Marius Kimutai (born 10 December 1992) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner.
Career
In 2015, he won the Dalian International Marathon in Dalian, China with a time of 2:15:18.
In 2017, he won the Rotterdam Marathon in Rotterdam, Netherlands with a time of 2:06:04. That year, he also won the Ljubljana Marathon in Ljubljana, Slovenia with a time of 2:08:33.
In 2019, he won the Hangzhou International Marathon in Hangzhou, China with a time of 2:10:05 which was also a new course record. He became the first Bahraini winner of the event.
In 2023 Marius Kimutai won the Barcelona Marathon with 02:05:06
On 10 April 2024, Marius Kimutai returned a signed Admission of Anti-Doping Rule Violations and Acceptance of Consequences form, confirming that he admitted to the anti-doping rule violations and accepted the claimed period of ineligibility. On 15 April, Marius Kimutai was suspended for three years for doping.
Achievements
2013 Brescia Marathon Brescia, Italy1st Marathon 2:13:022014 Taiyuan Marathon Taiyuan, China2nd Marathon 2:13:16 Danzhou International Marathon Danzhou, China1st Marathon 2:12:272015 Chongqing Marathon Chongqing, China3rd Marathon 2:13:45 Dalian International Marathon Dalian, China 1st Marathon 2:15:18 Rennes Marathon Rennes, France1st Marathon 2:09:142016 Mumbai Marathon Mumbai, India3rd Marathon 2:09:39 Yellow River Estuary International Marathon Dongyang, China2nd Marathon 2:09:32 Amsterdam Marathon Amsterdam, Netherlands3rd Marathon 2:05:47 2017 Rotterdam Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands 1st Marathon 2:06:04 Ljubljana Marathon Ljubljana, Slovenia 1st Marathon 2:08:33 2018 Seoul International Marathon Seoul, South Korea 4th Marathon 2:07:452019 Chongqing International Marathon Chongqing, China 4th Marathon 2:10:37 Taiyuan International Marathon Taiyuan, China1st Marathon 2:09:43 Hangzhou International Marathon Hangzhou, China 1st Marathon 2:10:05
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