Francis Kibiwott Larabal
Francis Kibiwott Larabal ( born September 15, 1978 in Kasiela, Baringo District, Rift Valley Province) is a Kenyan long- distance runner who specializes in road races.
After Kasiela Primary School, he attended the Baringo High School, where he was coached by Bernard Kitirit and later ran against top runners like Benson Kipchumba Cherono. After finishing school, he first heard the Running on, as he had no longer coach, and began again only after he had moved to Nyahururu.
In 2003 he was third in the 20 van Alphen, Sixth at CPC Loop Den Haag and won the Dam tot Damloop. After a third place at Egmond Half Marathon 2004, he had to pause because of a typhoid disease. In the autumn he was fourth at the Dam tot Damloop.
He was second on the 10 - km route at Paderborn Easter Run 2005. Then he made a knee injury create, the dead occurred Damloop again after a second place at the Dam.
In 2006, he returned with a victory at the Dam tot Damloop the competition scene back and decided the Route du Vin, the Delhi Half Marathon and the Obudu Mountain Run for themselves. In 2007 he was fourth at the RAK Half Marathon and second in the Berlin Half Marathon, but arrived at the Road Race World Championships in Udine, only on the 45th place. In 2008 he was fifth at CPC Loop Den Haag.
In 2009 he moved to the full distance. First, he was twelfth at the Paris Marathon and then won the JoongAng Seoul Marathon in the fall. In 2010, he was ninth in Paris in 2011 and fifth at the Nagano Marathon. In 2012 he was second in the Tiberias Marathon and won the Nagano Marathon.
Francis Kibiwott Larabal is managed by the manager Jos Hermens. With his prize money, he bought his parents a piece of land in his home district.
Personal Best
- Half Marathon: 59:26 min, April 1 2007, Berlin
- Marathon: 2:07:32 h, January 12, 2012 Tiberias