Jonathan Kosgei Kipkorir

Jonathan Kosgei Kipkorir (born 29 December 1982) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running competitions, including marathons. He is a two-time winner of the Venice Marathon, with consecutive wins in 2006 and 2007, and won the 2010 Beppu-Ōita Marathon. He also competes over the half marathon and has wins from the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon and Porto Half Marathon. His personal best in the marathon is 2:07:31 while he has run 1:00:19 for the half marathon distance.

He began his professional career in Europe around 2004 and one of his first elite races was the Rotterdam Half Marathon, where he ran a time of 1:03:13 for sixth place. He also placed third at the Trofeo Podistico Internazionale Maria SS degli Ammalati race in Sicily that year. He entered the 2005 Berlin Half Marathon and finished in tenth place.

He made his debut over the marathon distance (42.195 km) at the Xiamen International Marathon the following March and completed the course in 2:10:49, finishing as runner-up behind Stephen Kamar. He ran in the Udine Half Marathon and finished the race with a personal best time of 1:00:47 for fourth place. The following month he ran at the Venice Marathon and took his first victory over the distance. A duel against Alberico Di Cecco in the final stages saw the Kenyan eke out a win, finishing just three seconds ahead of the home athlete with a personal best run of 2:10:18. He entered the Shanghai Marathon in November which went to a photo finish alongside Paul Korir. The runners achieved the same time but Kipkorir was declared to be the runner-up.

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