Silas Kiplagat
Silas Kiplagat ( born August 20, 1989 at Marakwet District ) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1,500 -meter run.
Kiplagat was the third of six children in the village Siboh in the Division of Dead Marakwet District. During his school years, graduating at the Chebara High School in 2007, he was an avid soccer player. After the riots in Kenya 2007/2008 he began the sport of running. He was supported by his friend and neighbor Sammy Kirop Kitwara. Meanwhile, coach Kiptanui advised Kiplagat, who wanted to be long distance runners as Kitwara actually, to focus on the medium range.
Already in 2009 showed Kiplagat promising approaches. In a 1500 - meter race in Eldoret he suggested, among other Olympian Nicholas Kemboi and the subsequent World Cross Country champion Joseph Ebuya. After narrowly missing the Kenyan championships due to injury, he was in the 10 - kilometer run as part of the Tilburg Ten Miles in 28:00 min Second. Shortly after, he supported as a pacemaker at the Rotterdam Half Marathon his training partner Kitwara, who won the race in 58:58 min.
The year 2010 opened with Kiplagat starts at Cross runs to improve his endurance base for the middle distance season. In the Kenyan Cross Country Championships in February, he finished 17th place. Shortly afterwards, he finished tenth at the World 's Best 10K in Puerto Rico. In June, he then ran at the Kenyan Championships in the 1500 meter race in second place behind Olympic champion Asbel Kiprop. He also struck the Italian manager Gianni Demadonna, who received him in his racing team. His first 1500 - meter race in Europe Kiplagat completed then the Herculis Monaco, where he surprised the experts with a Weltjahresbestleistung of 3:29,27 min. In the Africa Championships in Nairobi, he came over the same distance on the fourth. Shortly after, he won the ISTAF Berlin and at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
At the World Athletics Championships 2011 in Daegu, he won the silver medal in 3:35,92 minutes behind his compatriot Asbel Kiprop. In 2012, he was sixth in the 1500 m World Indoor Championships in Istanbul and seventh at the Olympic Games in London, 2013 sixth in the World Championships in Moscow.
Silas Kiplagat is 1,70 m tall and weighs 57 kg.
Bests
- Hall: 3:52,63 min 11 February, 2012, Fayetteville
- Hall: 7:41,02 min, February 4, 2012, Boston