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Milton Rotich (also known as Milton Kiplagat Rotich; born March 29, 1986) is a long-distance runner and winner of multiple marathons.

Running Career
Milton Rotich is best known for his consecutive wins at Duluth, Minnesota in which Rotich won the 45th marathon of Grandma's Marathon and a month later won the 50th Park Point 5-Miler in 2021. In July of 2021, Rotich was the first male runner to cross the finish line for the Grandma's Marathon with the time of 02:13:04. A month later, in August of 2021, Rotich was the first runner to cross the finish line for the Park Point 5-Miler with the time of 00:25:20. Prior to these two victories, Rotich had participated in the Grandma's Marathon, taking 6th place in 2017 with the time of 02:16:16. While in 2018 Rotich placed in 5th place in the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon. In 2021, Rotich also participated in other Marathons, one being the California International Marathon coming out in 4th place with the time of 02:13:16. In 2019, Rotich placed in 4th place with the time of 2:13:24 at the 2019 Los Angeles Marathon. Rotich came close to another first place win back in 2019 at the Philadelphia Marathon where he earned the title of 'Runner Up' with the time of 02:18:47.

More
He won the 2011 Run to the Beat half marathon in London in 1:01:20. He was second at the 2012 Göteborgsvarvet. He won the 2013 Casablanca Marathon. He was a DNF for the 2014 London Marathon. He won the 2014 Algiers Marathon. He was second at the 2014 Athens Marathon. He was in the top 10 at the 2014 Ottowa Race Weekend Marathon. He was top 10 in the 2016 Gold Coast Marathon. In 2017 he dueled with Hamza Sahli in a second-place finish (2:07:57) at the Vert d'Agadir International Marathon in Morocco, beating out hometown favorite Anis Selmouni. Unfortunately, the course was short.

He was third at the 2018 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon. He was fourth at the 2019 Los Angeles Marathon. He was second at the 2019 Philadelphia Marathon. He won the 2021 Grandma's Marathon. He was fourth at the 2021 CIM.

Casablanca
In late October 2013, Rotich was in Morocco for the Casablanca Marathon. While some felt he was in good shape, most people thought the winner would be one of his competitors: Kenyan John Kelai, who won the Commonwealth Games Marathon; Abdelkrim Boubker, who won the Athens Marathon, and Sintayehu Legese (who would later win the Lagos Marathon).

=== Personal Best Performances (Via. World Athletics) ===