose weight.
He tried to defend his Boston title in 2001 but finished 17th with a time of 2:17:59 that year.
He has not competed at the same level since then.
Prior to the 2002 general elections, Lagat was persuaded by his friends to vie for the Emgwen Constituency parliamentary seats.
After initial resistance, Lagat agreed and vied for the seat on KANU ticket.
He lost, however, to Stephen Kipkiyeny Tarus who represented the victorious NARC coalition.
After the elections, Lagat continued his athletics career.
At the 2007 parliamentary elections, Lagat successfully vied for Emgwen Constituency parliamentary seat on ODM ticket, beating Tarus, who now represented the PNU party.
He has a degree in history from University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, and a degree for an MBA in Strategic Management at Africa Nazarene University.
Lagat is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Despite Kenya's many successes in marathoning, they were unable to secure an Olympic gold medal until Samuel Wanjiru's record setting run in the 2008 Beijing games.
Lagat's win enabled the Kenyans to capture the individual men's Boston Marathon title for the 10th straight year.
This is a record that still stands.
Lagat was born and raised in Saniak, Kenya in the Nandi District.