1. Conseslus Kipruto was born on 8 December 1994 and is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
11 Facts About Conseslus Kipruto
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Conseslus Kipruto was the 2016 Rio Olympic champion in the event.
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At the World Athletics Championships, Kipruto won gold medals in 2017 and 2019, silver medals in 2013 and 2015, and a bronze in 2022.
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Conseslus Kipruto set his personal best of 8:00.12 at the Birmingham Diamond League event in 2016.
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Conseslus Kipruto quickly rose through the younger categories of the sport, beginning from 2010.
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Conseslus Kipruto edged out his compatriot with a time of 5:28.65 minutes to take the gold medal and move up to seventh on the all-time youth rankings.
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Conseslus Kipruto beat Kirui to the Kenyan junior title and his teammate helped pace him at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where Kipruto won Kenya's 13th straight title in the event and ranked fourth on the all-time junior lists with a run of 8:06.10 minutes.
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Conseslus Kipruto had his first big senior win soon after, beating Paul Kipsiele Koech at the Herculis 2012 Diamond League meet in a personal best of 8:03.49 minutes.
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Conseslus Kipruto was runner-up at the Memorial van Damme and had a 3000 metres flat best of 7:44.09 minutes at the Rieti Meeting.
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Conseslus Kipruto made his first Kenyan cross country team in 2013.
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Conseslus Kipruto performed one place better at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, helping Kenya to the junior team silver medal.