Kibiwott Kandie

Kibiwott Kandie
Kibiwott Kandie at the 2021 New York City Marathon
Kibiwott Kandie at the 2021 New York City Marathon
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (1996-06-20) 20 June 1996
Sport
CountryKenya
SportAthletics
Event
Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsHalf marathon: 57:32 NR (Valencia 2020)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 BathurstSenior team

Kibiwott Kandie (born 20 June 1996)[1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner who held the world record in the half marathon from December 2020 to November 2021.[2] Kandie won the silver medal in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships.[3] He was part of the Kenyan team that won the gold medal at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships.

In 2026, Kandie was banned from athletics for seven years, until March 2032, after admitting to refusing to submit to sample collection and tampering with the doping control process.[4]

Career

In 2020, Kibiwott Kandie won the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon held in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.[5] He also won the Prague 21.1 km event at the Prague Half Marathon held in Prague, Czech Republic. This was an invitation-only half marathon for elite runners. This event was held after the Prague Half Marathon was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In December 2020, at the Valencia Half Marathon, Kandie set a new half marathon world record with a time of 57:32, breaking the previous record set by Geoffrey Kamworor by almost half a minute.[6][7]

On 4 April 2021, he set a course record of 59:32 at the Istanbul Half Marathon in Turkey.[8] On 3 October, Kandie raced at The Giants Geneva 10k, where he won the race in 26:51.[9]

In June 2026, Kandie was issued with a seven-year ban backdated to March 2025 by the Athletics Integrity Unit for two anti-doping rule violations.[10] He received a four-year ban for refusing a doping test and another four-year ban for tampering with the doping control process by submitting false documents. He received a one-year reduction for early admission and acceptance of the sanction.[11]

Achievements

International competitions

Representing  Kenya
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2019 Saint Silvester Road Race São Paulo, Brazil 1st 15 km 42:59 CR
2020 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates 1st Half marathon 58:58
Prague Half Marathon Prague, Czech Republic 1st Half marathon 58:38
World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland 2nd Half marathon 58:54
Valencia Half Marathon Valencia, Spain 1st Half marathon 57:32 WR
2021 Istanbul Half Marathon Istanbul, Turkey 1st Half marathon 59:32 CR
2022 Valencia Half Marathon Valencia, Spain 1st Half marathon 58:10
2023 World Cross Country Championships Bathurst, Australia 5th Senior race 29:57
1st Senior team 22 pts
Valencia Half Marathon Valencia, Spain 1st Half marathon 57:40

Personal bests

Road

References

  1. ↑ "Kibiwott Kandie". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Half Marathon - men - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
  3. ↑ "Men's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Seven-year doping ban for former world half-marathon record-holder Kibiwott Kandie". Athletics Weekly. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Yeshaneh breaks half marathon world record in Ras Al Khaimah". World Athletics. 21 February 2020. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kandie destroza el récord del mundo de Medio Maratón en Valencia". eldesmarque.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  7. ↑ Houston, Michael (6 December 2020). "Kenya's Kandie smashes half marathon world record in Valencia". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "stanbul Yarı Maratonu'nda dünya rekoru!". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 4 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Results: The Giants Geneva 2021. (2021, October 3). Watch Athletics. Retrieved October 28, 2021, from https://www.watchathletics.com/page/2645/results-the-giants-geneva-2021
  10. ↑ "Kenya's Kandie gets seven-year ban for doping violations". Reuters. 25 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Onyatta, Omondi (26 June 2026). "Dramatic circumstances that led to lengthy ban for former world record holder". 98.4 Capital FM.
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