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Conseslus Kipruto

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Kenyan middle-distance runner
Not to be confused withVincent Kipruto.

Conseslus Kipruto
Kipruto at the2016 Rio Olympics
Personal information
Born (1994-12-08)8 December 1994 (age 30)
Eldoret, Kenya
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryKenya
SportAthletics
Event
3000 m steeplechase

Conseslus Kipruto (born 8 December 1994) is a Kenyanmiddle-distance runner who specializes in the3000 metres steeplechase. He was the2016 Rio Olympic champion in the event. At theWorld Athletics Championships, Kipruto won gold medals in2017 and2019, silver medals in2013 and2015, and a bronze in2022. In 2018, he captured gold medals at theAfrican Championships andCommonwealth Games. He is a four-timeDiamond League winner.

Kipruto was the2011 World Youth champion in the2000 m steeplechase, and won the2012 World Junior title over the longer distance. He ranks second on the all-time junior lists with a time of 8:01.16 minutes. He set his personal best of 8:00.12 at theBirminghamDiamond League event in 2016.

Career

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Kipruto quickly rose through the younger categories of the sport, beginning from 2010. He won the Kenyan youth trials in the2000 m steeplechase with a world-leading mark of 5:29.3 minutes.[1] At the2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics he and teammate Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui ran away from the pack from the very start. Kipruto edged out his compatriot with a time of 5:28.65 minutes to take the gold medal and move up to seventh on the all-time youth rankings.[2] He debuted in the3000 m steeplechase in Europe later that year, running 8:27.30 minutes to win at the StadionfestKönigs Wusterhausen.[3]

Kipruto preparing to race in 2012

At the start of 2012 he entered two high-profilecross country races, winning theLotto Cross Cup de Hannut and placing second at theCross de San Sebastián.[4] He moved up to the 3000 m distance in the steeplechase and placed second at the Kawasaki Super Meet in Japan before running 8:08.92 minutes for fifth in hisIAAF Diamond League debut inDoha.[3] He beat Kirui to the Kenyan junior title[5] and his teammate helped pace him at the2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where Kipruto won Kenya's 13th straight title in the event and ranked fourth on the all-time junior lists with a run of 8:06.10 minutes (also a championship record).[6][7] He had his first big senior win soon after, beatingPaul Kipsiele Koech at theHerculis2012 Diamond League meet in a personal best of 8:03.49 minutes.[8] He ranked sixth in the world that year.[9] He also was runner-up at theMemorial van Damme and had a3000 metres flat best of 7:44.09 minutes at theRieti Meeting.[3]

Kipruto made his first Kenyan cross country team in 2013. After a win at theCross Internacional Juan Muguerza and third position at theCross Internacional de Itálica in Spain,[10][11] he only just made the junior team at the Kenyan trials, placing sixth.[12] He performed one place better at the2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, helping Kenya to the junior team silver medal.[13] Heading into the track season, he opened with a meet record of 8:01.16 minutes at theShanghai Golden Grand Prix, winning the first leg of the2013 IAAF Diamond League steeplechase.[14] This ranked him second on the all-time junior lists behindStephen Cherono.

Achievements

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International competitions

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Representing Kenya
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2011World Youth ChampionshipsLille, France1st2000 m st.5:28.65
2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain1st3000 m st.8:06.10
2013World Cross Country ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5thJunior race21:40
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia2nd3000 m st.8:06.37
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China2nd3000 m st.8:12.38
2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil1st3000 m st.8:03.28OR
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom1st3000 m st.8:14.12
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia1st3000 m st.8:10.08
African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria1st3000 m st.8:26.37
2019African GamesRabat, Morocco–3000 m st.DNF
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar1st3000 m st.8:01.35
2022World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States3rd3000 m st.8:27.92

Circuit wins and titles

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3000 metres steeplechase wins, other events specified in parentheses

Personal bests

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References

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  1. ^Mutuota, Mutwiri (8 June 2011).Chepkoech hoping to follow in sister Cherono's footsteps while Kiptum dazzles with 1:45.8 run – Kenyan World Youth Champs trials. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  2. ^Ramsak, Bob (8 July 2011).Boys' 2000m Steeplechase Final – Kipruto and Kirui take 1–2 for Kenya. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  3. ^abcConseslus Kipruto. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  4. ^Hannut and Elgoibar the penultimate European Athletics Cross Country Permit Races.European Athletics (23 January 2012). Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  5. ^Mutuota, Mutwiri (9 June 2012).Champs to lead Kenyan World Juniors charge. Capital FM. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  6. ^Minshull, Phil (15 July 2012).Kenya's Kipruto and Kipyegon urge and inspire each other onto success. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  7. ^Valiente, Emeterio (15 July 2012).Barcelona 2012 – Event Report – Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  8. ^Kenyans, Nigerian queen excel in Monaco Diamond League athletics meet. PanaPress (21 July 2012). Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  9. ^2012 Men's Steeplechase Top Lists. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  10. ^Valiente, Emeterio (20 January 2013).Birech outsprints Bett, Cherono cruises to victory at Italica meeting. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  11. ^Gonzàlvez-Amat, Xavier (13 January 2013).Kipruto y Burka ganan en Elgoibar(in Spanish).Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  12. ^Mutuota, Mutwiri (16 February 2013).Rono and Muriuki win Kenyan World Cross Trials in Nairobi. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  13. ^2013 World Cross Country Championships – Men's Junior TeamArchived 9 November 2013 at theWayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  14. ^Johnson, Len (18 May 2013).World leads in nine events, four meeting records in Shanghai – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.

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