Wilson Kiprop

Wilson Kiprop (* July 14, 1987 in Soi, Uasin Gishu District ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

He is the oldest of seven siblings. Until 2005 he attended the School Kaptebengwet and used the condition that he acquired on the seven- kilometer-long route to school, in school competitions. After he left school because his family was broken and the school fees could no longer afford, he moved to Eldoret, where he worked as a construction worker for a daily wage of $ 1.5 and simultaneously continued his training. He won the first prize money at Cross runs for which the travel money he had to borrow the end of 2007. In one of these races, the manager Gianni Demadonna noticed him and signed him after he Kiprop had handed the collected newspaper clippings about his findings.

In 2008 and 2009 he won the Cross Country Cross della Vallagarina. In 2009 he won also the Euro Cross in Diekirch and was sixth at the Berlin Half Marathon. However, an injury that he incurred while training for his marathon debut, forced him soon to pause for the rest of the year.

In 2010 he won at a temperature of -4 ° and wind gusts of 60 km / h for the Paris Half Marathon and was fifth at the Prague Marathon. In the summer he won at the national championships and at the Track Africa Championships in Nairobi gold in the 10,000 m. A victory at the Lille Half Marathon followed the title at the World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning, where he defeated defending champion Tadese Zersenay in the final sprint.

The following year, an injury prevented him from starting at the World Athletics Championships 2011 in Daegu 10,000 m. In 2012 he finished fifth at the World 's Best 10K, and second in the Berlin Half Marathon. With a victory at the Prefontaine Classic, he qualified for the 10,000 - meter race of the Olympic Games in London, in which he did not reach the goal.

2013 he applied to Roma - Ostia 59:15 min a course record and was therefore at the Hamburg Marathon as one of the favorites, two kilometers from the finish, however, there rose to number 5 lying out of the race. Later in the season he won the Giro del Castelbuono, was second in the Corribianco and broke the track record of the Portugal Half Marathon.

Wilson Kiprop is 1,75 m tall and weighs 60 kg. He is coached by Gabriele Rosa and Renato Canova. With his prize money, he supports his mother and younger siblings who are still in school and whose welfare he wants to make sure before he starts a family themselves.

Personal Best

  • 5000 m (Hall ): 13:30,13 min 13 February, 2009, Dusseldorf
  • 10,000 m: 27:01,98 min, June 1, 2012 Eugene
  • 10 - km road race: 28:07 min, Bianco
  • Hours of operation: 20,756 m 25 April, 2009, Hengelo
  • Half Marathon: 59:15 min, April 1, 2012, Berlin
  • Marathon: 2:09:09 h, 9th May 2010, Prague
Long-distance running Cross country running 2010 African Championships in Athletics 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Zersenay Tadese Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics Hamburg-Marathon 5000 metres Eugene (Oregon) One hour run
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