Former world marathon champion, Paul Tergat has been appointed IAAF Ambassador for the World Cross Country Championships.
The five-time world cross country winner was appointed by the world governing body, IAAF for the event slated for 26 March.
According to a statement released, he will visit different schools, participate in a legacy programme, address a press conference and engage in media interviews.
Who is Tergat?
Tergat won the world cross country titles from 1995-1999 in the senior men’s 12km category.
He first won the title in Durham, United Kingdom in 1995.
He also claimed four other consecutive wins in Stellenbosch, South Africa (1996), Turin, Italy (19970, Marakech, Morocco (1998) and Belfast (1999).
Tergat is also a former World Half Marathon champion having won it in 1999 in Palermo, Italy and in 2000 in Veracruz, Mexico.
He is former world record holder in the marathon, having set clocked 2:04.55 at the 2003 Berlin Marathon. His marathon debut saw him finish second in his first three marathons in Chicago (2001) and the London marathon in 2001 and 2002.
He later won the New York Marathon in 2005, beating defending champion, Hendrick Ramaala of South Africa in a sprint finish.
He is also the founder of the popular Sports Personality of the Year Award and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2013.
