Moses Kiptanui
Moses Kipkore Kiptanui ( born October 1, 1970 in Elegeyo, Marakwet District ) is a former Kenyan middle and long distance runners. He became known for his successes in the steeplechase over 3000 meters. In this discipline he introduced to the world rankings from 1991 to 1995 and was also three times world champion.
Sports career
By the early 1990s, he managed the first African Athletics Championships 1990 in Cairo to decide on the 1500 meters for itself. In the same year he won at the Junior World Championships over this distance in Plovdiv the gold medal. At the World Athletics Championships 1991 in Tokyo, he conquered the gold medal over 3000 meter steeplechase and the top of world rankings in this discipline.
In 1992 he was in front of as many world-class athletes, and after him a victim of the Kenyan selection competitions for the Olympic Games. Been slightly injured in the competition, he failed to qualify through a place among the top three. Kiptanui made the most of the situation, prepared specifically for a world record attempt in the 3000 -meter run before and undercutting on August 16 at the ASV - sports festival in Cologne in 7:28,96 minutes until then held by Said Aouita brand.
His world title he successfully defended safely in Stuttgart in 1993. At the Goodwill Games in 1994 in St. Petersburg, he won the 5000 - meter race at the World Championships in Gothenburg during 1995 the 3,000-meter steeplechase. In this year he also set up new world records over 3000 m steeplechase and 5,000 m. About 3000 m steeplechase, he remained in 7:59,18 became the first man under eight minutes.
1996 Kiptanui was not at his best but still won at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta in the steeplechase over 3000 meters silver medal behind the surprise winner Joseph Keter.
1997 at the World Championships in Athens, he had to deal with Wilson Boit Kipketer again a compatriot over 3000 m steeplechase beaten. Kiptanui had done almost the entire race leadership and was overtaken on the last obstacle. Boit Kipketer took Kiptanui on August 13 in Zurich also the world record from. On August 24 in Cologne Kiptanui tried to retrieve the record. He started the race in an exceptionally high pace ( 2:36 for the first kilometer ), but the World bronze medalist Bernard Barmasai could not be shaken off and went 80 meters before the finish at Kiptanui over. This was a personal best, undercutting Kipketers world record by almost three seconds, and was yet again finished second, because Barmasai won in 7:55,72 minutes.
Even during his playing days had Kiptanui as coach of young Kenyan athletes. So he oversaw multiple world record holder and 5000 m world champion Daniel Komen. After an Achilles tendon injury at the 1998 Goodwill Games Kiptanui was not able to return to his previous form and finished in 1999 his athletic career. In the following years he worked as a talent scout, relationship managers and coaches in the company of his manager Kim McDonald. In 2003, he was head coach of the Kenyan team at the World Championships in Paris. From this post he was but replaced soon. Meanwhile Kiptanui is a businessman who invests primarily in real estate.