Jacob Kiplimo

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Jacob Kiplimo
Jacob Kiplimo at Oregon 2022 (cropped).jpg
Kiplimo at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Born (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 23)
Kween District, Uganda
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country Uganda
Sport Athletics
Event Long-distance running
Team Nike
Coached byIacopo Brasi
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 10,000 m
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Eugene 10,000 m
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 5000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Birmingham 10,000 m
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kampala Junior race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Aarhus Senior team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Bathurst Senior race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Belgrade Senior race
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Aarhus Senior race
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Belgrade Senior team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Bathurst Senior team
World Half Marathon Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Gdynia Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Gdynia Team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Tampere 10,000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Bydgoszcz 10,000 m

Jacob Kiplimo (born 14 November 2000) [1] is a Ugandan long-distance runner. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Kiplimo won a bronze medal in the 10,000 m events. 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. He was also the winner of the 2020 World Half Marathon, and is the former world record holder in the half marathon, which he held from 2021 to 2024 with a time of 57:31.

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At age 15, he represented his country at the 2016 Rio Olympics, becoming the youngest ever Olympian for Uganda. He was the 2017 World Cross Country junior champion. Kiplimo is also the Ugandan record holder for the 3000 metres.

Early life

A member of the Sebei ethnic group, Jacob Kiplimo grew up in Kween on Mount Elgon, living at a high altitude. [2]

Career

2015–2018

At the age of fifteen, Kiplimo won the 10,000 metres bronze medal at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships behind fellow East Africans Rodgers Kwemoi and Aron Kifle. Of as much importance as that placing was his time of 13:24:40 minutes for the 5000 metres in Rome that May. That was enough to reach the Olympic standard and gain selection for Uganda at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [3] As a result, he became the youngest ever Olympian for Uganda. [2]

Before the 2016 Rio Olympics, he improved his 5000 m best to 13:19.54 minutes. The youngest entrant to the competition, he ran in the Olympic heats only, recording a time of 13:30.40 minutes for 11th in his race. [4] He was the youngest ever competitor for Uganda at the Olympic Games, at the age of 15. [5] [6]

At age 16, Kiplimo produced a performance of a lifetime to win gold in the men's U20 race at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, the country's first-ever gold medal at a World Cross, covering a 8 km course in 22:40 minutes. [7]

He won the San Silvestre Vallecana 10 km road race in Madrid in a time of 26:41 on 31 December 2018. As the course has an elevation drop, it didn't count for record purposes. His win set a new course record, formerly held by Eliud Kipchoge since 2006 with 26:54.

2019

At the Ugandan Cross Country Championships on 16 February in Tororo, Kiplimo defeated Joshua Cheptegei by placing first and second, respectively. In the men's senior race over 10 km, Kiplimo won by an 11-second lead over the 10,000 m world championship runner-up. [8]

At the World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, Kiplimo finished second in the senior men's race four seconds after Joshua Cheptegei's winning time of 31:40. He won the gold medal in the teams ranking with Cheptegei from Uganda. [9]

Kiplimo did not run in the 10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Doha because of an injury. [10] [11]

On 31 December, Kiplimo ran the Saint Silvester Road Race (15 km) in São Paulo and was beaten by Kibiwott Kandie at the finish line. Kandie won in 42:59, a new course record, with Kiplimo finishing in 43:00. [12]

2020

On 8 September, Kiplimo won the 5000 m run in Ostrava, Czech Republic in a time of 12:48.63 and improved his personal best of 13:13.64 set as a 16-year-old at the 2017 Prefontaine Classic. Selemon Barega was the runner up with a time 12:49.08, while his personal best of 12:43.02 was the fifth-fastest ever at the time. [13] On 17 September, Kiplimo won a Diamond League 3000 m run in Rome in a time of 7:26.64, the fastest mark since Kenenisa Bekele's 7:25.70 in August 2007. Kiplimo's time was the eighth-fastest of all time and second-placed Jakob Ingebrigtsen's mark of 7:27.05 became the ninth. [14]

Kiplimo won the Half Marathon World Championship in a time of 58:49 on 17 October in Gdynia, Poland. His mark was a Ugandan record and championship record. [15]

On 6 December, he competed in the Valencia Half Marathon against the world half marathon silver medalist Kibiwott Kandie. Kiplimo faced also Rhonex Kipruto of Kenya, who made his half marathon debut and held the world record in the 10 km on the road. With just around one kilometer remaining, Kandie made a strong move for the victory, and Kiplimo could not keep up with his surge. At the end of it all, Kandie, Kiplimo, Kipruto, and also Alexander Mutiso of Kenya all broke the previous world record of 58:01, set by Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor back in September 2019 in Copenhagen. Kandie finished in a world record time of 57:32, with Kiplimo finishing just behind in a Ugandan record of 57:37. Kipruto also set a debut world record with a time of 57:49, with Mutiso finishing in 57:59. [16]

2021

On 21 March 2021, Kiplimo competed at the Campaccio cross country race in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy. Despite falling during the ninth kilometer of the race, he won a 10 km in 29:07. Ethiopia's Nibret Melak finished second, and Kiplimo's younger brother Oscar Chelimo finished third. [17] On 19 May, Kiplimo returned to the track racing 10,000 m at the 60th Ostrava Golden Spike. He pulled away from Bahrain's Birhanu Balew to win the race. Kiplimo finished in a personal best time of 26:33.93, which made him the seventh-fastest 10,000 m performer of all time and the second-fastest Ugandan in history over the distance behind world record holder Joshua Cheptegei's 26:11.00. [18]

On 21 November 2021, Kiplimo set a half marathon world record at 57:31 in Lisbon. [19] His record has since been broken by Yomif Kejelcha, who ran a time of 57:30 at the 2024 Valencia Half Marathon. [20]

2023

On 18 February, Kiplimo won the gold medal in the 10-kilometer race at the World Cross Country Championships held in Bathurst, Australia with a time of 29:17. Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi finished second in 29:26 followed by Joshua Cheptegei (29:37), world record holder for the 5000 m and 10,000 m, who had been defending his title from Aarhus 2019. [21] Thus, Kiplimo became reigning world half marathon and cross country champion.

Achievements

All information from World Athletics profile. [1]

Personal bests

Road

International competitions

Representing Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland3rd10,000 m 27:26.68 PB
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil26th (h)5000 m 13:30.40
2017 World Cross Country Championships Kampala, Uganda1stJunior race 22:40
4thJunior team 59 pts
World Championships London, United Kingdom22nd (h)5000 m 13:30.92
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia4th10,000 m 27:30.25
World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland6th5,000 m 13:23.35
2nd10,000 m 27:40.36
2019 World Cross Country Championships Aarhus, Denmark2ndSenior race 31:44
1stTeam 20 pts
2020 World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland1stHalf marathon 58:49 CR
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan5th5,000 m 13:02.40
3rd10,000 m 27:43.88
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States3rd10,000 m 27:27.97
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom1st5000 m 13:08.08 SB
1st10,000 m 27:09.19 SB GR
2023 World Cross Country Championships Bathurst, Australia1stSenior race 29:17
3rdTeam 37 pts
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France8th10,000 m26:46.39
Road races
2015We Run Rome Rome, Italy3rd10 km28:49
2016Cuneo ASICS Run Cuneo, Italy1st10 km28:26
2018 Giro al Sas Trento, Italy1st10 km28:17
San Silvestre Vallecana Madrid, Spain1st10 km26:41
2019 Great Manchester Run Manchester, United Kingdom1st10 km27:31
MTN Kampala Half Marathon Kampala, Uganda1stHalf marathon1:01:53
Saint Silvester Road Race São Paulo, Brazil2nd15 km43:00
2020 Valencia Half Marathon Valencia, Spain2ndHalf marathon57:37
2021 Lisbon Half Marathon Lisbon, Portugal1stHalf marathon57:31
2022 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates1stHalf marathon57:56
Great North Run Newcastle, United Kingdom1stHalf marathon59:33
2023 New York City Half Marathon New York, NY, United States1stHalf marathon1:01:31

Circuit wins

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