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Kipruto Kirwa
Kipruto is a surname of Kenyan origin meaning "one who likes travelling" or "one who was born on a travel/journey." Notable people with the name include: *Amos Kipruto (born 1992), Kenyan long-distance runner *Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (born 1989), Kenyan middle-distance runner and 2008 Olympic champion *Ben Chebet Kipruto (born 1982), Kenyan marathon runner based in Italy *Benson Kipruto (born 1991), Kenyan long-distance runner *Brimin Kipruto (born 1985), Kenyan steeplechase athlete and 2008 Olympic champion * *Conseslus Kipruto (born 1994), Kenyan steeplechase runner, 2012 World youth champion *Gilbert Kipruto Kirwa (born 1985), Kenyan runner and winner of the 2009 Vienna and Frankfurt marathons *Mike Kipruto Kigen (born 1986), Kenyan long-distance track runner *Silas Kipruto (born 1984), Kenyan 5000 metres and half marathon runner *Vincent Kipruto (born 1987), Kenyan marathon runner See also * Kalenjin name * Ruto, a Kalenjin surname of Kenya {{surname Surnames of Kenyan origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Kipruto
Amos Kipruto (born 16 September 1992) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. Kipruto took victory at the 2022 London Marathon. Career In 2016, he won the Rome Marathon, and then the Seoul Marathon a year later. In 2018, Kipruto earned two medals at the World Marathon Majors, finishing third in Tokyo with a time of 2:06:33 and second in Berlin with 2:06:23. He claimed the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. Kipruto represented Kenya at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He came second at the postponed 2021 Tokyo Marathon in March 2022 in a personal best of 2:03:13, behind only Eliud Kipchoge, who ran 2:02:40. Kipruto secured the biggest win of his career up to that point by winning the 2022 London Marathon held in October with a time of 2:04:39. Achievements International competitions Personal bests * 10 kilometres – 28: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asbel Kipruto Kiprop
Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (born 30 June 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, who specialises in the 1500 metres. He was awarded the 1500 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics after the original winner, Rashid Ramzi, tested positive for doping.Olympic champ's dope test confirmed ''The Times'' (South Africa). 7 July 2009 Kiprop has won three titles in the event, in , |
Ben Chebet Kipruto
Ben Chebet Kipruto (born 22 February 1982) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes professionally in marathon races. He is coached by Italian trainer Claudio Berardelli. He has a personal best time of 2:09:26 hours for the marathon distance and has won a number races in Europe, including the Italian Marathon, Florence Marathon and Maratona di Sant'Antonio in Padua. Biography Kipruto began to establish himself on the European circuit as he won the 2004 Cross der Vlaanderen and then won at the 2005 Tirol Speed Marathon in Innsbruck in a time of 2:12:04 hours. He was the runner-up at the Shanghai Marathon later that year.Chebet Kipruto Ben Marathon Info. Retrieved 23 April 2011. He won the Maratona d'Europa in |
Benson Kipruto
Benson Kipruto (born 17 March 1991) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the 125th Boston Marathon in 2021 (2:09:51) and the 2022 Chicago Marathon in a personal best of 2:04:24. Kipruto finished third at both the 2022 and 2023 Boston Marathon with times of 2:07:27 and 2:06:06 respectively. In 2023, he finished second in the 2023 Chicago Marathon, with a personal best time of 2:04:02, 3 minutes behind compatriot Kelvin Kiptum who broke the Marathon world record. He won the 2018 Toronto Waterfront Marathon (2:07:24) and the 2021 Prague Marathon (2:10:16). Personal bests * Half marathon – 1:00:06 (Prague 2020) * Marathon – 2:04:02 (Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ... 2023) References External linksBenson KIPRUTO , Profile , World Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brimin Kipruto
Brimin Kipruto (born 31 July 1985) is a Kenyan professional middle distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was born in Korkitony, Keiyo District. He holds a personal best of 7:53.64 minutes which is the second fastest time ever run, and the African Record. His personal best is only 0.01 of a second behind the world record of former county mate Saif Saaeed Shaheen, who switched national affiliation to Qatar after growing up as Stephen Cherono in the Keiyo District. He won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics at the age of nineteen and improved to win the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics four years later. A World Championships bronze medallist in 2005, he took his first global title in the steeplechase with a win at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Career At the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Debrecen, Hungary he finished second in steeplechase. He graduated from Kipsoen Secondary School in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conseslus Kipruto
Conseslus Kipruto (born 8 December 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was the 2016 Rio Olympic champion in the event. At the World Athletics Championships, Kipruto won gold medals in 2017 and 2019, silver medals in 2013 and 2015, and a bronze in 2022. In 2018, he captured gold medals at the African Championships and Commonwealth Games. He is a four-time Diamond League winner. Kipruto was the 2011 World Youth champion in the 2000 m steeplechase, and won 2012 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 the Birmingham Diamond League event in 2016. Career Kipruto quickly rose through the younger categories of the sport, beginning from 2010. He won the Kenyan youth trials in the 2000 m steeplechase with a world-leading mark of 5:29.3 minutes. At the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Kipruto Kirwa
Gilbert Kipruto Kirwa (born 20 December 1985) is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in long-distance running and the marathon. His personal best for the marathon is 2:06:14 hours and has won races in Vienna and Frankfurt. Career A Nandi from Nandi Hills, Kenya, Kirwa had no background in running when a friend, the Ugandan professional runner Nicholas Kiprono, asked him to begin training with him in 2005. Based on what he had seen in training, Jason Mbote asked if Kirwa would be a pacemaker for him at the 2008 Seoul International Marathon in South Korea. This was the first time Kirwa had left Kenya, and his first ever international competition, but he set a strong pace up to the 33 kilometre mark and athletics agent Gerard van de Veen signed him on the strength of the run. He made his competitive debut in 2009, to much success: he won the Vienna Marathon with a time of 2:08:21, in what was he first ever attempt at the distance. He won the Hamburg Half Marathon in June with a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Kipruto Kigen
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Silas Kipruto
Silas Kipruto Semetei (born 26 September 1984) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon and 10K run events, with personal bests of 59:39 minutes and 27:28 minutes respectively. He finished seventh at the 2008 World Athletics Final and eighth at the 2009 World Athletics Final, and also fifth in the 3000 metres at the 2009 World Athletics Final. His personal best times are 7:32.25 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in September 2009 in Rieti; 13:02.86 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Berlin; and 27:26.31 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Hengelo. Kipruto took second place at the 2010 Stramilano Half Marathon, running a sub-60 minute time of 59:39 to finish just behind Moses Mosop. He again broke the 60-minute mark later that year, finishing third at the Lille Half Marathon in 59:52. He was fourth at the Delhi Half Marathon in November, although he was some way off Geoffrey Mutai who won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Kipruto
Vincent Kipruto Limo (born 13 September 1987) is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He made his debut in the event in 2008 and won the Paris Marathon a year later. He then placed top three at the Chicago Marathon and the Rotterdam Marathon (where he ran a personal best of 2:05:13 hours). In his first international appearance he won the silver medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. He won the 2013 Lake Biwa Marathon and Frankfurt Marathon. Career Born in the south of Kenya's Keiyo District, Kipruto was the eldest child in his family. His family had their own cattle and he often ran uphill to bring them water. He was inspired by the achievements of William Kiplagat, a marathon runner who lived locally, and Kipruto began representing his school in the 10,000 metres. He was academically focused as a child and even though he began to train with Colm O' Connell's group, he did not take up running full-time until he had finished his KCSE exa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalenjin Name
Kalenjin names (sing. kainet, pl. old Kalenjin - kainok pl. modern Kalenjin - kainaik) are primarily used by the Kalenjin people of Kenya and Kalenjin language-speaking communities such as Murle in Ethiopia, Sebei of Uganda, Datooga, Akie and Aramanik of Tanzania. The Kalenjin traditionally had two primary names for the individual though in contemporary times a Christian or Arabic name is also given at birth such that most Kalenjin today have three names with the patronym Arap in some cases being acquired later in life e.g Alfred Kirwa Yego and Daniel Toroitch arap Moi. Given name An individual is given a personal name at birth and this is determined by the circumstance of their birth. For most Kalenjin speaking communities, masculine names are often prefixed with Kip- or Ki- though there are exceptions to the rule e.g Cheruiyot, Chepkwony, Chelanga etc. Feminine names in turn are often prefixed with Chep- or Che- though among the Tugen and Keiyo, the prefix Kip- may in some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruto
Ruto, or Rutto, is a surname of Kenyan origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Christopher Ruto, Anglican bishop in Kenya *Cyrus Rutto (born 1992), Kenyan long distance runner * David Ruto (born 1980), Keyan long distance runner * Emily Ruto (1989–2014), Kenyan cricketer *Evans Rutto (born 1979), Kenyan marathon runner and two-time winner of the Chicago Marathon *Isaac Ruto, Kenyan politician for the United Republican Party *Paul Ruto (born 1960), Kenyan middle-distance runner and 1993 world champion *Rachel Ruto (born 1968), Kenyan educator, first lady of Kenya *Ronald Kipchumba Rutto (born 1987), Kenyan steeplechase and marathon runner * *William Ruto (born 1967), Kenyan politician, President of Kenya since 2022 See also * Kalenjin name Kalenjin names (sing. kainet, pl. old Kalenjin - kainok pl. modern Kalenjin - kainaik) are primarily used by the Kalenjin people of Kenya and Kalenjin language-speaking communities such as Murle in Ethiopia, Sebei of Uganda, Datoog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
