Conseslus Kipruto

Conseslus Kipruto (born 8 December 1994) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who competes in the 3000 metre steeplechase. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2017 and 2019 World Championships. Kipruto also won the World Youth and in 2012 the World Junior titles in the steeplechase. He also ranks second on the all-time junior lists with 8:01.16. He set his personal best of 8:00.12 minutes at the Birmingham Diamond League event in 2016.

Conseslus Kipruto

Kipruto in the steeplechase at the 2012 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Kenyan
Born	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 Eldoret, Kenya
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	3000m steeplechase
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3000 m st. World Championships 2017 London 3000 m st. 2019 Doha 3000 m st. 2013 Moscow 3000 m st. 2015 Beijing 3000 m st. Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava 3000 m st. Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 3000 m st. African Championships 2018 Asaba 3000 m st. World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona 3000 m st. World Youth Championships 2011 Lille 2000 m st.

Career

Kipruto quickly rose through the younger categories of the sport, beginning from 2010. He won the Kenyan youth trials in the 2000 metres 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 metres 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 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.

Major competition record

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

Personal bests

• 3000 metres – 7:44.09 min (2012)
• 2000 metres steeplechase – 5:28.65 min (2011)
• 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:00.12 min (2016)

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. 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.

External links

• Conseslus Kipruto at World Athletics
• Conseslus Kipruto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)