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Kipsang
Kipsang is a masculine given name among the Kalenjin people in Kenya. It means "born outside the house". Kalenjin naming customs and methods are mainly aligned to the events, scenarios or the environment at the time a person was born. A baby born outside the house would be named Kipsang if they were a male and Chesang if they were a female. *Emmanuel Kipsang (born 1991), Kenyan long-distance track runner *Geoffrey Kipsang (born 1992), Kenyan cross country and half marathon runner *Hillary Kipsang Yego (born 1992), Kenyan steeplechase runner *James Kipsang Kwambai (born 1983), Kenyan marathon runner *John Korir Kipsang (born 1975), Kenyan road runner *Salim Kipsang (born 1979), Kenyan marathon runner *William Kipsang (born 1977), Kenyan marathon runner *Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (born 1982), Kenyan marathon runner * Abel Kipsang Abel Kipsang Bele (born 22 November 1996) is a Kenya, Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He placed fourth in the event at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (born 15 March 1982) is a Kenyan professional athlete who specialises in long-distance running, competing in events ranging from 10 km to the marathon. He was the bronze medallist in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the former world record holder in the marathon with a time of 2:03:23, which he set at the 2013 Berlin Marathon. He has run under 2 hours 4 minutes for the marathon on four occasions. Kipsang is a double winner of the Frankfurt Marathon (2010 and 2011) and has also won the London Marathon twice (2012 and 2014), New York Marathon (2014), and Tokyo Marathon (2017). His best time over the half marathon distance is 58:59. Career A native of Keiyo District in Kenya, Kipsang began competitive running for Kenya Police, and finished second in the 10 kilometre Tegla Loroupe Peace Race. He became a professional international athlete in 2007 and that year he took second place at the Tilburg Ten Miles, recording a time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Kipsang
Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor (born 22 November 1992) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in cross country, marathon, and half marathon races. He was the 2011 World Junior Cross Country Champion. Kamworor won the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships three times in a row from 2014 to 2018. In the IAAF World Cross Country Championships he won in 2015 and 2017. He won his first World Marathon Major at the 2017 New York City Marathon. Kamworor again won the New York City Marathon in 2019. He is the former half marathon world record holder, having won the Copenhagen Half Marathon with a time of 58:01, on Sunday, 15 September 2019. His record stood until December 2020 when it was bested by Kibiwott Kandie at the 2020 Valencia Half Marathon. Career Geoffrey was raised in the village of Chepkorio in Kenya's Rift Valley Province, he first competed abroad in 2010, when he travelled to Finland and set track bests of 3:48.15 minutes for the 1500 metres and 7:54.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Kipsang
Abel Kipsang Bele (born 22 November 1996) is a Kenya, Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He placed fourth in the event at the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Kipsang won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. Career Abel Kipsang gained his first experience at international championships at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, where he finished fourth over the 800 metres in a time of Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Men's 800 metres, 1:45.43 minutes. He set a personal best in the 1500 metres of 3:32.6 in Marseille on 9 June 2021, before finishing third on 19 June at the Kenyan Olympic trials to secure his place at the delayed Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics. His mark from Marseille placed him in the top 10 worldwide. At the Tokyo Games on 5 August, Kipsang set a new List of Olympic records in athletics, Olympic record in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Kipsang
William Rop Kipsang (born 26 June 1977) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He has won marathons in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Beirut and Seoul. His personal best for the event is 2:05:49 hours. His best performance was on 13 April 2008, winning the Rotterdam Marathon with a new course record and PR of 2:05:49. On 15 April 2007 he was placed third in this race, running in difficult circumstances due to the warm weather. He has previously won the Amsterdam Marathon (2003), the Egmond Half Marathon (2004) and the Dam tot Damloop 10 mile race (2005). In 2006 he earned seventh place in the New York City Marathon. Kipsang did not compete in the marathon for two years between 2008 and 2010, and his comeback at the Seoul International Marathon was a slow 2:24:11 run for 33rd place – a time only two seconds quicker than the women's winner that year. He struggled to return to his previous form, but did manage to improve upon his Seoul outing the following year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salim Kipsang
Salim Kipsang (born 22 December 1979) is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres and marathon. Life Kipsang was born in 1979. Both he and his brother are runners. His brother Henry is married to the road runner Diana Sigei Chepkemoi.Diana Sigei Chepkemoi baa.rg, Retrieved 3 February 2016 Kipsang won a silver medal over 10,000 m at the in Annecy. Moving on to |
Emmanuel Kipsang
Emmanuel Kiprono Kipsang (born 13 June 1991) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in distances from 3000 metres up to the half marathon. He was the 2013 Kenyan champion in the 10,000 m. Kipsang began competing professionally around 2012 and highlights of his 2013 season included third-place finishes at the Kenyan Athletics Championships and the Giro di Castelbuono 10K race,Emmanuel Kipsang Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2015-08-02. and a win at the Corribianco. He missed the 2014 season.Emmanuel Kiprono Kipsang [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Kipsang Kwambai
James Kipsang Kwambai (born February 28, 1983) is a runner from Kenya, who specialises in marathons. He is a former Kenyan record holder in the event, with his personal best of 2:04:27 hours in 2009. At the time this made him the second fastest runner ever, behind Haile Gebrselassie. Biography Kwambai went to the Kondabilet Primary School in Marakwet East District, but dropped out at standard seven. He won the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale in 2002, breaking the course record by over a minute.Historique Il était une fois … . Marseille-Cassis. Retrieved on 24 April 2016. In 2006 Kwambai won the Brescia Marathon and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Korir Kipsang
John Korir (also ''John Kipsang Korir;'' born December 15, 1975) is a Kenyan athlete who specializes in road running. John Korir was born in 1975 in Mulot village, Bomet District. He represents Kipsigis people, a Kalenjin sub-tribe. He is not to be confused with John Cheruiyot Korir, a runner born in 1981 who has represented Kenya at the Olympics and various other championships. The two have competed against each other a couple of times. At the 2002 Lisbon Half Marathon, the older Korir was better, while John Cheruiyot Korir beat his namesake at a cross country event in Kenya in 2003. At the 2005 Cherry Blossom 10-Mile Run, John Cheruiyot Korir was fifth in an event won by his older namesake. He trains with Kimbia Athletics and is coached by Dieter Hogen. Achievements Korir has won several road races, including: *Los Angeles Marathon (2021) *Peachtree Road Race (2001) *Cherry Blossom 10-Mile Run (2003, 2005) *World's Best 10K (2004, 2005) * Bix 7 (1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillary Kipsang Yego
Hillary Kipsang Yego (born 2 April 1992) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the steeplechase. He has a personal best of 8:03.57 minutes for the event. He was the gold medallist at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics. Career He began training alongside Edwin Soi and made his breakthrough in the 2009 season. After finishing second to Peter Lagat in the 2000 metres steeplechase at the national youth trials he was chosen for the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics. There he beat his Kenyan rival in the final stretch of the race, winning the gold medal in a time of 5:25.33 minutes in spite of his poor hurdling technique. Yego attempted to gain qualification for the senior event at the Kenyan World trials 3000 metres steeplechase race, but finished in ninth place. A third-place finish at the national junior trials the following year meant he missed a berth for the steeplechase at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalenjin People
The Kalenjin are a group of tribes designated as Highland Nilotes and are descended from Maliri people ''(thus related to Daasanach of Ethiopia.)'' The Kalenjin are cousins with Datooga people of Tanzania and Malawi. In contrast, their designation groups them with other Nilotes including Maasai, Luo, Turkana and Nuer, Dinka among others. They are indigenous to East Africa, residing mainly in what was formerly the Rift Valley Province in Kenya and Eastern slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda. Upon their arrival in the forest region of Mau, the Kalenjin assimilated the aboriginal hunter-gatherer people known as Okiek. They number 6,358,113 individuals as per the Kenyan 2019 census and an estimated 300,000 in Uganda mainly in Kapchorwa, Kween and Bukwo districts. They have been divided into 11 culturally and linguistically related tribes: Kipsigis (1.9 million), Nandi (937,000), Sebei (350, 000) Keiyo (251, 000), Marakwet (119, 000), Sabaot (296,000), Pokots (778, 000), Tuge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya
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Chesang
Chesang is a surname of Kenyan origin that may refer to: * Reuben Chesang (born 1962), Kenyan middle-distance runner * Peter Chesang (born 1990), Kenyan half marathon runner and winner at the 2008 Nairobi Marathon * Stella Chesang (born 1996), Ugandan long-distance runner and winner at the 2015 World Mountain Running Championships {{surname Kalenjin names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
