{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Short description|Kenyan long-distance runner (1971–2024)}}{{Infobox athlete | national_team = Kenya | birth_date = {{birth date|1971|04|20|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|4|1971|04|20|df=y}} | death_place = Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County | sport = Athletics | event = Marathon | pb = 2:08:31 – 1991 Berlin Marathon }}

'''Samson Kandie''' (20 April 1971 – 4 October 2024) was a Kenyan long-distance runner, who won the 2004 edition of the Vienna Marathon, breaking the course record.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2022 |title=21st Vienna City Marathon: Samson Kandie breaks course record, Rosaria Console surprises |url=https://skating.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/news-center/news-archive/detail/21st-vienna-city-marathon-samson-kandie-breaks-course-record-rosaria-console-surprises/ |access-date=21 October 2024 |website=BMW BERLIN-MARATHON Inlineskating |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kandie breaks course record as Console surprises in Vienna Marathon - UPDATED REPORT {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/kandie-breaks-course-record-as-console-surpri |access-date=21 October 2024 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> He set his personal best (2:08:31) in the classic distance on 26 September 1999, at the Berlin Marathon, where he finished third.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Athletics Podium |url=https://athleticspodium.com/champs/berlin-marathon/1999-berlin-marathon |access-date=21 October 2024 |website=Athletics Podium |language=en}}</ref> Kandie also came third in the Berlin marathon in 1998.

thumb|Samson Kandie (2nd from right) at the medal ceremony of the Vienna City Marathon 2004

He also took part in the marathon race at the 2001 World Championships, but did not finish the race.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sports |first=Pulse |date=5 October 2024 |title=Samson Kandie's daughter narrates how retired Kenyan marathoner was brutally killed in Eldoret attack |url=https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/athletics/story/samson-kandies-daughter-narrates-how-retired-kenyan-marathoner-was-brutally-killed-in-eldoret-attack-2024100419513255533 |access-date=21 October 2024 |website=Pulse Sports Kenya |language=en}}</ref>

Kandie died on 4 October 2024 after being attacked and beaten at his home. He was 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/former-marathoner-samson-kandie-dies-in-eldoret-after-attack-4786646#story|title=Former marathoner Samson Kandie's final hours after Eldoret attack by unknown assailants|website=Nation Africa|date=5 October 2024|access-date=6 October 2024|last=Rotich|first=Bernard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Retired athlete Samson Kandie hacked to death in Eldoret |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2024-10-05-retired-athlete-samson-kandie-hacked-to-death-in-eldoret |access-date=21 October 2024 |website=The Star |language=en}}</ref>

==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}} |- |1998 |Berlin Marathon |Berlin, Germany |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Marathon |2:09:11 |- |1999 |Berlin Marathon |Berlin, Germany |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Marathon |2:08:31 |- |2001 |World Championships |Edmonton, Canada |&mdash; |Marathon |DNF |- |2002 |Hokkaido Marathon |Sapporo, Japan |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:15:12 |- |2004 |Vienna Marathon |Vienna, Austria |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Marathon |2:08:35 |}

== See also ==

* Benjamin Kiplagat, Kenyan-born, Ugandan long distance runner also killed by unknown assailants in Eldoret.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{World Athletics}} *[http://marathoninfo.free.fr/athletes/kenya/kandie_samson.htm Marathoninfo profile]

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