Josphat Bett Kipkoech (born 12 June 1990) is a Kenyan

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. He won a gold medal in the

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at the

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, setting a new championship record of 27:30.85 in the process. He is the middle of three brothers who are all athletes, Emmanuel Bett and David Kiprotich Bett.

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* 1990 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub