Kevin Forster

English long-distance runner

Kevin Forster
Personal information
Kevin Forster winning the Enschede Marathon in 1983
Full name	Kevin John Forster
Born	(1958-09-27) 27 September 1958 (age 65) Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	9 st 8 lb (61 kg)
Sport
Sport	Long-distance running
Club	Valli Harriers

Kevin John Forster (born 27 September 1958) is a male retired long-distance runner from England.

Athletics career

Forster finished 33rd in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics and was the fastest English marathon runner of 1988.^[1]

Forster won the Enschede Marathon, the Toronto Marathon and the Stockholm Marathon during his career and had two silver medals from the London Marathon (1984, 2:11:41 and 1988, 2:10:52). He was also a member of the England Cross Country teams competing in the World Cross Country Championships through the 1980s, winning silver team medals in 1982 (Rome) and 1987 (Warsaw). Forster won an individual silver medal in the 1987 European Club championships (Clusone, Milan).^[2]

He represented England in the marathon event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing United Kingdom & England
1983	The Morpeth	Morpeth, England	1st	22.7 km	1:08:24
1983	Enschede Marathon	Enschede, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:14:19^[6]
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	8th	Marathon	2:16:36
1987	Reading Half Marathon	Reading, England	1st	Half Marathon	1:02:07^[7]
1987	Stockholm Marathon	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	Marathon	2:13:52^[8]
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	33rd	Marathon	2:20:45^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Kevin Forster Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
^ Kevin Forster. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-27.
^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
^ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ Enschede Marathon. arrs.run
^ Stan Eldon. "Reading Half Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
^ The history of Stockholm Marathon. stockholmmarathon.se

External links

Kevin Forster at World Athletics
Kevin Forster at ARRS
Kevin Forster at Power of 10

Enschede Marathon – men's winners

1947: Eero Riikonen (FIN)
1949: Jack Holden (ENG)
1951: Veikko Karvonen (FIN)
1953: Jim Peters (ENG)
1955: Reinaldo Gorno (ARG)
1957: Piet Bleeker (NED)
1959: Pavel Kantorek (TCH)
1961: Peter Wilkinson (GBR)
1963: Václav Chudomel (TCH)
1965: Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL)
1967: Yoshiro Mifune (JPN)
1969: Kazuo Matsubara (JPN)
1971: Bernie Allen (ENG)
1973–1975: Ron Hill (ENG)
1977: Brian Maxwell (CAN)
1979: Kirk Pfeffer (USA)
1981: Cor Vriend (NED)
1983: Kevin Forster (GBR)
1985: Zoltan Köszegi (HUN)
1987–1989: Marti ten Kate (NED)
1991: Sergey Prorokov (URS)
1992: Willie Mtolo (RSA)
1993: Jan Tau (RSA)
1994: Piotr Poblocki (POL)
1995: Viktor Goural (UKR)
1996: John Mandu (KEN)
1997: Dmitry Kapitonov (RUS)
1998: Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI)
1999: Anatoli Zerouk (UKR)
2000: Cancelled
2001: El Mustapha Riad (MAR)
2002: Raymond Kipkoech (KEN)
2003: Wilson Kibet (KEN)
2004: Girma Tolla (ETH)
2005: John Kelai (KEN)
2006: Sammy Rotich (KEN)
2007: Thomson Cherogony (KEN)
2008: Silas Toek (KEN)
2009: Jacob Kipchumba Yator (KEN)
2010: John Kelai (KEN)
2011: Stephen Kiprotich (UGA)
2012: Ishhimael Busendich (KEN)
2013: Isaac Kosgei (KEN)
2014: Elijah Sang (KEN)
2015: Evans Cheruiyot (KEN)
2016: David Stevens (BEL)
2017: Jonas Roels (BEL)
2018: Mohamed Oumaarir (MAR)
2019: Geart Jorritsma (NED)
2020: cancelled
2021: Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
2022: Julius Tuwei (KEN)

v t e Stockholm Marathon – men's winners
1979: Jukka Toivola (FIN) 1980: Jeff Wells (USA) 1981: Bill Rodgers (USA) 1982: Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE) 1983: Hugh Jones (GBR) 1984: Agapius Masong (TAN) 1985: Tommy Persson (SWE) 1986: Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE) 1987: Kevin Forster (GBR) 1988: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN) 1989: Dave Clarke (GBR) 1990: Simon Robert Naali (TAN) 1991: Åke Eriksson (SWE) 1992: Hugh Jones (GBR) 1993: Daniel Mbuli (RSA) 1994: Tesfaye Bekele (ETH) 1995: Åke Eriksson (SWE) 1996: Tesfaye Bekele (ETH) 1997: Benson Masya (KEN) 1998: Martin Ojuko (KEN) 1999–2000: Alfred Shemweta (SWE) 2001: Anders Szalkai (SWE) 2002: My Tahar Echchadli (MAR) 2003: Josphat Chemjor (KEN) 2004: Joseph Riri (KEN) 2005: Kasirayi Sita (ZIM) 2006–07: Philip Bandawe (ZIM) 2008: Willy Korir (KEN) 2009: Paul Kipkemei Kogo (KEN) 2010: Joseph Lagat (KEN) 2011: Shumi Gerbaba (ETH) 2012: Methkal Abu Drais (JOR) 2013: Shume Gerbaba (ETH) 2014: Benjamin Bitok (KEN) 2015: Yekeber Bayabel (ETH) 2016: Stanley Koech (KEN) 2017: Abrha Milaw (ETH) 2018: Lawi Kiptui (KEN) 2019: Nigussie Sahlesilassie (ETH) 2020: cancelled 2021: Fikadu Teferi (ETH) 2022: Felix Kirwa (KEN)

Stockholm Marathon – men's winners