In his native country, he was commonly referred to as "KK" for Kimani Karanja. In other parts of the world, he was king of the road. He was the Superstar of most road races in the 1990s. He won 11 of the 13 road races in one season and finished second in 2 of them.
joseph, kimani, september, 1972, november, 2012, kenyan, long, distance, runner, competed, over, metres, track, road, running, competitions, native, country, commonly, referred, kimani, karanja, other, parts, world, king, road, superstar, most, road, races, 19. Joseph Kimani September 1 1972 November 1 2012 was a Kenyan long distance runner who competed over 10 000 metres on the track and in road running competitions In his native country he was commonly referred to as KK for Kimani Karanja In other parts of the world he was king of the road He was the Superstar of most road races in the 1990s He won 11 of the 13 road races in one season and finished second in 2 of them Contents 1 Track career 2 Road running career 3 Death 4 References 5 External linksTrack career EditKimani finished 6th in the 10000 metres at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics 1 Road running career EditIn 1996 at the Peachtree Road Race Kimani set the world record 10k run at 27 04 2 Kimani finished 21st at the 1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and 4th at the 2000 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 1 In 1996 Kimani won the 10 kilometre Vancouver Sun Run with a record breaking time of 27 31 Death EditKimani died of pneumonia on November 1 2012 2 References Edit a b Joseph Kimani Profile iaaf org Retrieved 2017 06 05 a b John Pitarresi Joseph Kimani Boilermaker all time great dies at age 40 News Uticaod Utica NY Uticaod Retrieved 2017 06 05 External links EditJoseph Kimani at World Athletics nbsp This Kenyan biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joseph Kimani amp oldid 1102384761, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
