Paul Kibii Tergat is a Kenyan former professional long-distance runner. He became the first Kenyan man to set the world record in the marathon in 2003, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one o
Paul Tergat at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland
Tergat setting a new world record to the marathon at Berlin, 2003.
Tergat, Josette Sheeran Shiner and Drew Barrymore meet with Condoleezza Rice
Tergat in his function as IOC member at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
A pacemaker or pacesetter, sometimes informally called a rabbit, is a runner who leads a middle- or long-distance running event for the first section to ensure a high speed and to avoid excessive tact
Paul Tergat
…later said it felt like the sole of his shoe fell off. He also took a momentary wrong turn near the finish. Tergat's countryman Sammy Korir, who was a pacesetter for the race, nearly caught up to him. Korir took second place in 2:04:56, then the second-fastest marathon performance in history. Tergat's world…
Rabbits Abel Kirui, Elijah Keitany [de] and Wilson Kigen [de] pacing Haile Gebrselassie and Charles Kamathi at the Berlin Marathon 2008
Pacemaker (on the left) at London Marathon 2014