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| Nationality | Kenya | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 June 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | long distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 3000m: 7:48.48 (Nairobi, 2024) 5000m: 13:03.17 (Zagreb, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Denis Kipkoech (born 5 June 2006) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He was a silver medalist at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships over 3000 metres. [1]
He ran a personal best 7:48.48 for the 3000 metres to finish runner-up to Clinton Kimutai Ngetich at the Kenyan U20 Championships national trials in June 2024. [2] He won the silver medal behind Norwegian Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen in the 3000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024, finishing in a time of 8:20.79, after leading the race on the final lap. [3] [4] [5]
He ran a personal best 13:03.17 to win the 5000 metres at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb on 24 May 2025, finishing ahead of compatriot Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi and Ethiopia’s Biniam Mehary, moving from third to first place in the last 100 metres. [6] [7] He finished in sixth place over 5000 metres in Stockholm at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event, part of the 2025 Diamond League. [8]
