About Cosmas Ndeti
Born 1971. Cosmas Ndeti is a Kenyan athletics competitor.
Cosmas Ndeti (born 24 November 1971) is a three-time winner of the Boston Marathon. He was the winner of the 1993, 1994, and 1995 races. He set the course record in 1994 with a time of 2:07:15, which was also the best marathon performance in 1994. That course record stood for 12 years until it was broken by one second when Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, a fellow Kenyan, won the 2006 race.
He received a three-month ban for doping, after failing a test for ephedrine at the 1988 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. This made him the first doping ban case in Kenyan history.
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Who is Cosmas Ndeti?
Kenyan distance runner
When was Cosmas Ndeti born?
Cosmas Ndeti was born on 24 November 1971.
What is Cosmas Ndeti's occupation?
Cosmas Ndeti is an athletics competitor.
What nationality is Cosmas Ndeti?
Cosmas Ndeti is Kenyan.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Cosmas Ndeti. https://biography.guide/cosmas-ndeti/
MLA: "Cosmas Ndeti." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/cosmas-ndeti/.
Chicago: "Cosmas Ndeti." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/cosmas-ndeti/.
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