Bernard Kiprop Kipyego (born 16 July 1986 inKeiyo District) is a Kenyanlong-distance runner who competes in themarathon. His personal best for the event is 2:06:22 hours. He has reached the podium at theAmsterdam Marathon,Chicago Marathon,Boston Marathon,Paris Marathon andTokyo Marathon.

He was the bronze medallist at the2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and took the silver medal at the2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

Kipyego's first international highlight came as a junior at the2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he took thesilver medal in the junior race to form a Kenyan sweep of the medals, alongsideAugustine Choge andBarnabas Kosgei.^[1] At the2007 World Cross Country Championships he won thebronze medal in the senior race, while the Kenyan team of which he was a part won the team competition. In2008 he finished tenth individually, and won another teamgold medal. He also competed at the2008 IAAF World Athletics Final that year, taking eighth place in the5000 metres on thetrack.^[2]

Kipyego won the 10-mileGreat South Run competition, taking the title with a time of 46:42. He won the 2009Berlin Half Marathon by timing 59:34, and was third at theWorld 10K Bangalore that year.^[3] It was his debuthalf marathon.^[4] He competed at the2009 World Championships, finishing 5th in the10,000 metres race. He won thesilver medal at the2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Kipyego made hismarathon debut in 2010 at theRotterdam Marathon and finished fifth in a time of 2:07:01.^[5] He was runner-up at theLille Half Marathon in September, losing out on the title toWilson Kiprop by one second.^[6] This served as his preparation for the2010 Berlin Marathon, where he ran a time of 2:08:50 for sixth place^[7]

His first outing of 2011 came at theRAK Half Marathon and he took second place with a sub-hour clocking of 59:45 minutes.^[8] He approached his best time at the 2011Paris Marathon, where he was the runner-up behindBenjamin Kiptoo.^[9] He was among the fastest entrants at the2011 Chicago Marathon and ran a personal best of 2:06:29 hours to take third place in a Kenyan podium sweep alongsideMoses Mosop andWesley Korir.^[10]

He returned to the RAK Half Marathon in 2012 but only managed fourth place on that occasion.^[11] Warm weather at the2012 Boston Marathon led to a tactical race where Kipyego moved up the field in the final stages to claim third place.^[12] Competing in Illinois for a second year running, he failed to make the podium at the2012 Chicago Marathon, placing sixth, although his finishing time of 2:06:40 was still fast.^[13]

He was third behind his namesakeMichael Kipyego at the2013 Tokyo Marathon.^[14] He entered the marathon at the2013 World Championships in Athletics but managed only twelfth place with a time of 2:14:01 hours. He ran much faster at theBeijing Marathon in October, finishing as runner-up toTadese Tola with a time of 2:07:19 hours.^[15]

He won his first major marathon in Amsterdam in 2014 with a personal best time of 2:06:22 hours.

He has four children with his wife Esily.^[16]

• 3000 metres - 7:50.57 min (2006)
• 5000 metres - 13:09.96 min (2005)
• 10,000 metres - 26:59.61 min (2007)
• Half marathon - 59.10 min (2009)
• Marathon - 2:06:19 (2015)

• Bernard Kipyego atWorld Athletics

• 1986 births
• Living people
• Athletes from Elgeyo-Marakwet County
• Kenyan men long-distance runners
• Kenyan men marathon runners
• Kenyan men cross country runners
• 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen

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