| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Athletics | ||
Representing  Kenya
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2000 Sydney | 3000 m steeplechase |
| World Championships | ||
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1997 Athens | 3000 m steeplechase |
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1999 Seville | 3000 m steeplechase |
Wilson Boit Kipketer (born 6 October 1973 in Kenya) is a middle and long distance athlete most widely known for running the 3000 m steeplechase. On 13 August 1997, at the Weltklasse Zürich, he set the world record in the steeplechase at 7:59.08, the third of three world records set in a 70-minute period of time. He was second individual after Moses Kiptanui to run under eight minutes.[1] Boit Kipketer's record only stood for 11 days before it was crushed by Bernard Barmasai who took almost 3+1⁄2 seconds off the mark. A week earlier, Boit Kipketer led a Kenyan sweep of the same race in the 1997 World Championships, edging out Barmasai and then world record holder, three-time defending champion Kiptanui. He came back two years later to claim a silver medal in the 1999 World Championships and the following year in the 2000 Olympics.
He was born into a large family, one of twelve children.
In 2003, during an immigration clampdown by the Swedish authorities, Boit Kipketer was refused permission to run in Stockholm where the event organisers had lined him up as one of the main attractions, because he did not have the required visa.
He planned to debut in marathon at the Düsseldorf Marathon on May 6, 2007.[citation needed]
He is not related to Wilson Kipketer, the 800 m runner who represented Denmark and was also part of the three world records set in 70 minutes in Zurich. Both attended St. Patrick's High School at the same time.[citation needed]
Politics
After his competitive career, Kipketer went into local politics as a member of the county assembly of the Kabiemit Ward.[2]
Major achievements
(3000 m steeplechase)
- 1997
- 1997 World Championships in Athletics - Athens, Greece.
- World Record - Zürich, Switzerland
- 7 minutes 59.08 seconds
- 1999
- 2000
- 2000 Summer Olympics - Sydney, Australia.
- silver medal
- 2000 Summer Olympics - Sydney, Australia.
- 2002
- 2002 IAAF World Cup
- gold medal
- 2002 African Championships - Tunis, Tunisia.
- silver medal
- 2002 IAAF World Cup
References
- ^ "IAAF: 3000 Metres Steeplechase - men - senior - outdoor | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ Komen, Jonathan (27 June 2011). "Kenya: Boit At Ease in Politics As He Used to Be On Track". The Nation (Nairobi). Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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