Stephen Kiprotich

STEPHEN KIPROTICH
UGANDA

BIRTHDATE:
27 February 1989

PERSONAL BEST:
2:07:20 (Enschede, 2011)

WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:

21Apr13 Virgin London Marathon 6th 2:08:05
12Aug12 Olympic Games Marathon, London 1st 2:08:01
04Sep11 World Championships Marathon, Daegu 9th 2:12:57

ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

26Feb12 Tokyo International Marathon 3rd 2:07:50
17Apr11 Enschede Marathon 1st 2:07:20

CAREER NOTES:

Stephen Kiprotich became Uganda's first gold medalist - and medalist of any kind - in the Olympic Marathon, with his surprise victory at London in 2012. Running with Kenyan's Abel Kirui and Wilson Kiplagat in the late stages of the race, he inserted a strong 4:42 mile with less than 5 km to go to claim an upset victory. Kiprotich ended a record string of eight consecutive World Marathon Majors by Kenyan men.

Kiprotich won his first marathon at Enschede in April 2011 in 2:07:20 (his PR) to earn a trip to the Daegu World Championships where he came in ninth. He was under 2:08 again in February of 2012 finishing third at Tokyo.

He has also had top ten places at the World Cross-Country Championships (6th, 2011) and World Junior Championships, 10,000 meters (5th, 2008).

His other personal bests include 27:58.03 for 10,000 meters and 1:03:22 for the half-marathon.