Victor Kiplangat (born 10 November 1999) is a Ugandan

mountain runner Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; also its courses are more ...

who won one

World Mountain Running Championships The World Mountain Running Championships (''World Mountain Running Trophy'' until 2008), is an international mountain running competition contested by athletes of the members of WMRA, World Mountain Running Association, the sport's global governing ...

(2017). In 2022 he won a gold medal at the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

in the men's marathon event, despite taking a wrong turn close to the end of the course.

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* 1999 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Ugandan mountain runners Ugandan male long-distance runners World Mountain Running Championships winners 20th-century Ugandan people 21st-century Ugandan people Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Uganda Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics {{Uganda-athletics-bio-stub