Kibiwott Kandie
{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}
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| nationality = Kenyan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|6|20}}
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| country = Kenya
| sport = Athletics
| event = Long-distance running
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| pb = Half marathon: 57:32 {{AthAbbr|NR|Kenyan}} (Valencia 2020)
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{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}
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{{Medal|Competition|World Cross Country Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Bathurst|Senior team}}
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Kibiwott Kandie (born 20 June 1996){{Cite web|title=Kibiwott Kandie|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/kibiwott-kandie-14780952|access-date=1 January 2023|website=World Athletics}} is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In December 2020, he won the Valencia Half Marathon finishing in a new world record time of 57:32, chopping off the previous world record by almost 30 seconds. Kandie won the silver medal in the men's race at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships.{{Cite web|title=Men's Half Marathon|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1990771859|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017121310/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1990771859|archive-date=17 October 2020|access-date=17 October 2020|website=2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships}}
In 2025, he was suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for failing to provide a doping sample.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-14 |title=Former half-marathon record holder Kibiwott Kandie suspended for failing to provide doping sample |url=https://apnews.com/article/marathon-kenya-doping-kandie-f548391c8fbe4bb05873762ae9e5a756 |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=AP News |language=en}}
Career
=2020=
In 2020, Kibiwott Kandie won the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon held in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.{{Cite news|date=21 February 2020|title=Yeshaneh breaks half marathon world record in Ras Al Khaimah|work=World Athletics|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/yeshaneh-world-record-ras-al-khaimah-half-mar|url-status=live|access-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224172743/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/yeshaneh-world-record-ras-al-khaimah-half-mar|archive-date=24 February 2020}} 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, obliterating the previous record set by Geoffrey Kamworor by almost half a minute.{{Cite web|url=https://eldesmarque.com/valencia/deporte-valenciano/272359-kandie-destroza-el-record-de-medio-maraton-en-valencia|title=Kandie destroza el récord del mundo de Medio Maratón en Valencia|access-date=6 December 2020|website=eldesmarque.com}}{{Cite news|last=Houston|first=Michael|date=6 December 2020|title=Kenya's Kandie smashes half marathon world record in Valencia|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101659/kibiwott-kandie-half-marathon-athletics|url-status=live|access-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206161302/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1101659/kibiwott-kandie-half-marathon-athletics|archive-date=6 December 2020}}
=2021=
On 4 April 2021, he set a course record of 59:32 at the Istanbul Half Marathon in Turkey.{{cite news |url=https://www.ntvspor.net/diger-sporlar/istanbul-yari-maratonu-nda-dunya-rekoru-6069779fd2bce00dc83a2d5a |newspaper=NTV Spor |title=stanbul Yarı Maratonu'nda dünya rekoru! |date=4 April 2021 |language=tr |accessdate=4 April 2021}} On 3 October, Kandie raced at The Giants Geneva 10k, where he won the race in 26:51.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
Achievements
=International competitions=
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| 2019
|São Paulo, Brazil |bgcolor=gold|1st |15 km |42:59 {{AthAbbr|CR}} |
| rowspan=4|2020
|Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates |bgcolor=gold|1st |Half marathon |58:58 |
| Prague Half Marathon
|Prague, Czech Republic |bgcolor=gold|1st |Half marathon |58:38 |
| World Half Marathon Championships
|Gdynia, Poland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Half marathon |58:54 |
| Valencia Half Marathon
|Valencia, Spain |bgcolor=gold|1st |Half marathon |57:32 {{AthAbbr|WR}} |
| 2021
|Istanbul, Turkey |bgcolor=gold|1st |Half marathon |59:32 CR |
| 2022
|Valencia, Spain |bgcolor=gold|1st |Half marathon |58:10 |
| rowspan=3|2023
|rowspan=2|World Cross Country Championships |rowspan=2|Bathurst, Australia |5th |29:57 |
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| Valencia Half Marathon
|Valencia, Spain |bgcolor=gold|1st |Half marathon |57:40 |
=Personal bests=
- 10,000 metres – 27:20.34 (Birmingham 2022)
- 20,000 metres – 57:07.41 (Brussels 2022)
- One hour run – 20,940 m (Brussels 2022)
;Road
- 10 kilometres – 26:50 (Herzogenaurach 2022)
- Half marathon – 57:32 (Valencia 2020) {{AthAbbr|NR|Kenyan}}
- Marathon – 2:04:48 (Valencia 2023)
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{{Succession box|before={{flagicon|KEN}} Geoffrey Kamworor|title=Men's half marathon world record holder|years=6 December 2020 – 21 November 2021|after={{flagicon|UGA}} Jacob Kiplimo}}
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Kenyan male long-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics