Victor Kiplangat

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Victor Kiplangat
Personal information
NationalityUgandan
Born (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 24)
Sport
Country Uganda
SportAthletics
Mountain running
EventCross-country running
ClubU.S. Quercia Trentingrana
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • 3000 m: 8:11.69 (2017)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Uganda
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest Marathon
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Marathon
Men's mountain running
Representing  Uganda
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Premana Men's race (13 km)

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
Athletics
2016 World U20 Championships Poland Bydgoszcz 19th 5000 m 14:21.22
2017 Cross Country World Championships Uganda Kampala 19th Junior men's race (8 km) 24:29
2022 Commonwealth Games United Kingdom Birmingham 1st Marathon 2:10:55
2023 World Athletics Championships Hungary Budapest 1st Marathon 2:08:53
Mountain running
2017 World Championships Italy Premana 1st Men's race (13 km) 52:31

References

  1. ^ "World Trophy (1991-2008)/World Championships (2009 on)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Marathon - Men's Marathon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2022: Victor Kiplangat wins marathon despite going wrong way". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

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