# Wesley Korir

> Wesley Kipchumba Korir is a Kenyan athlete who specializes in long distance running competitions, as well as a politician who served as an elected member of Parliament for Cherangany Constituency. On 16 April 2012, he won the Boston Marathon with a time of 2 hours 12 minutes 40 seconds. He had previously won the Los Angeles Marathon in 2009 and 2010, the first back-to-back winner there in eight years. He took second place in the 2011 Chicago Marathon in a personal-record time of 2 hours 6 minutes 15 seconds, and improved that personal record by 2 seconds in the 2012 Chicago Marathon. In the 2013 Kenyan general election, Korir was elected to a seat in the National Assembly. He lost his seat in 2017.

*Kenyan marathon runner and politician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/wesley-korir

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1982-11-15
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Корир, Уэсли](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8)
- [ويسلي كورير](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1)
- [ويسلى كورير](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1)
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- [Wesley Korir](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Korir)
- [വെസ്ലി കൊരിർ](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BC)
- [Wesley Korir](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Korir)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447119)

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