Paul Koech is a Kenyan distance and marathon

Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

 runner. He participated at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

The IAAF World Half Marathon Championships is an annual half marathon competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was contested from 1992 to 2005, and replaced by the IAAF World Road Running Championships, a 20 kilometres race which had its inaugural...

 in 1998 and finished first place. He was also a regular competitor in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships

IAAF World Cross Country Championships

IAAF World Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Held annually and organised by International Association of Athletics Federations , it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the International Cross Country Championships...

 with several top-5 positions.

He won the Parelloop

Parelloop

Parelloop is an annual 10 kilometres road running competition usually held in late March or early April in Brunssum, the Netherlands. The inaugural edition was held in 1989....

 10K in race in the Netherlands in 1999.

Paul Koech is an uncle to Sally Barsosio

Sally Barsosio

Sally Barsosio is a Kenyan distance runner. , Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Athletics...

. He now lives in Burnt Forest, Uasin Gishu District, Kenya. He married to Zipporah with three children (as of 2006).