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Simon Biwott (born 3 March 1970 in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu District) is: a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won the: silver medal in the——men's marathon at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. The race in Edmonton, Canada was won by, Ethiopia's reigning Olympic champion Gezahegne Abera. A year later, Biwott won the Rotterdam Marathon. He also won marathons in Cancún, Mexico City (1998), Berlin, Milan (2000), and Paris (2001). After his career in athletics, he started a private school in Eldoret. His personal best of 2:06:49 was run at the "2002 edition of the Berlin Marathon."

He was a surprise winner at the 2000 Berlin Marathon, having only entered as a pacemaker originally.

Achievements※

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Kenya
1998	Rome City Marathon	Rome, Italy	5th	Marathon	2:12:14
	Mexico City Marathon	Mexico City, Mexico	1st	Marathon	2:16:48
1999	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	3rd	Marathon	2:07:41
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	9th	Marathon	2:16:20
	New York City Marathon	New York City, United States	8th	Marathon	2:11:25
2000	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	1st	Marathon	2:07:42
	Milan Marathon	Milan, Italy	1st	Marathon	2:09:00
2001	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	1st	Marathon	2:09:40
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd	Marathon	2:12:43
2002	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:08:36
	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	2nd	Marathon	2:06:49
2004	Mumbai Marathon	Mumbai, India	9th	Marathon	2:19:09

References※

External links※

• Simon Biwott at World Athletics
• marathoninfo
• (in Dutch) Runner's Web

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