1. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Kiplimo won a bronze medal in the 10,000 m events.
19 Facts About Jacob Kiplimo
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Jacob Kiplimo won gold medals in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and he won a silver and gold medal at the 2019 and 2023 World Cross Country Championships, respectively.
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Jacob Kiplimo was the winner of the 2020 World Half Marathon, and is the current world record holder in the half marathon, which he set in 2025 with a time of 56:42.
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Jacob Kiplimo was the 2017 World Cross Country junior champion.
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Jacob Kiplimo is the Ugandan record holder for the 3000 metres.
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Jacob Kiplimo won a selection trial for the World Mountain Running Championships in 2015 but was not allowed to compete due to his age.
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Jacob Kiplimo then moved to Italy and began competing in events.
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At the age of fifteen, Jacob Kiplimo won the 10,000 metres bronze medal at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships behind fellow East Africans Rodgers Kwemoi and Aron Kifle.
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Jacob Kiplimo was the youngest ever competitor for Uganda at the Olympic Games.
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At the World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, Jacob Kiplimo finished second in the senior men's race four seconds after Joshua Cheptegei's winning time of 31:40.
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Jacob Kiplimo won the gold medal in the teams ranking with Cheptegei from Uganda.
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Jacob Kiplimo did not run in the 10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Doha because of an injury.
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Kandie won in 42:59, a new course record, with Jacob Kiplimo finishing in 43:00.
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Jacob Kiplimo's time was a Ugandan record and championship record.
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Jacob Kiplimo placed second in the race with a time of 57:37.
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On 21 March 2021, Jacob Kiplimo competed at the Campaccio cross country race in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy.
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Jacob Kiplimo pulled away from Bahrain's Birhanu Balew to win the race.
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On 21 November 2021, Jacob Kiplimo set a half marathon world record at 57:31 in Lisbon.
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Jacob Kiplimo's record was broken by Yomif Kejelcha, who ran a time of 57:30 at the 2024 Valencia Half Marathon.