Boniface Toroitich Kiprop (born 12 October 1985 in

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) is a

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athlete from

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. His older brother

Martin Toroitich Martin Kitiyo Toroitich (born 10 August 1983 in Kurongur) is a Ugandan long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon. His younger brother IAAF, August 25, 2007Focus on Africa - Boniface Kiprop Toroitich (UGA)/ref> Boniface Kiprop Tor ...

is also a runner, who has featured at the

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. Boniface Kiprop is coached by

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and he is actually making part of the Tuscany Training Camp project.

Career

At the 2001 African Junior Championships in

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, he competed in the 5000 and 10000 metres, finishing 1st and 2nd respectively. Two years later the championships were held in

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, and he won both events. At the

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he finished 4th in 10000 metres and 6th in 5000 metres. At the 2003 World Championships in

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he missed the 5000 metres final. However, he won a bronze medal in the 10,000 m at the

2003 Afro-Asian Games The 2003 Afro-Asian Games, officially known as the First Afro-Asian Games or I Afro-Asian Games and unofficially known as the Inaugural Afro-Asian Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Hyderabad, India, from 24 October (exc ...

. At the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics in

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, he won the 10000 metres race and was 5th in 5000 metres. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he finished fourth in the final of the 10,000 metres. He again finished fourth at the 2005 World Championships, but won a silver medal over 5000 metres at the

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. In 2006 he won the 10,000 metres race at the

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. In August 2004 he set a new 10000 metres World Junior Record, 27:04.00 at the

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meeting in

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. The record was broken by

Samuel Wanjiru Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (10 November 1986 – 15 May 2011) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32; becoming the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon. He beca ...

at the same meeting the next year.IAAF, November 17, 2009
World Records ratified
/ref> Kiprop also holds Ugandan records in 3000, 5000 and 10000 metres. At the

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he was fifth in 10000 metres. He finished 10th at 10000 metres at the 2007 World Championships.

References

External links

* *IAAF, August 25, 2007
Focus on Africa - Boniface Kiprop Toroitich (UGA)
1985 births Living people Ugandan male long-distance runners Olympic male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games African Games competitors for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Uganda People from Kapchorwa District {{Uganda-athletics-bio-stub