Cyprian Kimurgor Kotut

Cyprian Kimurgor Kotut (born 6 June 1992), also known as Cybrian Kotut, is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. His best for the distance is 2:04:47 hours. He was the winner of the 2016 Paris Marathon. He also holds a half marathon best of 59:12 minutes, set in 2014.

Career The brother of Martin Lel (a former winner of the London Marathon), Kotut began to compete in professional road races in 2012. He placed fourth at both the Portugal Half Marathon and the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale that year. At the start of the following year he travelled to the United States and took third at the Mardi Gras Half Marathon, but an attempted debut at the longer distance ended in a failure to finish at the Linz Marathon. A career breakthrough came at the Philadelphia Half Marathon in September, where his time of 59:59 minutes brought him runner-up spot behind Stanley Biwott. This gained him his highest global placing yet, at twelfth for the season.

Kotut ran on the 2013–14 Spanish cross country circuit and won at the Cross de Venta de Baños and the Cross Zornotza. He also set a best for the 10K run of 28:17 minutes to win the We Run Rome race. He competed sparingly in 2015, but still performed to a high standard, with runner-up finishes at the CPC Loop Den Haag and Milan Marathon (2:08:55 hours).