Moses Kiptanui

Moses Kiptanui (born October 1, 1970) is a Kenyan middle and long distance athlete mostly famous for 3,000 m steeplechase in which he was the number one ranked athlete from 1991 to 1995 and three time IAAF World Champion. Kiptanui was also the first man ever to run 3000m steeplechase in under eight minutes.

Moses Kiptanui
Personal information
BornOctober 1, 1970
Marakwet District, Kenya
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta3000m steeplechase
World Championships
1991 Tokyo3000 m steeplechase
1993 Stuttgart3000 m steeplechase
1995 Gothenburg3000 m steeplechase
1997 Athens3000 m steeplechase
World Cup
1994 London3000 m steeplechase
World Junior Championships
1990 Plovdiv1500 m

Career

Kiptanui emerged in 1991 as a relatively unknown athlete. He won several IAAF Grand Prix races that season. He celebrated an especially spectacular victory in Zurich where he fell on the track on the last lap but still won easily. He was known as a highly confident and somewhat cocky athlete, who was self-coached and driven by his own self belief.[1]

His victory at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo therefore came as no surprise. To the great disappointment of many observers he was not included in the Kenyan team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Kiptanui had failed to qualify at the Kenyan trials in Nairobi.

However, shortly after the Olympics he set a new world record over 3000m in Cologne with a time of 7:28.96 min. Only three days later he also broke the 3000m steeplechase world record in 8:02.08 in Zurich. The following year, he defended the World Championship title easily in Stuttgart. He won the steeplechase at the 1994 IAAF World Cup.[2]

In 1995 he broke the 5000m world record in Rome in a time of 12:55.30 min (June 8). After collecting his third World Championship gold medal in Gothenburg he also set the new 3000m steeplechase record in Zurich in a time of 7:59.18 min (August 16), the first man in history to ever dip under eight minutes for the 3000m steeplechase.

A year later, he missed out on an Olympic gold medal again when he came second in the final in Atlanta. He was defeated by fellow Kenyan Joseph Keter. The next year, at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece, Kiptanui failed to win his fourth consecutive gold medal, but took silver. The winner was Wilson Boit Kipketer, also from Kenya.

He was still active in 2001 sighting the 2002 Commonwealth Games,[3] but did not compete there. After retirement, he has been a running coach. In 2008 he coached the 2004 Olympic gold medalist, Ezekiel Kemboi.[4] He has also been the chairman of the Marakwet District branch of Athletics Kenya.[5]

His younger brother, Philemon Tanui run for University of Wyoming.

A school was built by Shoe4Africa to honor the lifetime achievements of Kiptanui. The Shoe4Africa Moses Kiptanui School was opened in 2012 at Kamoi district, Marakwet and has eight primary classes with 320 students. Two ancillary early childhood development classes were added in 2015.

Major achievements

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References
  1. Mutuota, Mutwiri (2010-12-07). Confidence is key for rising 1500m star Kiplagat. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-12-07.
  2. gbrathletics.com: IAAF WORLD CUP IN ATHLETICS
  3. BBC Sports, December 6, 2001: Record relay to start Games
  4. "Beijing Olympics 2008: Foreign Athlete Profiles (washingtonpost.com)". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. Daily Nation, June 5, 2000: Polls open a new chapter in KAAA
Records
Preceded by
Saïd Aouita		 Men's 3000 m World Record Holder
August 16, 1992 – August 2, 1994		 Succeeded by
Noureddine Morceli
Preceded by
Haile Gebrselassie		 Men's 5000 m World Record Holder
June 6, 1995 – August 16, 1995		 Succeeded by
Haile Gebrselassie
Preceded by
Peter Koech		 Men's Steeplechase World Record Holder
August 19, 1992 – August 13, 1997		 Succeeded by
Wilson Boit Kipketer
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dieter Baumann		 Men's 3000 m Best Year Performance
1992		 Succeeded by
Noureddine Morceli
Preceded by
Noureddine Morceli		 Men's 3000 m Best Year Performance
1995		 Succeeded by
Daniel Komen
Preceded by
Yobes Ondieki		 Men's 5000 m Best Year Performance
1992		 Succeeded by
Ismael Kirui
Preceded by
Peter Koech		 Men's 3000 m Steeple Best Year Performance
1991 – 1995		 Succeeded by
John Kosgei
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