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Kenyan runner (born 1970)
Moses Kiptanui
Personal information
Born1 October 1970 (1970-10) (age 54)
Marakwet District, Kenya
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta 3000 m steeplechase
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Tokyo 3000 m steeplechase
Gold medal – first place 1993 Stuttgart 3000 m steeplechase
Gold medal – first place 1995 Gothenburg 3000 m steeplechase
Silver medal – second place 1997 Athens 3000 m steeplechase
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1994 London 3000 m steeplechase
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Plovdiv 1500 m

Moses Kiptanui (born 1 October 1970) is a Kenyan middle and long distance athlete mostly famous for 3000 metres steeplechase in which he was the number one ranked athlete from 1991 to 1995 and three time IAAF World Champion. Kiptanui was the first man to ever run the 3000m steeplechase in under eight minutes. He is also known for his coaching role in his later years with Tarbert GAA.

Early life, family and education

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Kiptanui is from Kenya. His younger brother, Philemon Tanui, attended University of Wyoming and ran competitively for the school.

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 Zürich 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.

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 Zürich. The following year, he defended the World Championship title easily in Stuttgart. He won the steeplechase at the 1994 IAAF World Cup.

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

A year later, he achieved an Olympic silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was defeated by fellow Kenyan Joseph Keter. The next year, at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, 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, but did not compete there.

After retirement, he was a running coach. In 2008, he coached the 2004 Olympic gold medalist, Ezekiel Kemboi. He has also been the chairman of the Marakwet District branch of Athletics Kenya.

Legacy

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

References

  1. Mutuota, Mutwiri (2010-12-07). "Confidence is key for rising 1500m star Kiplagat". IAAF.org. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  2. "IAAF World Cup in Athletics". gbrathletics.com.
  3. "Record relay to start Games". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC Sports. December 6, 2001.
  4. "Beijing Olympics 2008: Foreign Athlete Profiles". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. "Polls open a new chapter in KAAA". Daily Nation. June 5, 2000. Archived from the original on April 22, 2003.

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Records
Preceded bySaïd Aouita Men's 3000 m World Record Holder
August 16, 1992 – August 2, 1994 		Succeeded byNoureddine Morceli
Preceded byHaile Gebrselassie Men's 5000 m World Record Holder
June 6, 1995 – August 16, 1995 		Succeeded byHaile Gebrselassie
Preceded byPeter Koech Men's Steeplechase World Record Holder
August 19, 1992 – August 13, 1997 		Succeeded byWilson Boit Kipketer
Sporting positions
Preceded byDieter Baumann Men's 3000 m Best Year Performance
1992 		Succeeded byNoureddine Morceli
Preceded byNoureddine Morceli Men's 3000 m Best Year Performance
1995 		Succeeded byDaniel Komen
Preceded byYobes Ondieki Men's 5000 m Best Year Performance
1992 		Succeeded byIsmael Kirui
Preceded byPeter Koech Men's 3000 m Steeple Best Year Performance
1991 – 1995 		Succeeded byJohn Kosgei
World champions in men's 3000 m steeplechase
African Champions in men's 1500 metres
African Games champions in men's 3000 metres steeplechase
IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in men's 3000 metres steeplechase
World U20 Champions in men's 1500 metres
USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's 3000 m (5000 m, 2 miles, 3 miles)
1906–1979
Amateur Athletic Union
1980–1992
The Athletics Congress
1993–present
USA Track & Field
Notes* Events before 1906 are considered unofficial. Distances have varied as follows: 2 Miles (1899–1931) and odd numbered years since 2015, 5000 meters (1933–1939), 3 Miles 1932, (1940–1986), and 3000 meters (1987–2014) and even numbered years since 2014
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