Leah Malot

Leah Malot (born July 6, 1972) is a runner from Kenya. She is known for her long career. She started her international career by winning a gold medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games, aged only 15. A decade later she was a constant competitor at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

Malot competed at the 1987 World Championships, but did not qualify past the 10000 metres heats. At the 1999 World Championships she failed to finish the 10000 metres race. She won 5000 metres at the 2000 ISTAF meeting of IAAF Golden League meeting in Berlin timing 14 minutes, 39.83 seconds, a new African Record. The previous African record, 14:40.19 was set by Zahra Ouaziz of Morocco in 1998, while the previous Kenyan record, 14:46.41 was held by Rose Cheruiyot since 1996. However, Malot failed at the Kenyan trials for the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1][2] Malot won 3000 metres at the 2002 IAAF Super Grand Prix event in Qatar.^[3] She won Kenyan trials for the 2003 World Championships,^[4] but eventually did not compete in Paris. The same year she won IAAF Grand Prix 5000 metres at the Osaka meeting ^[5]

She won the 1998 Dam tot Damloop race in the Netherlands.^[6] and 2003 Philadelphia Distance Run.^[7] At the Lisbon Half Marathon, she finished second in 2003 and 2004.^[8] She used to hold the 3000 metres African indoor record.

On the cross country circuit, she won twice consecutively at the Oeiras International Cross Country meeting and narrowly missed out on a third win in 2003, finishing second but with the same time as Merima Denboba.^[9]

Malot is still active as of 2009. She finished 6th at the 2008 Frankfurt Marathon,^[10] 5th at the 2009 Lisbon Half Marathon,^[11] 7th at the 2009 Paris Marathon,^[12] 6th at the 2009 Berlin Marathon ^[13] and 5th at the 2009 Singapore Marathon.^[14]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Kenya
1987	All-Africa Games	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	10,000 m	33:58.15
1998	World Cross Country Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	8th	Long race
			1st	Team
	World Half Marathon Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	10th	Half marathon
1999	World Cross Country Championships	Belfast, Northern Ireland	9th	Long race
			2nd	Team
	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	3rd	10,000 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Munich, Germany	6th	3000 m
2000	World Cross Country Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	6th	Long race
			2nd	Team
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha, Qatar	2nd	3000 m
2001	World Cross Country Championships	Oostende, Belgium	6th	Long race
			1st	Team
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Melbourne, Australia	2nd	3000 m
2002	World Cross Country Championships	Dublin, Ireland	11th	Long race
			3rd	Team
	African Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	2nd	10,000 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Paris, France	6th	3000 m
2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	3rd	10,000 m

References

1. Daily Nation, September 3, 2000: Games reject Malot breaks Africa record
2. Daily Nation, January 12, 2004: Veteran Malot Runs a Lot, Even If Its Just to Keep Fit
3. The-sports.org - Leah Malot
4. IAAF, July 25, 2003: Malot to the fore in first day of Kenyan Trials
5. Afro-sport.de - Leah Malot
6. Dam tot Damloop top finishers by year
7. Runnersgazette.com: 2004 PDR Beats the Weather and Yields Fast Times
8. IAAF, March 28, 2004: Rop and Chepchumba take impressive Lisbon Half Marathon victories
9. Costas, Paulo (2003-11-16). Bekele wins but is closely shadowed by Kigen. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-11-22.
10. IAAF, October 26, 2008: In debut, unknown Cheruiyot smashes Frankfurt Marathon record
11. IAAF, March 22, 2009: Lel and Goucher win in Lisbon
12. IAAF, April 5, 2009: 2:05:47 course record for Kipruto in Paris, five others under 2:07
13. IAAF, September 20, 2009: Gebrselassie takes fourth Berlin Marathon title
14. IAAF, December 6, 2009: Injured Kibet shatters Singapore record

External links

• Leah Malot profile at IAAF