Biographies

Born: 7 November 1993 

Age on race day: 31 years 5 months 20 days 

Marathon best: N/A 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Notes: A silver medallist over 1,500m at the 2021 European Indoor Championships, Archer will make her marathon debut in London. She is from Thetford, Norfolk, and is a member of Cambridge & Coleridge AC. 

Born: 3 December 1996    

Age on race day: 28 years, 4 months, 24 days 

Country: Ethiopia  

Marathon best: 2:11:53 - Berlin 2023  

London Marathon record: 2024 – 2nd 2:16:23   

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Berlin 2022 – 1st 2:15:37, 2023 – 1st 2:11:53  

Other major city marathons: Riyadh 2022 – 7th 2:34:01   

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2024 – 2nd 2:22:58  

Notes: Assefa is the two-time BMW Berlin Marathon champion and her personal best of 2:11:53, set when winning in Berlin in 2023, was a then world record and is now the second fastest time by a female marathon runner in history. She is still a relative marathon novice, having run just five marathons including her debut in London last year where she finished second in 2:16:23, and the Paris Olympic Games marathon where she was the silver medallist behind Sifan Hassan. Prior to marathon running, Assefa’s background was over the shorter distances on the track. She was an 800m specialist and becomes the first woman in history to break two minutes in the 800m and 2:20 in the marathon. She competed in the 800m at the 2016 Olympic Games but an Achilles injury meant she then had to turn her attentions to road racing.  

Born: February 4 1991 

Age on race day: 34 years 2 months 23 days 

Marathon best: 2:28:52, Twin Cities Marathon 2024 

London Marathon record: None 

Notes: American who ran inside 2:30 for the marathon for the first time in Twin Cities Marathon in October 2024 but whose athletic feats fade into insignificance in comparison to health challenges she has faced. Age 25, Bookmyer was diagnosed with a brain tumour and had surgery in 2015 to remove it. She was temporarily paralysed on the left side of her body which caused a second emergency surgery. Eight months later she was cleared to run again. Two years after her surgeries her husband Eric was diagnosed with cancer and had his own surgeries and chemotherapy before being free of cancer in 2018. 

Born: 29 March 1995 

Age on race day: 32 years 0 months 29 days 

Marathon best: 2:25:47, Berlin 2024 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Berlin: 2024 – 15th 2:25:47 

Other major city marathons: Houston: 2024 – 10th 2:29:14; Copenhagen: 2023 – 3rd 2:29:16; Seville: 2022 – 25th 2:34:28 

Marathons in major championships: None 

Notes: Bowden became the 10th fastest British female marathon runner in history when she ran 2:25:47 at the 2024 BMW Berlin Marathon. She has represented Great Britain on track, road and cross-country and is a popular content creator, showcasing her training and athletics life on social media. 

Born: 1 December 1996 

Age on race day: 28 years 4 months 26 days 

Marathon best: 2:18:26, Valencia 2024 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: N/A 

Other major city marathons: Hamburg: 2023 – 3rd 2:20:23; Osaka: 2024 – 4th 2:23:36; Valencia: 2024 – 2nd 2:18:26 

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2024 – 8th 2:26:01 

Notes: Chesang set the national Ugandan record for the marathon at the 2024 Valencia Marathon where she finished runner-up in 2:18:26. She won a gold medal in the 10,000m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia and was eight in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games marathon 

Born: 10 September 1998 

Age on race day: 26 years 7 months 17 days 

Marathon best: 2:19:29, Amsterdam 2024 

London Marathon record: 2023 – DNF 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Chicago: 2022 - DNF 

Other major city marathons: Amsterdam: 2024 – 2nd 2:19:29, 2021 – 3rd 2:20:19; Sydney*: 2023 – 7th 2:30:45; Osaka: 2023 – 1st 2:21:13; Rotterdam: 2022 – 1st 2:22:01; Mumbai: 2020 – 3rd 2:28:56 

*Sydney was not part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors in 2023.  

Marathons in major championships: N/A 

Notes: Desse has marathon victories in Osaka and Rotterdam on her CV and has twice finished on the podium at the Amsterdam Marathon, including in 2024 when she her PB of 2:19:29. 

Born: 15 May 1994 

Age on race day: 30 years 11 months 12 days 

Marathon best: 2:26:46, Toronto 2024 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: New York: 2022 - DNF 

Other major city marathons: Toronto: 2023 – 5th 2:26:46; US Olympic trials: 2024 (Orlando) - 9th 2:27:56 

Marathons in major championships: N/A 

Notes: After failing to finish her debut marathon in New York in 2022, Durgin set a PB in the first marathon she completed in Toronto in 2023 (2:26:46). She finished 9th in the USA Olympic trials marathon in January 2024. She attended University of Connecticut and now lives and trains in Flagstaff, Arizona. 

Born: 25 August 1992 

Age on race day: 32 years 8 months 2 days 

Marathon best: 2:23:21, Chicago 2023 

London Marathon record: 2016 – 43rd 2:55:41, 2018 – 60th 3:04:24, 2021 – 15th 2:29:45; 2022 – 10th 2:27:59 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Chicago: 2023 – 9th 2:23:21 

Other major city marathons: Seville: 2022 – 13th 2:27:20 

Marathons in major championships: World: 2022 – DNF; Olympics: 2024 – 78th 2:51:03 

Notes: Harvey’s rise to the top of British marathon running has been phenomenal. Starting out as a club runner with London club Clapham Chasers, she ran her first London Marathon in 2016 when she finished in 2:55:41. During the Covid-19 lockdown, Harvey was made redundant from her work as a lawyer and put all her attention into running. Since then she has become the sixth fastest Brit of all time for the marathon with a 2:23:21 time set in Chicago in 2023 and represented Great Britain at a World Championships and Olympic Games. Her Olympic Games experience at the 2024 Paris Games was one she will always remember but more for the pain than the glory. Incredibly, she broke her leg during the marathon but showing immense courage and Olympic determination she fought to the Finish Line. 

Born: 1 January 1993   

Age on race day: 32 years, 3 months 26 days 

Marathon best: 2:13:44, Chicago 2023 

London Marathon record: 2023 – 1st 2:18:33  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Chicago 2023 – 1st 2:13:44; Tokyo 2024 – 4th 2:18:05  

Other major city marathons: N/A  

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2024 – 1st 2:22:55 

Notes: A superstar and global medallist on the track, Hassan stepped up to the marathon distance in stunning fashion in 2023 when she won both the TCS London Marathon and Bank of America Chicago Marathon. She elevated her illustrious career to even greater heights in 2024 when she won the Paris Olympic Games marathon in a new Olympic record of 2:22:55. Incredibly, the victory came less than 48 hours after Hassan clinched a bronze medal in the 10,000m final and earlier in the competition, she also won a bronze medal in the 5,000m, achieving a feat no athlete had managed at the Olympics since 1952 – winning medals in the 5,000m, 10,000m, and the marathon at the same Games. Hassan is also the only woman in history to win medals at a middle-distance event and both long-distance races at one Games. During the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, she won gold medals in the 5,000m and 10,000m events and a bronze medal in the 1500m. She was born in Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia, and raised in the countryside of Kersa in the Munesa district of the Arsi Zone of Oromia. She was a recreational runner there. She left Ethiopia as a refugee and arrived in the Netherlands in 2008 at age 15. She began running while undertaking studies to become a nurse.  

Born: 8 December 1993    

Marathon best: 2:16:24 – London 2024  

London Marathon record: 2021 – 1st 2:17:43, 2022 – 2nd 2:18:07, 2024 – 3rd 2:16:24 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: New York 2019 – 1st 2:22:38; Boston 2022 – 7th 2:24:43; Chicago: 2024 – 5th 2:20:51 

Other major city marathons: Valencia 2020 – 2nd 2:18:40    

Marathons in major championships: N/A  

Notes: A former world record holder over the half-marathon distance, Jepkosgei made a seamless step up to the marathon by winning the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon and then the 2021 TCS London Marathon, where she set a new PB of 2:17:43. She returned to London in 2022 and finished in second place behind Yalemzerf Yehualaw and then completed a hat-trick of podium finishes in London by finishing third in 2024, setting a new PB of 2:16:24 in the process. Jepkosgei, who finished second in the 2018 World Half Marathon Championships, also has a second-place finish at the 2022 Valencia Marathon. 

Born: 25 November 1990    

Marathon best: None    

London Marathon record: None    

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: None    

Marathons in major championships: None    

Notes: McColgan is one of Britain’s all-time great female distance runners. A four-time Olympian, McColgan is the British record holder for 10K (30:00) and 10 miles (50:43) and the second fastest of all time (behind Paula Radcliffe) for the half marathon (65:43). She had the moment of her career at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where she matched the achievement of her mum Liz in winning the 10,000m title and won a silver in the 5,000m as well. She also won two more medals in the 2022 European Championships – silver in the 10,000m and bronze in the 5,000m. McColgan has been planning her marathon debut since 2023 but injuries have prevented her from making it to the Start Line. She will famously be following in the footsteps of mum Liz who won the race in 1996 and was runner-up in 1997 and 1998. 

Born: 12 October 1997   

Marathon best: 2:16:34 – London 2024   

London Marathon record: 2020 – 5th 2:24:23, 2021 – 13th 2:27:18, 2022 - 3rd 2:18:32, 2023 – 2nd 2:18:37, 2024 – 4th 2:16:34  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Chicago 2023 – 3rd 2:17:09  

Other major city marathons: Casablanca: 2017 - 4th 2:34:11; Zhengzhou: 2017 - 2nd 2:29:10; Rabat: 2018 - 2nd 2:31:33; Shanghai: 2018 - 6th 2:28:08; Frankfurt: 2019 - 2nd 2:21:10; Mumbai: 2019 - 4th 2:31:00; Rome: 2019 - 1st 2:22:52; Seville: 2022 – 1st 2:18:51; Valencia – 2024 1st 2:16:49 

Marathons in major championships: Olympics 2020 (2021) – DNF, Olympics 2024 - DNF 

Notes: The 2025 TCS London Marathon will be Megertu’s sixth in a row, and at last year,’s event she achieved her personal best of 2:16:34 to finish fourth. Megertu achieved her first marathon victory in 2019 at the Rome Marathon, but 2022 was arguably the breakout year of her career. She won the Seville Marathon at the start of that year in 2:18:51, before backing that up with a third-paced finish at the 2022 TCS London Marathon. In 2023, she impressed further, coming in second in London and third in her first time running the Chicago Marathon in 2:17:09. The Ethiopian enters 2025 in strong form, having won the Valencia Marathon last December in 2:16:49, after notching her personal best in London last year. 

Born: 10 June 1991     

Age on race day: 33 years 10 months 17 days 

Marathon best: 2:22:17 – Berlin: 2023    

London Marathon record: 2016- 16th 2:32:48, 2017- 15th 2:29:23, 2019- 10th 2:25:38, 2021 – 10th 2:23:26 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Berlin: 2016 - DNF, 2023 – 9th 2:22:17; Boston: 2022 – 9th 2:25:26     

Other major city marathons: Frankfurt: 2016- 5th 2:30:04; Saitama: 2017- 4th 2:30:34      

Marathons in major championships: Worlds: 2017- 13th 2:29:48, 2019 - DNF, 2022 - DNF; Europeans: 2018- DNF     

Notes: Charlotte Purdue’s PB of 2:22:17, set at the 2023 Berlin Marathon, makes her the third-fastest British woman of all time.  Purdue will make her fifth appearance in London this year. She was selected to compete for Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympics in the women’s marathon but was unfortunately forced to withdraw a week before the event with an ankle injury. Purdue has been one of Britian’s most consistent marathon runners of her generation with four top 10 finishes in Abbott World Marathon Majors races but has had bad luck with injuries and this year’s TCS London Marathon will be her first appearance racing at the event since 2021. 

Born: 13 May 1990  

Marathon best: 2:21:56, Chicago 2024 

London Marathon record: 2023 – 10th 2:24:27 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Boston: 2022 – 16th 2:33:22; Chicago: 2022 – 6th 2:25:14, 2024 – 7th 2:21:56 

Marathons in major championships: Worlds: 2023 – 58th 2:44:24 

Notes: A school teacher in the USA, Sullivan became the 10th fastest USA woman in history when she ran 2:21:56 at last year’s Chicago Marathon. She was 10th on her debut in London in 2023, the same year when she represented the USA in the marathon at the World Championships in Budapest.  

Born: 3 June 1994  

Age on race day: 30 years 10 months 24 days 

Marathon best: 2:23:16, Valencia 2023  

London Marathon record: 2023 – 9th 2:24:02  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: None 

Other major city marathons: Venice: 2021 – 1st 2:29:12; Frankfurt: 2022 – 4th 2:25:36; Valencia: 2023 – 9th 2:23:16 

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2024 – 30th 2:30:20 

Notes: The Italian national record holder for the marathon (2:23:16). She was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and moved to Rome in 2016 to join her mother who was living and working in the Italian capital. She gained citizenship in 2020. She was 9th at the 2023 TCS London Marathon, her debut in an Abbott World Marathon Major. 

Born: 11 September 1983 

Age on race day: 41 years, 7 months 16 days

Marathon best: 2:18:31, London 2018 

London Marathon record: 2017: 4th 2:23:50; 2018 - 1st 2:18:31; 2019 - 2nd 2:20:14; 2020 - DNF

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: New York: 2018 - 2nd 2:26:02, 2024 – 3rd 2:25:21

Other major city marathons: Frankfurt: 2017 - 1st 2:23:35; Valencia: 2019 - 4th 2:18:52; Paris 2024 – 3rd 2:21:46 

Marathons in major championships: None 

Notes: Vivian Cheruiyot is making her first return to the London Marathon since 2020.. She made her marathon debut in London in 2017 aged 33 after a glittering career on the track that yielded four World Championship titles and Olympic medals of every colour, not to mention a world cross country title and gold at the Commonwealth Games. Cheruiyot placed fourth in 2017 and went on to claim her first marathon victory when she won the Frankfurt Marathon that October. She returned to London in 2018 and was rewarded for running a perfectly judged race with her biggest marathon victory to date.  She returned the following year when she was runner-up behind Brigid Kosgei. After a break from racing, she returned to marathon racing in 2024 when she was third at both the Paris Marathon and the TCS New York City Marathon.

 Born: 23 November 1995  

Age on race day: 29 years 5 months 4 days 

London Marathon record: 2024 – 15th 2:02:32 

Notes: The 28-year-old is a specialist over shorter distances, having won silver and bronze medals in the T54 100m and 400m events respectively at the 2023 Paris World Championships. She has represented Mauritius at numerous World Para Athletics Championships and two Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024). She was second in the 2024 Cape Town Marathon. 

Born: 3 May 1980  

Age on race day: 44 years 11 months 24 days 

London Marathon record: 2009 – 5th 1:50:43, 2013 – 4th 1:50:43, 2014 – 5th 1:51:01, 2015 – 6th 1:56:20, 2016 – 9th 1:56:46 – 2019 – 11th 1:56:16, 2022 – 10th 1:47:33, 2023 – 11th 1:51:32, 2024 – 11th 1:50:48 

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics: 2012 – 6th 1:49:37, 2016 – 9th 1:42:59, 2020 – 8th 1:46:44  

Notes: Dawes finished fifth in the marathon distance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The experienced Australian athlete has competed in seven Paralympic Games, with her first in Atlanta in 1996. She also won two gold medals in the 1998 Athletics World Championships in Birmingham, with both coming in the Women's 4 × 400 T54-55 competition.   

Born: 11 April 1995  

Age on race day: 30 years 0 months 16 days 

London Marathon record: 2022 – 1st 1:38:24, 2023 – 3rd 1:38:54, 2024 – 1st 1:38:54  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors top results: Berlin 2022 – 1st 1:36:47, 2023 – 1st 1:34:16, 2024 – 1st 1:35:23; Chicago 2023 – 1st 1:38:44, 2024 – 1st 1:36:12; New York 2023 – 1st 1:39:32  

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics: 2024 – 1st 1:41:50  

Notes: Debrunner cemented herself as the world’s best women’s wheelchair racer at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, where she won an incredible five gold medals in the 400m, 800m, 1,500m, 5,000m and marathon distances. She is also the world record holder over the marathon distance with her time of 1:34:16 set at the BMW Berlin Marathon in 2023. She has won the London Marathon twice on three visits to the British capital and holds the course record of 1:38:24 which she set on her debut in 2022. She has won the BMW Berlin Marathon three times, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon twice and the TCS New York City Marathon once.   

Born: 24 November 1993 

Age on race day: 31 years 5 months 3 days 

Marathon best: 1:31:30  

London Marathon record: 2013 – 8th 1:53:44, 2018 – 1st 1:42:58, 2019 – 3rd 1:49:44, 2023 – 1st 1:38:51, 2024 – 4TH 1:45:54 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors victories: New York (2021) 

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics 2020 – 1st 1:38:11, 2024 – 2nd 1:46:13; Commonwealths 2018 – 1st 1:44:00, 2022 – 1st 1:56:00  

Notes: De Rozario was the first Australian woman to win the London Marathon when she clinched victory in 2018 and then won again in 2023. She won the Paralympic marathon title at the Tokyo 2020 Games where she also won gold over 800m on the track. She followed that up with a silver in the marathon at last year’s Paralympics in Paris. In total she has competed at five Paralympic Games, starting at the Beijing Paralympics when she was just 14. She has also won the New York City Marathon in 2021 and Commonwealth Games marathon twice (2018 and 2022). From Sydney, Australia, De Rozario was diagnosed with transverse myelitis when she was aged four, a neurological condition that inflames the spinal cord.  

Born: 20 November 1989     

Age on race day: 35 years 5 months 7 days 

Marathon best: 1:45:19 – Oita 2018  

London Marathon record: 2019- 12th 1:56:19, 2021 – 7th 1:50:13, 2022 – 7th 1:47:29, 2023 – 12th 1:51:44, 2024 – 8th 1:50:43 

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics 2020 – 12th, 2024 – 10th 1:56:33 

Notes: De Souza is a two-time Paralympian, competing in the Games in Tokyo in 2020 (held in 2021) and Paris 2024. Her best result across the Games was 10th in the marathon in Paris where she was 10th. De Souza’s best finish at an Abbott World Marathon Major was sixth in New York in 2019 and she has three top 10 finishes in London on her record. She is a previous winner of the Los Angeles and Seville marathons. 

Born: 26 September 1989  

Age on race day: 35 years 7 months 1 day 

Marathon best: 1:45:45  

London Marathon record: 2014 – DNF, 2020 – 4th 2:02:38, 2018 – 15th 2:00:18, 2022 – 11th 1:57:12, 2023 – 16th 2:03:48, 2024 – 7th 1:50:39 

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics 2020 – 9th 1:47:06, 2024 – 11th 2:01:39 

Notes: Eachus is a two-time Paralympian (2020 and 2024) who finished fourth at the 2020 London Marathon, on the elite-only course around St James’s Park. She has won two bronze medals at European Championships, in the 1,500m and 400m distances.  

Born: 8 March 1987  

Age on race day: 38 years 1 month 19 days 

Marathon best: 1:47:29 – Chicago 2022  

London Marathon record: 2022 – 8th 1:47:29, 2023 – 14th 1:58:55, 2024 – 16th 2:06:42 

Notes: Hoang is a US Paralympian who finished second at the Chicago Marathon and third at the Boston Marathon in 2022.  Yen Hoang was born in Ho Chi Minh City on March 8, 1997, and then moved to the United States with her family when she was three years old. 

Born: 4 January 1996 

Age on race day: 29 years 3 months 23 days 

Marathon best: 1:41:44, Boston 2017 

London Marathon record: 2014 – 9th 1:59:59, 2017 – 5th 1:51:46, 2018 – 7th 1:50:04 

Notes: Jones-Hall is two-time Paralympian (2012 and 2016) who has balanced competing in both athletics and triathlon. She won paratriathlon gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast and won a bronze medal seven days later in the same Games. A former Mini London Marathon winner, Jones-Hall made her London Marathon debut in 2014 but has not raced the event since 2018 after switching her focus to paratriathlon and then taking a short break from competitive sport. 

Born: 6 January 1996  

Age on race day: 29 years 3 months 21 days 

Marathon best: 1:43:52, Chicago 2017 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Notes: Kinghorn is the reining Paralympic 100m champion in the T53 category, one of five medals she won at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games alongside four silver medals in the 400, 800m, 1,500m and mixed 4x100m relay. She is a three-time World Champion, winning 100m gold in 2017 and 2023 and 200m gold in 2017. She started her competitive career at the 2012 Mini London Marathon and has gone on to be the fastest British wheelchair athlete in history, regardless of classification, over 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m. 2025 will be her first TCS London Marathon and her first marathon since 2018 when she was fourth in the Commonwealth Games Marathon on the Gold Coast. Kinghorn is part of the Glasgow disability sports club Red Star where she is coached by Ian Mirfin MBE. She was injured in December 2010 when snow and ice fell from the roof at the family farm and broke her back leaving her paralysed from the waist down. She is also a presenter on the BBC show Countryfile. 

Born: 21 April 1989    

Age on race day: 36 years 0 months 6 days 

Marathon best: 1:31:30 - Duluth 2019 

London Marathon record: 2011 – 4th 1:46:34, 2012 – 8th 2:05:38, 2013 – 1st 1:46:02, 2014 – 1st 1:45:12, 2015 – 1st 1:41:14, 2016 – 1st 1:44:14, 2018 – 2nd 1:42:58, 2019 – 2nd 1:49:42, 2021 – 3rd 1:44:51, 2023 – 13th 1:56:49, 2024 – 3rd 1:45:51 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors victories: Boston (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021), Chicago (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021), New York (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) 

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics: 2012 – 9th 1:58:47, 2016 – 2nd 1:38:44, 2024 – 7th 1:53:52; Worlds: 2015 – 1st 1:41:14, 2019 – 2nd 1:49:42 

Notes: McFadden was the world’s best female wheelchair racer over the marathon distance for the early to mid section of the 2010s. A run of dominance included four back-to-back victories in London from 2013 to 2016. In total, she has won 24 Abbott World Marathon Majors races (including nine victories in Chicago) and 22 Paralympic medals, won over seven Paralympics. Born in Russia with spina bifida, McFadden lived in an orphanage for the first six years of her life until she was adopted by an American family from Maryland. S 

Born: 18 May 1990 

Age on race day: 34 years 11 months 9 days 

Marathon best: 1:35:50 – Oita 2019  

London Marathon record: 2018 – 10th 1:52:19, 2024 – 12th 1:50:48 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors top results: Tokyo: 2021 – 1s 1:40:21 

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics: 2020 – 7th 1:42:33, 2024 – 12th 2:04:53 

Notes: Nakamina (nee Kina) won the 2021 Tokyo Marathon and is a two-time Paralympian, competing in the marathon at both the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Games. She is the Japanese national record holder for the marathon with a best of 1:35:50 set in Oita, Japan, in 2019. 

Born: 17 May 2001 

Age on race day: 23 years 11 months 10 days 

Marathon best: 1:34:17 – Berlin 2023  

London Marathon record: 2022 – 3rd 1:47:27, 2023 – 7th 1:47:43, 2024 – 6th 1:50:39 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors victories: Boston (2024)  

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics: 2024 – DNF; Commonwealths: 2022 – 2nd 1:59:45  

Notes: A rising star of British wheelchair racing, Rainbow-Cooper achieved the biggest result of her career so far and became the first British woman to win the Boston Marathon in April 2024, which came just weeks after she  finished as runner-up at the Tokyo Marathon. She made her Paralympics debut at the 2024 Paris Games where her best results was seventh in the 1,500m. She made her London Marathon debut in 2022, where she finished third, and in major championships that year she won a silver medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games Marathon. Rainbow-Cooper was born with sacral agenesis. She began wheelchair racing in 2013 and is coached by the Dutch coach Arno Mul. 

Born: 20 February 1991  

Age on race day: 34 years 2 months 7 days 

Marathon best: 1:44:45    

London Marathon record: 2019 – 10th 1:52:13, 2021 – 5th 1:50:07, 2022 – 9th 1:47:32, 2023 – 6th 1:47:41, 2024 - DNF 

Notes: Rocha is the first Brazilian Paralympian to compete in both the summer and winter Paralympics, as she raced in three cross-country skiing events in the 2018 Paralympics in Pyeongchang and has also represented her country at the summer Paralympics in 2016 and 2024.  

Born: 16 May 1991     

Age on race day: 33 years 11 months 11 days 

Marathon best: 1:27:31 Duluth 2021    

London Marathon record: 2013- 7th 1:50:47, 2014- 4th 1:51:01, 2015- 5th 1:47:06, 2016- 7th 1:52:50, 2017- 3rd 1:47:37, 2018- 3rd 1:43:00, 2019- 13th 2:02:00, 2022 – 2nd 1:42:21, 2023 – 4th 1:38:57 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors victories: Chicago (2022), New York (2022), Boston (2023)  

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics: 2012 – 8th 1:58:37, 2016 – 7th 1:38:47, 2020 – 6th 1:41:04, 2024 – 3rd 1:46:29 

Notes: Susannah Scaroni is a four-time Paralympian (2012, 2016, 2020, 2024) who won the 5,000m gold medal at Tokyo 2020. She had her most successful Paralympic medal haul at the 2024 Paris Games where she won a silver medal in the 5,000m and bronze medals in the 800, 1,500m and marathon. She has won three Abbott World Marathon Major races (Chicago, New York and Boston). Scaroni injured her spinal cord in a car accident when she was five years old. 

Born: 5 December 1984     

Age on race day: 40 years 4 months 22 days 

Marathon best: 1:28:17 - Boston 2017     

London Marathon record: 2014 – 2nd 1:46:44, 2015 – 2nd 1:43:56, 2016 – 2nd 1:44:15, 2017 – 1st 1:39:57, 2018 – 4th 1:43:01, 2019 – 1st 1:44:09, 2020 – 2nd 1:41:29, 2021 – 1st 1:39:52, 2023 – 2nd 1:38:52, 2024 – 2nd 1:45:00  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors victories: Tokyo (2018, 2019, 2023, 2024), Boston (2017, 2019, 2021), Berlin (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021), Chicago (2018, 2019), New York (2017, 2018, 2019).  

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics 2016 – 6th 1:38:46, 2020 – 2nd 1:38:12, 2024 – 4th 1:49:22; Worlds: 2013 – 1st 1:49:45, 2015 – 2nd 1:43:56, 2019 – 1st 1:44:09     

Notes: Schär is one of the greatest marathon wheelchair racers in history. She has won a total of 18 Abbott World Marathon Major victories to her name which includes three London Marathon victories and six wins in Berlin. Schar was injured in an accident in 1993 and started wheelchair sport at 14.  She has won 10 Paralympic medals (including five at the 2020 Games, the most by any track and field athlete). Schär has been a wheelchair user since the age of eight when a playground accident paralysed her from the waist down. 

Born: 15 September 1974   

Age on race day: 50 years 7 months 12 days      

Marathon best: 1:34:06 – Boston 2011  

London Marathon record: 2010 – 1st 1:52:33, 2012 – 2nd 1:53:04, 2014 – 3rd 1:46:45, 2015 – 7th 1:56:48, 2016 – 3rd 1:45:28, 2022 – 6th 1:47:28, 2023 – 5th 1:47:40, 2024 – 5th 1:50:18  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors victories: Boston (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), Tokyo (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) 

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics: 2000 – 3rd 1:50:10, 2004 – 2nd 1:50:13, 2012 – 5th 1:49:02, 2016 – 4th 1:38:45, 2020 – 4th 1:38:32, 2024 – 6th 1:52:39  

Notes: Aged 50, Tsuchida shows little signs of slowing down. Converting from a winter sports specialist, she competed in her first Paralympic Games in Sydney in 2000 and has now competed in seven Paralympics in total with a gold medal in the 5,000m at 2004 the highlight. She has achieved immense success over her career, with highlights including winning the 2010 London Marathon and 2011 World Championships. She won five Boston Marathons in a row from 2007 to 2011 and has won the Tokyo title nine times. She also competes in triathlon.  

 Born: 12 September 1986  

Age on race day: 38 years 7 months 15 days 

Marathon best: 1:45:22 – Oita 2018  

London Marathon record: 2019 – 14th 2:03:37, 2021 – 11th 2:06:02, 2022 – 12th 2:00:10, 2023 – 15th 1:58:58, 2024 – 13th 1:51:11 

Notes: Wheeler is a former Philadelphia and Los Angeles Marathon champion who has clinched top-10 finishes in Chicago and New York. She is a full-time career as a clinical rehabilitation and mental health counsellor. 

Born: 13 June 1982   

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 42 years 10 months 14 days 

Marathon best: 2:01:41 – Berlin 2019   

London Marathon record: 2016 – 3rd 2:06:36, 2017 – 2nd 2:05:57, 2018 – 6th 2:08:53, 2022 5th 2:05:53, 2023 – DNF, 2024 – 2nd 2:04:15 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Berlin: 2016 – 1st 2:03:03, 2017 – DNF, 2019 – 1st 2:01:41, 2021 – 3rd 2:06:47; Chicago 2014 – 4th 2:05:51; New York 2021 – 6th 2:12:52  

Other major city marathons: Dubai 2017 – DNF; Paris 2014 – 1st 2:05:04; Valencia 2023 – 4th 2:04:19, 2024 – DNF 

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2024 – 39th 2:12:24 

Notes: Kenenisa Bekele is one of the greatest endurance runners in history and the third-fastest marathon runner of all time thanks to his time of 2:01:41, which he ran at the Berlin Marathon in 2019.  

Bekele, aged 42, has run the London Marathon on six occasions and finished second last year (2024) in a new over-40s world record of 2:04:15. He also finished second in 2017 and was third on his London debut in 2016. He has won the BMW Berlin Marathon twice in 2016 and 2019. 

Before moving up to the marathon distance, Bekele had a glittering career on the track – winning three Olympic and five World Championship gold medals. He also won an incredible 11 gold medals at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships and is a former 5000m and 10,000m world record holder. 

Born: 10 April 1991 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 34 years 0 months 17 days 

Marathon best: 2:06:22, Valenica 2024 

London Marathon record: None 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: N/A  

Other major city marathons: Hamburg: 2022 – 15th 2:12:23, 2023 – 11th 2:10:20, 2024 – 11th 2:08:58; Valencia: 2024 – 16th 2:06:22 

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2024 – 45th 2:12:58; Commonwealths: 2022 – 7th 2:15:40 

Notes: Buchanan broke the Australian national marathon record by more than a minute at the 2024 Valencia Marathon when he ran 2:06:22, knocking well over two minutes off his previous PB in the process. He competed for Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. He is a high school teacher in Bendigo, Australia.  

Born: 27 December 1997  

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 27 years 5 months 0 days 

Marathon best: 2:08:07 – London 2023  

London Marathon record: 2023 – 6th 2:08:07, 2024 – 3rd 2:06:46 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: N/A  

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2024 – 4th 2:07:29 

Notes: Cairess is the new star of British marathon running. He burst onto the scene on his marathon debut at the 2023 TCS London Marathon when he ran 2:08:07 to finish sixth overall and running the third-fastest time in history by a British man. He went even faster 12 months later when he ran 2:06:46 to become the second fastest Brit ever (behind Sir Mo Farah) and to finish a fantastic third place overall, becoming only the second British man to do so this century (after Farah). He then produced an incredible run at the 2024 Olympic Games marathon where he finished fourth overall, the highest placing by a Brit at an Olympics since Jon Brown in 2004.  Cairess won a silver medal at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin. He was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, and took up the sport as a young child alongside his mother Alison, an art teacher with a passion for running. He studied at Bradford Grammar School, the same school as Olympic marathon runner Richard Nerurkar and the Brownlee brothers: Alistair and Jonny. 

Born: 2 August 1991 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 33 years 8 months 25 days 

Marathon best: 2:11:33, Houston 2022 

London Marathon record: 2023 – 13th 2:13:29 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: x 

Other major city marathons: Houston: 2022 – 7th 2:11:33 

Marathons in major championships: Europeans: 2022 - DNF 

Notes: Competed for Scotland over 5,000m and 10,000m at 2014 Commonwealth Games then moved to Colorado, USA, in 2020 and started to train for marathon debut. Debuted over 26.2 miles in Houston where he ran 2:11:33 which remains his PB. Run once in London before in 2023. 

Born: 15 October 1996 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 28 years 6 months 12 days 

Marathon best: 2:06:06, Seville 2024 

London Marathon record: None 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: N/A  

Other major city marathons: Milan: 2023 – 5th 2:08:57; Seville: 2024 – 4th 2:06:06 

Marathons in major championships: None 

Notes: The Italian record holder for the half marathon distance (59:26), Crippa has been one of Europe’s most talented distance runners for many years. He won a gold medal in the 10,000m and bronze medal in the 5,000m at the 2022 European Championships and, in addition to his national half marathon record, also holds Italian records for 3,000m (7:37:90), 5,000m (13:02:26) 5K (13:14) and 10,000m (27:10:76). Born in Dessie, in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, Yemaneberhan lost his Ethiopian parents in the Eritrean-Ethiopian war and was adopted in 2001 by an Italian couple, Roberto and Luisa Crippa, and settled with them in Trento, Italy. 

Born: 11 September 2000 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 24 years 7 months 16 days 

Marathon best: 2:04:39, Chicago 2024 

London Marathon record: None 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Boston 2024 – 2nd 2:06:58; Chicago: 2023 – DNF, 2024 – 2nd 2:04:39; Tokyo: 2023 – 2nd 2:05:22 

Other major city marathons: Valencia: 2023 – 8th 2:05:40; Amsterdam: 2022 – 5th 2:05:05 

Marathons in major championships: Esa has produced a string of remarkably consistent marathon performances since making his debut over the distance in Amsterdam in 2022. He has three Abbott World Marathon Major second-place finishes to his name, coming in Tokyo in 2023 and Boston and Chicago (where he set his PB of 2:04:39) in 2024. 

Born: 24 March 1994    

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 31 years 1 month 3 days 

Marathon best: 2:09:50, Berlin 2023   

London Marathon record: 2019 – 28th 2:17:26, 2021 – 12th 2:16:27, 2022 – 9th 2:11:57, 2023 – 14th 2:15:41   

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Berlin 2023 – 22nd 2:09:50  

Other major city marathons: Amsterdam: 2024 – 19th 2:13:25 

Notes: Ghebresilasie was born in Eritrea and competed for the country of his birth at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Following the Games he stayed in the UK and sought asylum and has been eligible to compete for Great Britain since 2021. He was the first British athlete home (and ninth overall) at the 2022 TCS London Marathon when he ran a PB of 2:11:57, before finishing 14th a year later. Ghebresilasie’s PB was set at the Berlin Marathon in 2023 (2:09:50). 

Born: 9 August 1991   

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 33 years 8 months 18 days 

Marathon best: 2:09:49 Frankfurt 2017    

London Marathon record: 2019- 16th 2:11:46, 2023 – 19th 2:16:51 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: None    

Other major city marathons: Frankfurt: 2017- 5th 2:09:49; Amsterdam: 2024 – 18th 2:12:47; Seville: 2024 – 65th 2:21:52 

Marathons in major championships: Commonwealths: 2022 – 11th 2:17:58    

Notes: Welshman Dewi Griffiths broke 2:10 on his marathon debut in Frankfurt in 2017, but he has struggled with injuries ever since. He made his London Marathon debut in 2019 when he finished in 16th place. He has represented Great Britain on the roads and on cross-country and Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 

Born: 5 November 1984  

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 40 years, 5 months 22 days 

Marathon best: 2:01:09 Berlin 2022 (official); 1:59:40 INEOS 1:59 Challenge 2019 (unofficial)  

London Marathon record: 2015- 1st 2:04:42, 2016- 1st 2:03:05, 2018- 1st 2:04:17, 2019- 1st 2:02:37, 2020 – 8th 2:06:49   

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Berlin: 2013- 2nd 2:04:05, 2015- 1st 2:04:00, 2017- 1st 2:03:32, 2018- 1st 2:01:39, 2022 – 1st 2:01:09, 2023 – 1st 2:02:42; Chicago: 2014- 1st 2:04:11; Tokyo: 2022 – 1st 2:02:40, 2024 – 10th 2:06:50; Boston 2023 – 6th 2:09:23  

Other major city marathons: Rotterdam: 2014- 1st 2:05:00 Hamburg: 2013- 1st 2:05:30; Enschede: 2021 – 1st 2:04:30  

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2016- 1st 2:08:44, 2020 (2021) - 1st 2:08:38, 2024 – DNF.  

Notes: The undisputed greatest marathon runner of all time, Kipchoge is the four-time London Marathon champion, two-time Olympic marathon champion and the only man to have ran inside two hours when he ran 1:59:40 at the INEOS 1.59 Challenge in Vienna in October 2019. He had won every London Marathon he had raced (2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019) before being surprisingly beaten in the 2020 race. Between October 2015 and April 2023 he won every marathon he raced apart from the 2020 edition of the London Marathon during a spell of unprecedented dominance in marathon running. He currently has four of the top 10 fastest times ever raced over the marathon distance. Prior to turning to marathon racing, Kipchoge was best known for his exploits on the track, including winning the 5000m at the 2003 World Championships, aged 19.  

Born: 20 December 1998 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 26 years 4 months 7 days 

Marathon best: 2:04:45, Valencia 2024 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: N/A 

Other major city marathons: Valencia: 2024 – 8th 2:04:45 

Notes: Kipkoech made his marathon debut in Valencia in December 2024 where he ran 2:04:45. Has PBs of 59:22 for half marathon and 27:23 for 10K on the roads. 

Born: 18 September 1993 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 31 years 7 months 9 days 

Marathon best: 2:02:55, Tokyo 2024 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Tokyo: 2024 – 2nd 2:02:55 

Other major city marathons: Milan: 2019 – 11th 2:24:12; Eindhoven: 2021 – 3rd 2:07:01; Abu Dhabi: 2022 – 1st 2:05:20; Melbourne: 2022 – 1st 2:09:12; Barcelona: 7th 2:07:23; Rotterdam: 2023 – 2nd 2:03:50; Shanghai: 2024 – 4th 2:06:43 

Marathons in major championships: Worlds: 2024 – 13th 2:11:25 

Notes: Kiplagat made his Abbott World Marathon Majors debut at the 2024 Tokyo Marathon and produced the run of his life to finish second in 2:02:55. Previously he had competed in the tier below the highest level of marathon running with victories in Abu Dhabi and Melbourne on his CV. 

Born: 14 November 2000 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 24 years 5 months 13 days 

Marathon best: N/A  

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: N/A 

Other major city marathons: N/A 

Marathons in major championships: N/A 

Notes: Kiplimo will make a much-anticipated marathon debut at the TCS London Marathon just two months after shattering the world record for the half marathon. The Ugandan became the first man to run inside 57 minutes for the half marathon when he ran 56: 42 at the Barcelona Half Marathon. Kiplimo has been a prodigy in distance running since becoming his country’s youngest-ever Olympian at the Rio 2016 Olympics when he competed in the 5,000m event at age 15.  He won a 10,000m bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, before claiming a 10,000m bronze medal once again at the World Championships in July 2022 and then picking up 5,000m and 10,000m gold medals a month later at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Kiplimo’s first success at a major championship came at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships when he won the U20 title on home soil in Kampala, and he became a world cross-country champion at senior men’s level six years later. Kiplimo has three half-brothers who are also athletes: Victor Kiplangat, the 2023 world marathon champion; Oscar Chelimo, and Robert Chemonges. 

Born: 12 January 1996 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 29 years 3 months 15 days 

Marathon best: 2:11:54, Houston 2024 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: N/A 

Other major city marathons: N/A 

Marathons in major championships: N/A 

Notes: Represented Mexico at both World Cross-Country Championships and World Road Running Championships. Made his marathon debut in January 2024 at Houston Marathon. Went to college in the USA where he competed for Colorado University. 

Born: 1 January 1994 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 31 years 3 months 26 days 

Marathon best: 2:08:54, Valencia 2024 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Chicago: 2024 – 35th 2:20:53 

Other major city marathons: Valencia: 2023 – 56th 2:13:01, 2024 – 25th 2:08:54; Copenhagen: 2024 – 9th 2:13:48 

Marathons in major championships: N/A 

Notes: From Durban, South Africa, Lipschitz broke the 2:10 barrier for the marathon in Valencia in 2024, finishing in 2:08:54. 

Born: 18 September 1997  

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 27 years 7 months 9 days 

Country: Great Britain  

Marathon best: 2:07:05, London 2024 

London Marathon record: 2024: 4th 2:07:05 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: N/A  

Other major city marathons: Valencia 2023 – 34th 2:08:42  

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2024 – 57th 2:15:19 

Notes: Mahamed had an incredible run at the 2024 TCS London Marathon where he finished fourth overall in a PB of 2:07:05 to go third on the British all-time list (behind Sir Mo Farah and Emile Cairess). The run earned him a place in the Great Britain team for the Paris Olympic Games marathon where he finished in 57th place. 

Born: 27 December 1986   

Age on race day: 39 years 3 months 0 days 

Marathon best: 2:09:09, Seville 2024  

London Marathon record: 2017 - 29th 2:18:48; 2018 - 14th 2:17:55; 2019 - 19th 2:13:25, 2020 – 13th 2:10:38, 2021 – 11th 2:16:09.  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Berlin: 2017 – 10th 2:12:57, 2019 – 16th 2:12:29; New York: 2018 – 15th 2:16:09, 2024 – 14th 2:11:22 

Other major city marathons: Frankfurt: 2015 – 24th 2:16:52; Seville: 2020 – 22nd 2:10:03, 2024 – 29th 2:09:09, 2024 – 29th 2:09:09; Manchester 2022 – 2:10:46  

Marathons in major championships: Commonwealths 2022 – 6th 2:15:31  

Notes: Now in his 10th year as a marathon runner, Mellor set a PB at last year’s Seville Marathon where he ran 2:09:09 (the 10th fastest Brit in history). 2025 will be Mellor’s sixth London Marathon with his best performance coming in the elite-only marathon in 2020 when he was the first British finisher in 2:10:38. Based in Liverpool, Mellor was sixth in the 2022 Commonwealth Games marathon in Birmingham. 

Born: 16 April 2000 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 25 years 0 months 11 days 

Marathon best: 2:03:17, Berlin 2024 

London Marathon record: 2024 - DNF 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Berlin: 2024 – 1st 2:03:17 

Other major city marathons: Valencia: 2022 – 7th 2:05:29; Daegu: 2023 – 1st 2:06:49 

Marathons in major championships: World: 2023 – 6th 2:10:43 

Notes: Mengesha secured the biggest win of his young career to date in September 2024 when he won the BMW Berlin Marathon, setting a new PB of 2:03:17 in the process. He also has a victory at the Daegu Marathon on his resume over the marathon distance. He won a gold medal in the junior race at the 2019 World Cross-Country Championships and was 10th in the 5,000m final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (held in 2021). 

Born: 12 January 1991   

Age on race day: 34 years 3 months 15 days 

Marathon best: 2:05:48 Fukuoka 2017   

London Marathon record: 2020 – 9th 2:09:01   

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Boston 2024 – 12th 2:11:18   

Other major city marathons: Florence: 2015- 4th 2:12:54 Fukuoka: 2017- 1st 2:05:48, 2023 – 3rd 2:07:16; Hannover: 2017- 3rd 2:10:07 Valencia: 2019- 7th 2:06:16, 2024 – 32nd 2:10:01, Seville: 2022 – 23rd 2:10:48; Vienna 2023 – 8th 2:10:23  

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2016- 19th 2:14:17, 2020 (2021) – 40th 2:17:59, 2024 – 32nd 2:11:39; Europeans: 2018- DNF; Worlds 2023 – 22nd 2:13:12  

Notes: Sandre Moen is the Norwegian record holder for the marathon thanks to his time of 2:05:48 which he set to win the Fukuoka Marathon. He came close to reducing that time further when he ran 2:06:16 at the 2019 Valencia Marathon. He made his London Marathon debut in 2020 when he finished ninth in the elite-only race around St James’s Park.  A former European under 23 10,000m champion, he has represented Norway numerous times on track, country and road and holds Norwegian records at 10,000m, half marathon and marathon. 

Born: 10 September 1996 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 28 years 7 months 17 days 

Marathon best: 2:03:11, Valencia 2023 

London Marathon record: 2024 – 1st 2:04:01 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Tokyo: 2020 - DNF 

Other major city marathons: Valencia: 2022 – 3rd 2:03:29, 2023 – 2nd 2:03:11; Prague: 2023 – 1st 2:05:09  

Marathons in major championships: Olympics 2024 - 21st 2:10:31 

Notes: Mutiso had a spectacular first taste of the TCS London Marathon in 2024, after a dramatic surprise win which saw him get the better of the legendary Kenenisa Bekele (ETH). This was his first victory at an Abbott World Marathon Major event, which enabled him to make Kenya’s marathon team at the Paris 2024 Olympics where he finished 21st after running 2:10:31 on the gruelling Paris course. Mutiso’s only other marathon victory was in 2023 when he ran 2:05:09 to win the Prague Marathon. Later the same year (2023) he set his marathon PB in Valencia to cap off an impressive year, finishing second with a time of 2:03:11. Mutiso has also competed as a track athlete for just over a decade in the 5,000m and 10,000m events, and he won a 3,000m bronze medal at the World Youth Championships back in 2013. He is married to Irene and has two children. 

Born: 2 March 1989 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 36 years 1 month 25 days 

Marathon best: 2:04:45, Rotterdam 2024 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Boston: 2016 – 2:18:05, 2018 – 7th 2:23:16; New York: 2021 – 5th 2:11:39, 2022 – 3rd 2:10:31, 2023 – 4th 2:10:21, 2024 – 1st 2:07:39 

Other major city marathons: Enschede: 2014 – 3rd 2:11:33; Rotterdam: 2015: 9th 2:12:33, 2017 – 9th 2:09:34, 2019 – 4th 2:06:17, 2022 – 1st 2:04:56, 2023 – 3rd 2:05:32, 2024 – 1st 2:04:45; Amsterdam: 2015 – 8th 2:10:24, 2017 – 9th 2:08:16, 2019 – 9th 2:07:39; Valencia: 2020 – 15th 2:07:09 

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2016 – 11th 2:13:01, 2020 (2021) - 2nd 2:09:58, 2024 - DNF; Worlds 2022 – DNF, 2023 - DNF; Europeans 2018 - DNF 

Notes: One of the most experienced marathon runners on the circuit, it is surprising that Nageeye has yet to run the TCS London Marathon. After chipping away at his marathon best since his first run over the distance in 2014, Nageeye’s big break through came at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 where he won a silver medal. Since then he has gone on to win the Rotterdam Marathon twice (in 2022 and 2024), which included setting a Dutch national record of 2:04:45 in the second of his wins. After three years of going close at the TCS New York City Marathon, Nageeye claimed victory last year for his first Abbott World Marathon Majors victory. Born in Dharwanaaje, Somalia, Nageeye resettled in the Netherlands as a refugee aged six. He was a training partner of Sir Mo Farah. 

Born: 17 May 1995 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 29 years 11 months 10 days 

Marathon best: 2:04:58, Berlin 2023 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Berlin: 2023 – 9th 2:04:58 

Other major city marathons: Valencia: 2019 – 10th 2:10:29, 2020 – 16th 2:07:18, 2021 – 11th 2:06:27; Hannover: 2023 – 1st 2:07:02, 2024 – 1st 2:06:05 

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2020 (2021) - 29th 2:16:33, 2024 - DNF; Europeans: 2022 – 4th 2:10:39 

Notes: Petros is the German national record holder for both the marathon and half marathon. He won a bronze medal in the half marathon at the European Championships in Rome in 2024 and just missed out on a medal over the full marathon distance at the 2022 European Championships in Munich where he finished fourth. He has won the Hannover Marathon twice. Petros is originally from Tigray, northern Ethiopia and was born in Eritrea. He escaped with his mother and sisters to Ethiopia at the age of 2 during the Border War with Ethiopia. In January 2012, he went to Germany by himself as a refugee. He attained German citizenship in 2015 

Born: 19 December 1995  

Age on race day: 29 years 4 months 8 days 

Marathon best: 2:11:06, London 2019  

London Marathon record: 2019 – 12th 2:11:06  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: N/A 

Other major city marathons: Melbourne: 2024 – 1st 2:11:49, Fukoka: 2024 - DNF 

Marathons in major championships: Olympics: 2020 (2021) - DNF 

Notes: The Oceanic record holder for 10,000m (27:15:35), Rayner made his marathon debut in London in 2019 where he achieved a qualifying time for the Tokyo Olympic Games. He did not finish the Olympic Games marathon and did not return to the 26.2 mile distance until 2024 when he won the Melbourne Marathon. 

Born: 1 February 1998 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 27 years 2 months 26 days 

Marathon best: 2:11:26, Chicago 2023 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Chicago: 2023 – 16th 2:11:26, 2024 – 36th 2:21:33 

Other major city marathons: Duluth: 2023 – 7th 2:11:49, Houston: 2023 – 9th 2:16:41 

Marathons in major championships: None 

Notes: Set his PB at Chicago Marathon in 2023. Went to Notre Dame College in the USA. 

Born: 16 March 1995 

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 30 years 1 month 11 days 

Marathon best: 2:02:05, Valencia 2024 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: None 

Other major city marathons: Valencia: 2024 – 1st 2:02:05 

Marathons in major championships: None 

Notes: Sawe ran the fastest marathon of 2024 on his debut over the distance when he won the Valencia Marathon last December in 2:02:05 which was also the fifth fastest time in history. Prior to stepping up to the marathon, Sawe showed immense talent over the half marathon distance. In 2023, he won the half marathon at the inaugural World Athletics World Road Running Championships and has wins in Copenhagen, Prague, Berlin, Rome and Sevilla to his name. His half marathon PB of 58:05, set in winning in Copenhagen last year, is the ninth fastest half marathon time in history. 

Born: 3 October 1992    

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 32 years 6 months 24 days 

Marathon best: 2:08:04, Seville 2024 

London Marathon record: 2021 – 7th 2:12:58, 2022 – 10th 2:12:10, 2023 – 8th 2:10:23,  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: N/A 

Other major city marathons: Valencia: 2023 – 36th 2:08:49; Seville: 2024 – 16th 2:08:04 

Marathons in major championships: Europeans: 2022 – 17th 2:15:17; Olympics: 2024 – 46th 2:13:08  

Notes: Sesemann has established himself as one of Great Britain’s best and most consistent marathon performers since making his debut at the 2021 London Marathon where he finished as the first British man and in seventh place overall in 2:12:58. Since then he has chipped away at his PB and recorded two further top 10 finishes at the London Marathon (2022 and 2023). He recorded his PB of 2:08:04 at last year’s Seville Marathon, which earned him a qualifying time and place in the Great Britain team for the Paris Olympic Games. Sesemann is a trained doctor based in Leeds. He has two dogs called Kipchoge and Haile.   

Born: 19 May 1998  

Age on race day: 26 years 11 months 8 days 
Marathon best: 2:11:00, Pulford 2021     
London Marathon record: None   

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: None   

Other major city marathons: Pulford (Cheshire): 2021 – 1st 2:11:00     

Marathons in major championships: None  

Notes: Jake Smith has only run one marathon and in that race he wasn’t expecting to finish. The Cardiff AC athlete was a pacemaker in the Cheshire Elite Marathon in April 2021 and scheduled to drop out at 17 miles. But feeling good, Smith pushed on to record a time of 2:11:00. It capped a golden spell for Smith where he also ran a 60:31 half marathon (making him the fifth fastest Brit in history). But he was forced to take time out of the sport after being diagnosed with RED-S (a state of chronic low energy availablity). He returned in 2024 and was second at The Big Half. 2025 will be his London Marathon debut. 

Born: 11 August 1991   

Marathon best: 2:03:39 Amsterdam 2021   

London Marathon record: 2019- 6th 2:06:57, 2020 – 6th 2:06:41, 2023 – 3rd 2:04:59, 2024 - DNF  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors: Boston: 2018- DNF; New York: 2018- 4th 2:08:30, 2019- 4th 2:09:20, 2023 – 1st 2:04:58  

Other major city marathons: Dubai: 2014- 4th 2:06:17, 2017- 1st 2:04:11, 2018- 3rd 2:04:06 Gongju: 2014- 8th 2:12:22; Amsterdam: 2021 – 1st 2:03:39.  

Marathons in major championships: Worlds: 2017- 2nd 2:09:49, 2022 – 2:05:36, 2023 – DNF; Olympics 2024 - 1st  

Notes: Tola claimed the biggest win of his career last year (2024) when he proved the strongest over the gruelling Paris Olympic Games course to win a famous gold medal, the highlight of an already star-studded career. After a successful career on the track where the highlight was a bronze medal in the 10,000m at the 2016 Olympics, Tola’s marathon career has got better with experience. After coming so close to gold at the 2017 World Championships in London (when he finished runner-up), Tola finally became the world champion in 2022 when he won the marathon at the Oregon World Championships (2:05:36). It came after he finished third at the 2022 Tokyo Marathon and won the 2021 Amsterdam Marathon in a PB of 2:03:39. Tola has also had success at Abbott World Marathon Majors events, winning the New York City marathon in 2023. His best result in London was third in 2023.  

Born: Lewisham, London - 18 February 1988  

Age on 2025 TCS London Marathon day: 27 years 2 months 0 days 

Marathon best: N/A 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Major accomplishments: Olympics: 2020 – 1st triathlon mixed relay, 2nd triathlon individual; 2024 – 1st triathlon individual, 3rd triathlon relay; World Triathlon Championships: 2021 -3rd, 2022 – 2nd, 2024 – 1st; World Sprint Triathlon Championships: 2022 – 1st individual, 2nd mixed relay, 2023 – 3rd individual; Commonwealth Games: 2022- 1st individual, 1st team relay 

Notes: Alex became a household name in the summer of 2024 when he produced an incredible and unlikely comeback to win a gold medal in the triathlon at the Paris Olympic Games. After trailing New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde for most of the final run section of the triathlon, Yee dug deep into his inner reserves to fight back and he passed his rival in the final minute of the race to secure a memorable gold medal. Yee then added to his tally of Olympic medals with a bronze in the team relay later in the Games. That brought his tally of Olympic medals to four after he won a silver in the individual and gold in the mixed relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021). Yee is a born and raised Londoner who has shown throughout his career that he could compete among the very best in athletics and triathlon. He raced the Mini London Marathon five times in his career (representing Lewisham) in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015, finishing third on two occasions (in 2015 and 2013). He has represented Great Britain on the track and cross-country at major championships. At the 2019 European Cross-Country Championships, he was in the same under-23 men’s team as fellow British marathoners Emile Cairess and Mahamed Mahamed. He is ranked third in the British all-time lists for 5K (13:26). He was a pupil at Stillness Infant School and Stillness Junior School in Honor Oak, South-East London, and Kingsdale Foundation School in West Dulwich. He studied Sport and Exercise Science at Leeds Beckett University and now lives and trains in Loughborough. 

Born: 23 February 1979   

Age on Marathon Day: 46 years 2 months 4 days 

Marathon best: 1:22:09 – Boston 2017  

London Marathon record: 2008 – 9th 1:37:26, 2009 – 8th 1:37:38, 2010 – 12th 2:14:22, 2012 – 15th 1:40:01, 2013 – 21st 1:45:27, 2014 – 13th 1:36:45, 2015 – 29th 1:54:23, 2016 – 11th 1:38:35, 2017 – 5th 1:31:09, 2018 – 17th 1:36:10, 2019 – 21st 1:48:47, 2021 – 16th 1:42:02, 2022 – 19th 1:41:49, 2023 – 18th 1:39:50, 2024 – 13th 1:37:07 

Notes: Botello is the Spanish record holder for the marathon. He injured his spine in a bicycle accident in 2002 and started racing in 2003.    

Born: 9 November 1996  

Age on Marathon Day: 28 years 5 months 18 days 

Marathon best: 1:36:19  

London Marathon record: 2017 – 38th 01:53:43, 2018 – 41st 01:53:19, 2019 – 25th 01:55:10, 2021 – 14th 01:37:18, 2022 – 13th 01:37:09, 2023 – 15th 1:38:43  

Marathons in major championships: Commonwealth 2022 – 2nd 1:45:49  

Notes: Frame came second in his first international marathon in 2022 at the Commonwealth Games. Other notable results include first place finishes in the 2021 Great North Run and Leeds Half Marathon. He started competing in para athletics in 2015.  

Born: 30 March 1974   

Age on Marathon Day: 51 years 0 months 28 days 

Marathon best: 1:21:14 – Boston 2014  

London Marathon record: 2010 – 4th 1:40:59, 2011 – DNF, 2012 – 10th 1:36:00, 2013 – 6th 1:31:31, 2014 – 4th 1:32:43, 2015 – 7th 1:32:22, 2016 – 8th 1:35:37, 2017 – 6th 1:31:09, 2018 – 12th 1:33:32, 2020 – 6th 1:36:11, 2021 – 9th 1:35:56, 2022 – 12th 1:34:22 , 2024 – 19th 1:42:07 

Notes: The 2014 Berlin and 2015 Tokyo Marathon champion, who started the season well by finishing fifth in the first AWMM of the year in Tokyo. ‘Hoki’ injured his spine in a motorcycle accident in March 2000 and began racing in 2002.   

Born: 16 January 1986  

Age on Marathon Day: 39 years 3 months 11 days 

Marathon best: 1:15:33, Boston 2024  

London Marathon record: 2010 – 2nd 1:36:07, 2011 – 11th 1:35:35, 2012 – 2nd 1:32:27, 2013 – 2nd 1:31:29, 2014 – 1st 1:32:41, 2015 – DNF, 2016 – 1st 1:35:19, 2017 – 2nd 1:31:07, 2018 – 2nd 1:31:15, 2019 – 2nd 1:33:42, 2020 – 3rd 1:36:08, 2021 – 1st 1:26:27, 2022 - 1st 1:24:38, 2023 – 1st 1:23:48  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors victories: 1st – Tokyo (2019, 2022, 2023), 1st – Boston (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024), 1st – Berlin (2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021,2022, 2023, 2024) 1st – Chicago (2016, 2022, 2023, 2024), 1st – New York (2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023)  

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics: 2008 – DNF, 2012 – 2nd 1:30:21, 2016 – 1st 1:26:16, 2020 – 1st 1:24:02, 2024 – 1st 1:27:39; Worlds: 2006 – 4th 1:29:57, 2011 – DNF, 2013 – 1st 1:28:44, 2015 – DNF, 2019 – 2nd 1:33:42  

Notes: Reigning London champion and course record holder, Hug is the undisputed number one men’s wheelchair racer in the world. He has won the last four London Marathons, bringing his overall tally of wins in London to six, just two behind the all-time record held by his great rival David Weir. Hug won his third Paralympic marathon in succession last August when he won the Paris Paralympic marathon.  

He was born with spina bifida and grew up on a farm in Pfyn, Thurgau. He started competing aged 10. He is nicknamed the ‘Silver Bullet’ due to his shiny helmet.  

Born: 11 September 1992   

Age on Marathon Day: 32 years 7 months 16 days 

Marathon best: 1:29:25, Boston 2024 

London Marathon record: 2022 – 8th 1:34:16, 2023 – 7th 1:35:15 , 2024 – 16th 1:41:50 

Notes: Lappin is a double Paralympian (2012 and 2016) and three-time Commonwealth Games representative (2014, 2018, 2022) with his best result coming at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games where he won the1500m. He specialises over the shorter distances.  Outside of the sport, he is a keen musician, playing both guitar and drums. 

Born: 7 June 1982  

Age on Marathon Day: 32 years 7 months 30 days 

Marathon best: 1:25:06 – Boston 2017     

London Marathon record: 2011 – 12th 1:43:19, 2013 – 18th 1:40:54, 2014 – 19th 1:39:42, 2015 – 10th 1:34:21, 2016 – 10th 1:37:02, 2017 – 24th 1:36:57, 2018 – 13th 1:33:36, 2019 – 14th 1:39:58, 2021 – 12th 1:36:00, 2022 – 16th 1:37:16, 2023 – 13th 1:35:20, 2024 – 12th 1:37:06 

Marathons in major championships: Commonwealths: 2018 – 3rd 1:31:44  

Notes: Lawson is an experienced British athlete who finished 12th in the London Marathon last year. Lawson’s biggest achievement was winning a bronze medal for the marathon in the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia.  From Cumbria, Lawson is the son of former professional speedway rider Steve Lawson. He grew up riding BMX bikes before following his father and winning a junior British speedway title before a crash in 2001 paraylsed him from the chest down. He made his London Marathon debut 10 years later in 2011. 

Born: 19 January 1980  

Age on Marathon Day: 45 years 3 months 8 days 

Marathon best: 1:22:10 – Boston 2017  

London Marathon record: 2011 – 10th 1:34:41, 2012 – 13th 1:36:56, 2013 – 11th 1:36:34, 2014 – 6th 1:35:05, 2015 – 8th 1:33:22, 2017 – 14th 1:31:12, 2018 – 6th 1:31:24, 2019 – 7th 1:37:32, 2021 – 8th 1:35:55, 2022 – 11th 1:34:17, 2023 – 12th 1:35:19 , 2024 – 18th 1:42:07 

Notes: Madera has been a regular top-10 finisher at the London Marathon, with the highest position of sixth which he achieved in both 2014 and 2018.   

Born: 27 July 1997 

Age on Marathon Day: 27 years 9 months 0 days 

Marathon best: N/A 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Notes: Three-time Paralympian Maguire will be making his marathon debut at the TCS London Marathon. He won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2024 World Para Atheltics Championships in Kobe and has a silver medal from the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in the 4x100m relay. At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, Maguire finished fourth in the 400m and 800m and fifth in the 1,500m. He was born in Salford and lives in Cheshire. 

Born: 3 August 2000  

Age on Marathon Day: 24 years 8 months 24 days 

Marathon best: 1:33:55, Berlin 2024 

London Marathon record: 2024 – 21st 1:52:07 

Notes: Malter made his marathon debut in London last year when he finished 21st and went on to claim his first ever top 10 finish at an Abbott World Marathon Major in Berlin when he was 8th and set a PB of 1:33:55. 

Born: 1 July 1998  

Age on Marathon Day: 26 years 9 months 26 days 

Marathon best: 1:37:09, London 2022 

London Marathon record: 2021 – 23rd 1:45:45, 2022 – 12th 1:37:09, 2024 – 14th 1:41:37 

Notes: McCabe has finished just outside the top 10 in his past two visits to London in 2022 and 2024. He set his marathon PB (1:37:09) at the 2022 edition of the event. 

Born: 14 January 1986  

Age on Marathon Day: 39 years 3 months 13 days 

Marathon best: 1:22:23 – Duluth 2019  

London Marathon record: 2015 – 23rd 1:46:47, 2016 – 15th 1:38:38, 2017 – 19th 1:33:41, 2018 – 19th 1:36:10, 2019 – 13th 1:39:41, 2021 – 11th 1:35:57, 2022 – 9th 1:34:16, 2023 – 11th 1:35:19 , 2024 – 11th 1:37:06 

Notes: Monahan is Ireland’s record holder for the marathon and broke inside the top 10 for the first time in London at the 2022 edition of the marathon, finishing ninth. He was injured in a car accident in 2007 and started racing in 2013 when he placed third in the Dublin Marathon. He has since gone on to win the Dublin Marathon on multiple occasions.  

Born: 11 March 1984  

Age on Marathon Day: 41 years 1 month 16 days 

Marathon best: 1:20:28  

London Marathon record: 2015 – 18th 1:41:48, 2017 – 13th 1:31:11, 2018 – 7th 1:31:25, 2019 – 8th 1:37:34, 2021 – 10th 1:35:56 , 2024 – 20th 1:51:04 

Notes: Nishida recorded a third-place finish in the Tokyo Marathon in 2022 and has competed in the London Marathon six time, finishing in the top 10 on three occasions. He also achieved a fourth-place finish in Berlin in 2019 and won the Osaka Wheelchair Marathon twice (2014 and 2015). 

Born: 10 June 1991   

Age on Marathon Day: 33 years 10 months 17 days 

Marathon best: 1:24:28, Dubai 2023   

London Marathon record: 2022 – 5th 1:30:44, 2023 – 2nd 1:28:44 

Notes: A Dutch Paralympic hero, Plat is a multi-sport specialist who has seven Paralympic gold medals to his name, won over three Paralympic Games (2016 to 2024). He won para-triathlon gold medals in Rio, Tokyo and Paris, para-cycling road gold in 2020 and 2024 and time-trial gold in 2024. He has ventured into marathon racing in recent years with success. He was second on his last visit to London in 2022 and also has podium finishes at the New York City Marathon (2022) and Boston Marathon (2023). Plat was born with two stunted legs and started using a handcycle in 1995 as a way to get to and from school.  

Born: 3 August 2000 

Age on Marathon Day: 24 years 8 months 24 days 

Marathon best: 1:46:51, Sydney 2024 

London Marathon record: N/A 

Notes: Australian Rizzo will be making his TCS London Marathon debut in 2025. He won selection for his first Paralympic Games in Paris 2024 where he competed in the 800, 1,500m and 5,000m. He was born with spina bifida and started wheelchair racing at the age of 12. 

Born: 3 August 1998  

Age on Marathon Day: 26 years 8 months 24 days 

Marathon best: 1:20:37 – Boston 2024 

London Marathon record: 2017 – 26th 1:39:43, 2018 – 3rd 1:31:16, 2019 –1st 1:33:38, 2021 – 2nd 1:29:27, 2022 – 2nd 1:24:40, 2023 – 4th 1:30:18 , 2024 – 2nd 1:29:06 

Abbott World Marathon Majors top results: 1st – Boston (2019, 2022), 1st – Chicago (2018, 2019, 2021), 1st – New York (2019, 2020)  

Marathons in major championships: Worlds: 2019 – 1st 1:33:38; Paralympics 2020 (2021) – 3rd  

Notes: Romanchuk won his second TCS New York Marathon title in 2024 and has been arguably Marcel Hug’s most consistent challenger in recent years. The American, who won the 2019 London Marathon, also has two wins at the Boston Marathon on his CV. Born in Baltimore with spina bifida, he now lives in Urbana where he is part of the Illinois Wheelchair Racing Team. Nicknamed ‘Rocket Man’, he is known for his long, powerful arms – his wingspan measures two metres.   

Born: 20 September 1977 

Age on Marathon Day: 47 years 7 months 7 days 

Marathon best: 1:30:33, Berlin 2024 

London Marathon record: 2024 – 7th 1:35:36 

Notes: Another Dutch multi-sport athlete, Schipper specialises in paratriathlon and won a silver medal in this discipline at the Rio Paralympic Games in 2016 and a bronze at the 2024 Paris Games. He was world champion at paratriathlon in 2023 and the Ironman World Champion in 2018. This is his debut at the TCS London Marathon. 

Born: 19 November 1986 

Age on Marathon Day: 38 years 5 months 8 days 

Marathon best: 1:24:27, Boston 2017 

London Marathon record: 2014 - 11th 1:36:45; 2016 - 5th 1:35:24; 2017 - 11th 1:31:11; 2019 - 17th 1:39:59, 2020 – 9th 1:59:45, 2021 – 15th 1:41:11, 2022 – 17th 1:38:06 

Notes: Senbeta raced for USA at the Rio Paralympics and has a best-placed finish of 5th at the London Marathon (2016).  

Born: 7 October 1989  

Age on Marathon Day: 35 years 6 months 20 days 

Marathon best: 1:26:46  

London Marathon record: 2016 – 24th 1:53:42, 2017 – 27th 1:39:44, 2018 – 25th 1:45:05, 2019 – 22nd 1:51:27, 2023 – 19th 1:29:58, 2024 – 16th 1:42:07 

Notes: The 2024 TCS London Marathon will be the seventh year Sieman has made the trip across the Atlantic to compete in the iconic race, as he aims to finish inside the top 20 for the second consecutive visit.  

Born: 27 November 1989  

Age on Marathon Day: 35 years 5 months 0 days 

Marathon best: 1:20:05 – Duluth 2021  

London Marathon record: 2015 – 20th 1:46:17, 2016 – 18th 1:38:40, 2017 – 17th 1:33:40, 2018 – 11th 1:33:24, 2019 – 11th 1:38:33, 2021 – 6th 1:35:54, 2022 – 10th 1:34:17, 2023 – 14th 1:37:23 , 2024 – 10th 1:37:00 

Marathons in major championships: Commonwealth: 2018 – 2nd 1:31:33, 2022 – 1st 1:41:15  

Notes: Smith won a gold medal in the marathon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, going one better than the silver he won at the 2018 Games on the Gold Coast, Australia.  He has finished on the podium at an Abbot World Marathon Major event on three occasions, with second place finishes in New York in 2018 and Boston in 2022, plus a third-place finish in Berlin in 2018. He made his first Paralympic team for the Tokyo Games in 2021, becoming the first Romany Gypsy to do so.  

Born: 14 June 1994  

Age on Marathon Day: 30 years 10 months 13 days 

Marathon best: 1:18:37 – Oita 2021  

London Marathon record: 2017 – 16th 1:31:12, 2018 – 8th 1:31:25, 2019 – 3rd 1:33:51, 2022 – 4th 1:30:41, 2023 – 3rd 1:30:00, 2024 – 4th 1:30:42 

Notes: Suzuki was the bronze medallist in the marathon at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. He won the Tokyo Marathon in 2024 and has not finished outside the top five in his last four visits to London. He injured his spine in a car accident when eight months old and took up para-athletics at school.  

Born: 23 November 1991   

Age on Marathon Day: 33 years 5 months 4 days 

Marathon best: 1:28:01 – Tokyo 2017  

London Marathon record: 2020 – 4th 1:36:08, 2021 – 7th 1:35:55, 2022 – 7th 1:34:16, 2023 – 6th 1:35:03 , 2024 – 5th 1:35:33 

Notes: The winner of the 2017 Tokyo Marathon, Watanabe has a best-placed finish of fourth at the London Marathon, which he achieved at the 2020 elite-only race around St James’s Park. He was fifth at last year’s London Marathon. 

Born: 5 June 1979  

Age on Marathon Day: 45 years 10 months 22 days 

Marathon best: 1:22:12, Boston 2024 

 London Marathon record: 2000 – 4th 1:47:11, 2001 – 3rd 1:50:55, 2002 – 1st 1:39:44, 2003 – 2nd 1:34:48, 2004 – 2nd 1:36:56, 2005 – 3rd 1:36:03, 2006 – 1st 1:29:48, 2007 – 1st 1:30:49, 2008 – 1st 1:33:36, 2009 – 2nd 1:28:57, 2010 – 3rd 1:37:01, 2011 – 1st 1:30:05, 2012 – 1st 1:32:26, 2013 – 5th 1:31:31, 2014 – 2nd 1:32:42, 2015 – 2nd 1:31:32, 2016 – 3rd 1:35:21, 2017 – 1st 1:31:06, 2018 – 1st 1:31:15, 2019 – 5th 1:37:32, 2020 – 2nd 1:36:06, 2021 – 3rd 1:31:33, 2022 – 3rd 1:30:41, 2023 – 5th 1:32:45  

Other Abbott World Marathon Majors top victories: 1st – Berlin (2015), 1st New York (2010)  

Marathons in major championships: Paralympics: 2012 – 1st 1:30:20, 2016 – DNF, 2024 – 5th 1:33:27; Worlds: 2020 (2021) – 5th 1:29:45, 2006 – DNF, 2011 – DNS, 2015 – 2nd 1:31:32, 2019 – 5th 1:37:32  

Notes: Weir is the most successful elite athlete in the history of the London Marathon with an incredible eight victories. Incredibly, 2025 will also be his 26th consecutive London Marathon since his debut in 2000. He won the Mini London Marathon seven times as a junior and is still the only male athlete, wheelchair or able-bodied, to win both mini and senior events. He is a six-time Paralympic gold medallist, having won two at the Beijing 2008 Games and four at London 2012 when he was nicknamed ‘Weirwolf’. After competing in the Paris Paralympics in the summer of 2024, Weir announced his retirement from competing in international competitions for Great Britain but says he plans to keep racing on the road. He is coached by Jenny Archer and together they run the Weir Archer Academy in Surrey. He was born with a severed spinal cord and started racing aged eight.