Felix Limo

Felix Limo (born 22 August 1980) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner and world record holder in the road race over 15 km.

In 2000, he surprised the runners world when he was beaten with a 10,000 - meter race in Brussels with a time of 27:04,54 barely Paul Tergat. On November 11, 2001, he presented at a race in Nijmegen with 41:29 min then- world record in the 15 - km road race.

In 2003 he was second at the Amsterdam Marathon in 2:06:42. The following year he won the Rotterdam Marathon in 2:06:14. This time was achieved despite strong wind gusts, was Weltjahresbestzeit in 2004 and was broken as a course record in 2008 by William Kipsang. Limo occupied by this time the eleventh place in the eternal worlds best list (as of 15 April 2008). In the fall a win at the Berlin Marathon in 2:06:44 followed.

He was third at the Rotterdam Marathon in 2005 and won the Chicago Marathon in 2:07:02. In 2006 he won the London Marathon in 2:06:39 in 2007 he had to act there as a third in 2:07:47 just Martin Lel Kiptoo to which he had two seconds ahead of the previous year, and beaten Abderrahim Goumri. Beginning of 2013, he ended his sports career.