Conseslus Kipruto (born 8 December 1994) is a Kenyan

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who specializes in the

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. He was the 2016 Rio Olympic champion in the event. At the

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, Kipruto won gold medals in

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and

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, silver medals in

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and

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, and a bronze in

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. In 2018, he captured gold medals at the

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and

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. He is a four-time

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winner. Kipruto was the 2011 World Youth champion in the 2000 m steeplechase, and won 2012 World Junior title over the longer distance. He ranks second on the all-time junior lists with a time of 8:01.16 minutes. He set his personal best of 8:00.12 at the

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event in 2016.

Career

Kipruto quickly rose through the younger categories of the sport, beginning from 2010. He won the Kenyan youth trials in the 2000 m steeplechase with a world-leading mark of 5:29.3 minutes. At the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics he and teammate Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui ran away from the pack from the very start. Kipruto edged out his compatriot with a time of 5:28.65 minutes to take the gold medal and move up to seventh on the all-time youth rankings. He debuted in the 3000 m steeplechase in Europe later that year, running 8:27.30 minutes to win at the Stadionfest

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At the start of 2012 he entered two high-profile cross country races, winning the Lotto Cross Cup de Hannut and placing second at the

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. He moved up to the 3000 m distance in the steeplechase and placed second at the Kawasaki Super Meet in Japan before running 8:08.92 minutes for fifth in his

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debut in

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. He beat Kirui to the Kenyan junior title and his teammate helped pace him at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where Kipruto won Kenya's 13th straight title in the event and ranked fourth on the all-time junior lists with a run of 8:06.10 minutes (also a championship record). He had his first big senior win soon after, beating

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at the Herculis 2012 Diamond League meet in a personal best of 8:03.49 minutes. He ranked sixth in the world that year. He also was runner-up at the

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and had a

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flat best of 7:44.09 minutes at the

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. Kipruto made his first Kenyan cross country team in 2013. After a win at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza and third position at the

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in Spain, he only just made the junior team at the Kenyan trials, placing sixth. He performed one place better at the

2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24, 2013. The races were held at the Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Kenya topped the medal standings in the competition with 5 gold, and Ethiopia had the most overall ...

, helping Kenya to the junior team silver medal. Heading into the track season, he opened with a meet record of 8:01.16 minutes at the

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, winning the first leg of the

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World leads in nine events, four meeting records in Shanghai – IAAF Diamond League
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Achievements

International competitions

Circuit wins and titles

overall winner 3000 m steeplechase: Diamond blue

champion 3000 m steeplechase: Diamond blue

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:: 3000 metres steeplechase wins, other events specified in parenthesis :*

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(1): Monaco Herculis () :*

(3):

( PB), Eugene Prefontaine Classic (MR), Oslo Bislett Games :*

(1): London Anniversary Games :*

(6): Doha Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix (WL), Rabat Meeting International (WL MR), Rome Golden Gala (WL), Birmingham British Athletics Grand Prix (WL MR PB), Monaco, Brussels Memorial Van Damme :*

(2): Rome, Brussels :*

(3): Rome (WL), Birmingham,

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Personal bests

– 7:44.09 (

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2012) * 3000 metres indoor – 7:55.76 (

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2016) *

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– 13:47.5h (

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2016) *

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– 29:24.7h (

2016) * 2000 metres steeplechase – 5:28.65 (

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2011) *

– 8:00.12 (

2016)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kipruto, Conseslus Living people 1994 births Kenyan male steeplechase runners Kenyan male middle-distance runners Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male cross country runners Olympic athletes of Kenya Olympic gold medalists for Kenya Olympic male steeplechase runners Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya World Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya World Athletics Championships winners African Championships in Athletics winners Diamond League winners IAAF Continental Cup winners Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics People from Uasin Gishu County