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Career

He won his first international medal at the

2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the eighth edition of the biennial international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes. The five-day competition took place between 10 and 14 July at the RSC Olimpiyskiy stadium in ...

, taking the 800 m gold medal. He completed the first lap in a time of 48.63 seconds – faster than the first lap of

David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic champion from the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, a two-time World champion from t ...

800 metres world record The following table shows the world record progression in the men's and women's 800 metres, officially ratified by the IAAF. Men The first world record in the men's 800 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federatio ...

. He was chosen to run the 4×800 metres relay at the first ever IAAF World Relays in 2014 and running the anchor leg on the Kenyan team with

Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (born 30 November 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He has a personal best of 1:42.54 minutes for the event. He represented Kenya at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and wa ...

, Sammy Kibet Kirongo, and Job Koech Kinyor, he won his first senior gold medal. On July 27 at the 2014 World Junior Championships he became World Junior 800 m Champion, effectively leading the race from start to finish.Report: Men’s 800m – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014
IAAF (2014-07-27). Retrieved on 2014-07-28. In 2015, Kipketer was selected onto Kenya's IAAF World Championships team in the 800m. Kipketer made the final, but finished last in 8th place. In 2016, Kipketer excelled at the 800m winning the Kenyan trials and multiple

IAAF Diamond League The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fourteen of the best invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF) one-day mee ...

meeting. Going into the

Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

800m, Kipketer was one of the favorites aside from his countryman and defending Olympic champion

. Kipketer made it into the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

final. Kipketer lead the race through 400m but having gone out at world record pace, only finished in 7th place. Two weeks after the Olympics, Kipketer set his new personal best in 800m in 1:42.87 to win the Paris Diamond League race. In January 2020, he was provisionally suspended after failing to be available for drug tests on two occasions. In January 2021, he was banned until November 2021 after failing a total of four drug tests over a 12-month period.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kipketer, Alfred Living people 1996 births Kenyan male middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Kenya Olympic male middle-distance runners Doping cases in athletics Kenyan sportspeople in doping cases