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 A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ...

. 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 The Giro di Castelbuono (officially Giro Podistico Internazionale Castelbuono) is an annual road running competition over 10 kilometres which takes place in Castelbuono, on the island of Sicily, Italy. First held in 1912, the competition, whic ...

10K race,Emmanuel Kipsang
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2015-08-02. and a win at the Corribianco. He missed the 2014 season.Emmanuel Kiprono Kipsang
Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2015-08-02. With no high level performances in his youth, he only came to prominence as an adult following a 10,000 m win at age 21 at the 2015

Athletics Kenya Athletics Kenya (AK) is the governing body for the sport of athletics (track and field) in Kenya. It is a member of World Athletics and Confederation of African Athletics. AK organises athletics competitions held in Kenya. It also sends Kenyan tea ...

meet final, ahead of the much better established

Geoffrey Mutai Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai (born 7 October 1981) is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. On 18 April 2011 at the Boston Marathon, Mutai ran the fastest marathon ever at the time in a time of 2 hours 3 minutes 2 ...

and

Mathew Kisorio Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio (born 16 May 1989) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in road running and cross country running competitions. He has a half marathon best of 58:46 minutes (making him the third fastest ever) and a mar ...

. He also ran a best of 13:19.42 minutes for the 5000 metres – an event at which he placed third. A member of the armed forces and stationed at the Laikipia Air Base, he won a 5000 metres/10,000 m double at the Kenyan Defence Forces Championships in 2015. He showed his ability over 3000 metres with a third-place finish at the

London Grand Prix The London Diamond League, formerly known as the London Grand Prix and subsequently as the Anniversary Games, is an annual athletics event held in London, England. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the Di ...

behind

Mo Farah Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 23 March 1983) is a British long-distance runner. His ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner ever ...

and

Yenew Alamirew Yenew Alamirew Getahun (born 27 May 1990 in Tilili, Amhara) is an Ethiopian middle and long-distance runner. He represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as two indoor and one outdoor World Championships. Yenew was the 201 ...

. A runner-up finish behind

Edwin Soi Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (born 3 March 1986) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 and 5000 metres. He is a two-time Olympian for Kenya. His earliest honours were team gold medals with Kenya at the IAAF World ...

in the 5000 m at the

2015 Athletics Kenya World Championship Trials The 2015 Athletics Kenya World Championship Trials the athletics meeting held by Athletics Kenya to select the representatives to the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China The meet was held July 31 to August 1, 2015 in Nyayo Natio ...

brought him selection for this first national team.Mutuota, Mutwiri (2015-08-01)
‘Fergie’ topples ‘King David’, Kiprop, Sum soar
Capital FM. Retrieved on 2015-08-02.

Personal bests

* 3000 metres – 7:37.05 min (2015) * 5000 metres – 13:19.42 min (2015) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The ra ...

– 27:59.7 min (2013) *

10K run 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

– 28:06 min (2013) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ...

– 63:55 min (2013)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kipsang, Emmanuel Living people 1991 births Kenyan male long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya