Kiplagat (also Kiplangat) is a personal name used by the

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 desi ...

in Kenya and Uganda, meaning son born at dusk. The son of Kiplagat would be lagat. This may also mean: * Benjamin Kiplagat (born 1989), Ugandan steeplechase runner * Bisluke Kiplagat (born 1988), Kenyan steeplechase runner *

Boaz Kiplagat Lalang Boaz Kiplagat Lalang (born 8 February 1989) is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who specialises in the 800 metres. His younger brother, Lawi Lalang, ran for the University of Arizona. Career At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Lalang barely missed ...

(born 1989), Kenyan middle-distance runner and 2010 Commonwealth Games champion * Edna Kiplagat (born 1979), Kenyan long-distance runner and two-time world marathon champion *

Florence Kiplagat Florence Jebet Kiplagat (born 27 February, 1987) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She is a two-time world champion, having won at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. ...

(born 1987), Kenyan long-distance runner and half marathon world record breaker *

Hosea Kiplagat Hosea Mundui Kiplagat (1945 – 6 February 2021) was a Kenyan politician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He belonged to the Tugen ethnic community. He was born to Isaac Salgong and Zipporah Salgong, a maternal cousin to the second president of ...

, Kenyan businessman and politician * Hosea Kiplagat Kosgei (born 1989), Kenyan long-distance track runner competing for Bahrain as Aadam Ismaeel Khamis *

Isiah Kiplangat Koech Isiah Kiplangat Koech (born 19 December 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the 5000 metres. At the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Brixen, Italy, Koech won a gold medal over 3000 metres, setting a new world y ...

(born 1993), Kenyan long-distance track runner and World Championships medallist *

Kiptanui Kiplagat Jackson Jackson Kiplagat Kiptanui is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the United Republican Party and was elected to represent the Keiyo South Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election General elec ...

, Kenyan politician representing the Orange Democratic Movement * James Kiplagat Magut (born 1990), Kenyan middle-distance runner *

Julius Kiplagat Yego Julius Yego (born 4 January 1989) is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Nicknamed "Mr. YouTube" because he learned how to throw by watching YouTube videos of javelin athletes, Yego is the African record and ...

(born 1989), Kenyan javelin thrower * Lornah Kiplagat (born 1974), Dutch-Kenyan long-distance runner and multiple half marathon world champion *

Peter Kiplagat Chebet 2013 at Rheims. Peter Kiplagat Chebet (born 9 September 1982) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the Berkane International Road Race in 2001. At the 2002 Berlin Half Marathon he beat the field to finish in first place and also won the ten m ...

(born 1974), Kenyan marathon runner * Silas Kiplagat (born 1989), Kenyan middle-distance runner and 2011 World Championships runner-up *

Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei is a Kenyan hurdler. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to ...

(born 1985), Kenyan Olympic 400 metres hurdler *

William Kiplagat William Kiplagat (born June 21, 1972) is a long-distance runner from Kenya. He ran his personal best of 2:06:50 hours in the 1999 Amsterdam Marathon. He finished eighth at the 2007 World Championships. He won the Portugal Half Marathon in 2004 ...

(born 1972), Kenyan long-distance runner and 2003 Amsterdam Marathon winner * Kiplang'at Kiboi Sakong' (born 1984), Linguist and human rights activist

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