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Sabastian Sawe
Sabastian Kimaru Sawe
Sabastian Kimaru Sawe is a Kenyan long-distance runner known for winning the 2023 world half marathon title and major marathons in Valencia, London and Berlin.
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At a glance
- Sawe won the men's half marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in 59:10.
- He won the 2024 Valencia Marathon on his marathon debut and added victories in London and Berlin in 2025.
- He won the 2026 London Marathon in 1:59:30, a performance the organizer described as the first official competitive marathon completed in under two hours.
Rise in road running
Sawe competes across marathon, half marathon and 10km road events. His international breakthrough included victory in the men's half marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, where he recorded 59:10.
Marathon career
Sawe won the 2024 Valencia Marathon on his debut over the distance in 2:02:05. He followed that result with victories at the 2025 London Marathon in 2:02:27 and the 2025 Berlin Marathon in 2:02:16. In 2026, he returned to win London in 1:59:30, which London Marathon Events reported as the first sub-two-hour performance in an official competitive marathon.
Timeline
- Won the men's half marathon at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga in 59:10.
- Won the Valencia Marathon on his marathon debut in 2:02:05.
- Won the men's TCS London Marathon in 2:02:27.
- Won the men's Berlin Marathon in 2:02:16, reported by World Athletics as a world-leading time.
- Won the TCS London Marathon in 1:59:30; London Marathon Events reported the performance as the first official competitive marathon completed in under two hours.
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Current context
- World Athletics listed Sawe as No. 1 in the men's marathon rankings. Rankings are time-sensitive and should be rechecked before publication.
Biographical facts
- Sawe is a Kenyan athlete born on 16 March 1995.
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