Victor Kiplangat
Ugandan mountain runner
 Kiplangat at the 2023 World Athletics Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Ugandan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics Mountain running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Cross-country running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | U.S. Quercia Trentingrana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| 2016 | World U20 Championships |  Bydgoszcz | 19th | 5000 m | 14:21.22 | |
| 2017 | Cross Country World Championships | Kampala | 19th | Junior men's race (8 km) | 24:29 | |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games |  Birmingham | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:55 | |
| 2023 | World Athletics Championships |  Budapest | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:53 | |
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| 2017 | World Championships |  Premana | 1st | Men's race (13 km) | 52:31 | |
References
External links
- Victor Kiplangat at World Athletics
- Victor Kiplangat at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Victor Kiplangat at ARRS
- Victor Kiplangat at ITRA
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World champions in men's marathon
- 1983:
Robert de Castella (AUS) - 1987:
Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) - 1991:
Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) - 1993:
Mark Plaatjes (USA) - 1995:
Martín Fiz (ESP) - 1997: Abel Antón (ESP)
- 1999: Abel Antón (ESP)
- 2001:
Gezahegne Abera (ETH) - 2003:
Jaouad Gharib (MAR) - 2005: Jaouad Gharib (MAR)
- 2007: Luke Kibet (KEN)
- 2009: Abel Kirui (KEN)
- 2011: Abel Kirui (KEN)
- 2013:
Stephen Kiprotich (UGA) - 2015:
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (ERI) - 2017: Geoffrey Kirui (KEN)
- 2019:
Lelisa Desisa (ETH) - 2022: Tamirat Tola (ETH)
- 2023: Victor Kiplangat (UGA)
Commonwealth Games champions in the men's marathon | |
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