Silas Kipruto Semetei (born 26 September 1984) is a Kenyan professional

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who specializes in the half marathon and

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events, with personal bests of 59:39 minutes and 27:28 minutes respectively. He finished seventh at the

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and eighth at the

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, and also fifth in the

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at the 2009 World Athletics Final. His personal best times are 7:32.25 minutes in the

, achieved in September 2009 in

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; 13:02.86 minutes in the

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, achieved in June 2008 in Berlin; and 27:26.31 minutes in the

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, achieved in May 2008 in Hengelo. Kipruto took second place at the 2010

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, running a sub-60 minute time of 59:39 to finish just behind

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. He again broke the 60-minute mark later that year, finishing third at the

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in 59:52. He was fourth at the Delhi Half Marathon in November, although he was some way off Geoffrey Mutai who won the race. At the start of 2011 he was fifth at the Giro Media Blenio. Kipruto was second at that year's

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with a season's best run of 1:01:11 hours. He began 2012 with a runner-up performance behind Ayele Abshero at the Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon. He was third at that year's Delhi Half Marathon and placed fifth at both the Falmouth Road Race and the

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. Kipruto was runner-up at the Berlin Half Marathon, but came fourth in Yangzhou. Over 10K that year, he won in

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and

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, then came in second place on behind Micah Kogo in the Beach to Beacon 10K race in Cape Elizabeth, Maine with a season's best of 28:09 minutes. He was also runner-up over 10 miles at the Bix 7 Road Race. He entered as one of the favourites for the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale, but dropped out during the race's difficult uphill section.Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2013-10-27)
Chepkoech and Wasihum win tactical races at Marseille-Cassis 20km
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kipruto, Silas 1984 births Living people Kenyan male long-distance runners