Moses Kiptanui

Moses Kiptanui
Full name	Moses Kipkore Kiptanui
nation	Kenya
birthday	1st October 1970
place of birth	Elgeyo, Elgeyo-Marakwet County
size	175 cm
Weight	60 kg
Career
discipline	Middle distance running , long distance running
Best performance	7: 56.16 min ( 3000 m obstacle )
status	resigned
End of career	1999
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 × World championships 3 × 1 × 0 × Junior World Championship 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Atlanta 1996 3000 m obstacle World championships gold Tokyo 1991 3000 m obstacle gold Stuttgart 1993 3000 m obstacle gold Gothenburg 1995 3000 m obstacle silver Athens 1997 3000 m obstacle Junior World Championships gold Plovdiv 1990 1500 m

Moses Kipkore Kiptanui (born October 1, 1970 in Elgeyo, Elgeyo-Marakwet County ) is a former Kenyan middle and long distance runner . He became known for his successes in the obstacle course over 3000 meters. In this discipline he led the world rankings from 1991 to 1995 and was also world champion three times.

Sports career

At the beginning of the 1990s he succeeded in first winning the African athletics championships in 1990 in Cairo over the 1500 meters. In the same year he won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships over this distance in Plovdiv . At the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo , he also topped the world rankings in this discipline with a gold medal over 3000 meters.

In 1992, like many world-class athletes before and after him, he was a victim of the Kenyan selection competitions for the Olympic Games. Having entered the competition slightly injured, he did not manage to qualify by finishing in the top three. Kiptanui made the best of the situation, prepared specifically for a world record attempt in the 3,000 meter run and on August 16 at the ASV Sportfest in Cologne in 7: 28.96 min , undercut the mark previously held by Saïd Aouita .

He was able to defend his world championship title in Stuttgart in 1993 . At the Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg in 1994 , he won the 5000-meter run , and at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg he won the 3000-meter obstacle course again. That year he also set new world records over 3000 meters obstacle and 5000 meters. Over a 3000 meter obstacle he was the first person to stay under eight minutes in 7: 59.18 minutes.

In 1996 Kiptanui was not in top form, but still won the silver medal behind the surprise winner Joseph Keter in the obstacle course over 3000 meters at the Olympic Games in Atlanta .

In 1997 at the World Championships in Athens , he and Wilson Boit Kipketer were again beaten by a fellow countryman over 3000 meters. Kiptanui had been in the lead for most of the race and was only overtaken at the last obstacle. Boit Kipketer also took the world record from Kiptanui on August 13th in Zurich. On August 24th in Cologne, Kiptanui tried to get the record back. He started the race at an exceptionally high pace (2:36 minutes for the first kilometer), but World Championship third Bernard Barmasai could not be shaken off and passed Kiptanui 80 meters from the finish. This ran a personal best, undercut Kipketer's world record by almost three seconds and was only second again, because Barmasai won in 7: 55.72 minutes.

Kiptanui coached young Kenyan athletes while he was still active. He looked after the multiple world record holder and 5000 meter world champion Daniel Komen . After an Achilles tendon rupture at the Goodwill Games in 1998, Kiptanui could not return to his previous form and ended his athletic career in 1999. In the following years he initially worked as a talent scout, coach and trainer in the company of his manager Kim McDonald . In 2003 he was the head coach of the Kenyan team at the World Championships in Paris . But he was soon replaced from this post. Kiptanui is now a businessman who mainly invests in real estate.

Moses Kiptanui is the cousin of Ismael Kirui and Richard Chelimo . In 1995 he lived in Eldoret (Northwest Kenya ).

Personal best

• 1500 m : 3: 34.0 min, June 13, 1992, Nairobi
• 3000 m: 7: 27.18 min, July 25, 1995, Monaco
• 3000 m obstacle: 7: 56.16 min, August 24, 1997, Cologne
• 5000 m: 12: 54.85 min, June 5, 1996, Rome

Web links

• Kiptanui in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Moses Kiptanui in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The hungry win . In: Der Spiegel . No. 32 , 1995 ( online ).