Victor Kiplangat
Ugandan mountain runner
![]() Kiplangat at the 2023 World Athletics Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Ugandan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics Mountain running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Cross-country running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | U.S. Quercia Trentingrana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Victor Kiplangat (born 10 November 1999) is a Ugandan marathon runner, who became world champion in 2023. He won the World Mountain Running Championships in 2017 as a teenager.[1]
In 2022 he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the men's marathon event, despite taking a wrong turn close to the end of the course.[2][3] On August 27, 2023 he won the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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2016 | World U20 Championships | ![]() | 19th | 5000 m | 14:21.22 | |
2017 | Cross Country World Championships | ![]() | 19th | Junior men's race (8 km) | 24:29 | |
2022 | Commonwealth Games | ![]() | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:55 | |
2023 | World Athletics Championships | ![]() | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:53 | |
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2017 | World Championships | ![]() | 1st | Men's race (13 km) | 52:31 |
References
External links
- Victor Kiplangat at World Athletics
- Victor Kiplangat at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Victor Kiplangat at ARRS
- Victor Kiplangat at ITRA
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World champions in men's marathon
- 1983:
Robert de Castella (AUS)
- 1987:
Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN)
- 1991:
Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)
- 1993:
Mark Plaatjes (USA)
- 1995:
Martín Fiz (ESP)
- 1997:
Abel Antón (ESP)
- 1999:
Abel Antón (ESP)
- 2001:
Gezahegne Abera (ETH)
- 2003:
Jaouad Gharib (MAR)
- 2005:
Jaouad Gharib (MAR)
- 2007:
Luke Kibet (KEN)
- 2009:
Abel Kirui (KEN)
- 2011:
Abel Kirui (KEN)
- 2013:
Stephen Kiprotich (UGA)
- 2015:
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (ERI)
- 2017:
Geoffrey Kirui (KEN)
- 2019:
Lelisa Desisa (ETH)
- 2022:
Tamirat Tola (ETH)
- 2023:
Victor Kiplangat (UGA)
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