Conseslus Kipruto

Not to be confused with Vincent Kipruto.

Conseslus Kipruto
Kipruto at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Personal information
Born (1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 30)
Eldoret, Kenya
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryKenya
SportAthletics
Event3000 m steeplechase
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3000 m st.
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 3000 m st.
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 3000 m st.
Silver medal – second place 2013 Moscow 3000 m st.
Silver medal – second place 2015 Beijing 3000 m st.
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Eugene 3000 m st.
Diamond League
First place 2013 3000 m st.
First place 2016 3000 m st.
First place 2017 3000 m st.
First place 2018 3000 m st.
Continental Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ostrava 3000 m st.
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 3000 m st.
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Asaba 3000 m st.
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Barcelona 3000 m st.
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Lille 2000 m st.

Conseslus Kipruto (born 8 December 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was the 2016 Rio Olympic champion in the event. At the World Athletics Championships, Kipruto won gold medals in 2017 and 2019, silver medals in 2013 and 2015, and a bronze in 2022. In 2018, he captured gold medals at the African Championships and Commonwealth Games. He is a four-time Diamond League winner.

Kipruto was the 2011 World Youth champion in the 2000 m steeplechase, and won the 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 Birmingham Diamond League 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.[1] 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.[2] He debuted in the 3000 m steeplechase in Europe later that year, running 8:27.30 minutes to win at the Stadionfest Königs Wusterhausen.[3]

Kipruto preparing to race in 2012

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 Cross de San Sebastián.[4] 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 IAAF Diamond League debut in Doha.[3] He beat Kirui to the Kenyan junior title[5] 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).[6][7] He had his first big senior win soon after, beating Paul Kipsiele Koech at the Herculis 2012 Diamond League meet in a personal best of 8:03.49 minutes.[8] He ranked sixth in the world that year.[9] He also was runner-up at the Memorial van Damme and had a 3000 metres flat best of 7:44.09 minutes at the Rieti Meeting.[3]

Kipruto made his first Kenyan cross country team in 2013. After a win at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza and third position at the Cross Internacional de Itálica in Spain,[10][11] he only just made the junior team at the Kenyan trials, placing sixth.[12] He performed one place better at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, helping Kenya to the junior team silver medal.[13] Heading into the track season, he opened with a meet record of 8:01.16 minutes at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, winning the first leg of the 2013 IAAF Diamond League steeplechase.[14] This ranked him second on the all-time junior lists behind Stephen Cherono.

Achievements

International competitions

Representing  Kenya
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 1st 2000 m st. 5:28.65
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 3000 m st. 8:06.10
2013 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 5th Junior race 21:40
World Championships Moscow, Russia 2nd 3000 m st. 8:06.37
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 2nd 3000 m st. 8:12.38
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 3000 m st. 8:03.28 OR
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 1st 3000 m st. 8:14.12
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 1st 3000 m st. 8:10.08
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 1st 3000 m st. 8:26.37
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco – 3000 m st. DNF
World Championships Doha, Qatar 1st 3000 m st. 8:01.35
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 3rd 3000 m st. 8:27.92

Circuit wins and titles

3000 metres steeplechase wins, other events specified in parentheses

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ Mutuota, Mutwiri (8 June 2011). Chepkoech hoping to follow in sister Cherono's footsteps while Kiptum dazzles with 1:45.8 run – Kenyan World Youth Champs trials. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  2. ^ Ramsak, Bob (8 July 2011). Boys' 2000m Steeplechase Final – Kipruto and Kirui take 1–2 for Kenya. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Conseslus Kipruto. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  4. ^ Hannut and Elgoibar the penultimate European Athletics Cross Country Permit Races. European Athletics (23 January 2012). Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  5. ^ Mutuota, Mutwiri (9 June 2012). Champs to lead Kenyan World Juniors charge. Capital FM. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  6. ^ Minshull, Phil (15 July 2012). Kenya's Kipruto and Kipyegon urge and inspire each other onto success. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  7. ^ Valiente, Emeterio (15 July 2012). Barcelona 2012 – Event Report – Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  8. ^ Kenyans, Nigerian queen excel in Monaco Diamond League athletics meet. PanaPress (21 July 2012). Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  9. ^ 2012 Men's Steeplechase Top Lists. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  10. ^ Valiente, Emeterio (20 January 2013). Birech outsprints Bett, Cherono cruises to victory at Italica meeting. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  11. ^ Gonzàlvez-Amat, Xavier (13 January 2013). Kipruto y Burka ganan en Elgoibar (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  12. ^ Mutuota, Mutwiri (16 February 2013). Rono and Muriuki win Kenyan World Cross Trials in Nairobi. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  13. ^ 2013 World Cross Country Championships – Men's Junior Team Archived 9 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
  14. ^ Johnson, Len (18 May 2013). World leads in nine events, four meeting records in Shanghai – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.
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