Moses Ndiema Kipsiro

Moses Ndiema Kipsiro at the 2012 Olympics

Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (born September 2, 1986 in Chesimat ) is a Ugandan long-distance runner .

Athletic career

In 2005 Kipsiro started at the 5000 meter run of the World Championships in Helsinki , but was eliminated in the preliminary run. In the same year he achieved the first of five victories so far (2005-07, 2012 and 2014) at the Trier New Year's Eve run (8 km). The following year he was first seventh at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and then won bronze over 5000 m and gold over 10,000 m at the African Championships in Bambous .

At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka he won the bronze medal over 5000 m behind Bernard Lagat (USA) and Eliud Kipchoge (KEN). In 2008 he finished second at the World 10K Bangalore and fourth over 5000 m at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

In 2009 he finished fifth in the World's Best 10K , won silver at the World Cross Country Championships in Amman and was fourth in the 5000 m at the World Championships in Berlin . The following year followed a sixth place at the World's Best 10K and a bronze medal at the Cross Country World Championships in Bydgoszcz, silver over 5000 m at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi, and a second place over 3000 m and 5000 m at the 2010 Athletics Continental Cup in Split and a double victory over 5000 and 10,000 m at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi .

In 2011 he finished eleventh at the Cross Country World Championships in Punta Umbría and won bronze with the Ugandan team. In 2012 he was seventh over 3000 m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul . In the same year he finished at the Olympic Games in London over 10,000 m in tenth and over 5000 m in 15th place.

In 2013, Kipsiro finished fourth at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz and won the Great Manchester Run . At the World Championships in Moscow , he reached 13th place in the 10,000 meter run. A muscle injury prevented his start in the 5000 meter run. In 2014, Kipsiro defended his 10,000-meter title at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow . On October 4th, 2015 he won the Great Scottish Run in 1:02:18 h.

Moses Ndiema Kipsiro is 1.74 m tall and weighs 59 kg. He grew up with twelve siblings in Chesimat. In addition to the work he had to do on his parents' farm, running was his passion from an early age, so he took it upon himself to fetch the milk from the neighboring town of Singare . He trains in Uganda with his friend Boniface Toroitich Kiprop and in England with his trainer and manager Ricky Simms from PACE Sports Management.

Confrontation with the Ugandan Athletics Federation in 2014

At the beginning of March 2014, at a training camp in Kapchorwa, Kipsiro confronted a trainer from the Ugandan Athletics Association and accused him of sexual harassment of young athletes. The trainer is said to have recommended the runners to become pregnant and to have an abortion after three months. He claimed that women's pregnancy-specific physical responses would improve their running performance. Even after Kipsiro's allegations became public, the Ugandan Athletics Association declined any responsibility and initially did not draw any conclusions from the incidents.

Kipsiro was removed from the national squad for the World Half Marathon Championships that will take place in Copenhagen at the end of March . The association cited a disease of the athlete as the reason for the decision. Kipsiro denied this, stating that his non-nomination was a punishment for his open criticism. In mid-April, the Ugandan parliament ordered an investigation into the incidents at the training camp. In June, contrary to previous announcements, Kipsiro was nominated for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow . The association declined to comment on this change of direction.

Personal bests

• 1500 m : 3: 37.6 min, June 14, 2008, Watford
• 3000 m : 7: 30.95 min, July 28, 2009, Monaco (Ugandan record)
  • Hall: 7: 37.4 min, February 18, 2012, Birmingham (split time, Ugandan record)
• 2 miles (hall): 8: 08.16 min, February 18, 2012, Birmingham (Ugandan record)
• 5000 m: 12: 50.72 min, September 14, 2007, Brussels (Ugandan record)
• 10,000 m: 27: 04.48 min, June 22nd 2012, Birmingham
• 10K road run : 27:52 min, May 26, 2013, Manchester (Ugandan record)
• Half marathon : 1:03:14 h, February 8, 2014, Mbale

Web links

Commons : Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Moses ndiema kipsiro in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kipsiro pulls out of 5000m race ( English ) New Vision. August 11, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
2. ↑ IAAF: Kipsiro reaffirms credible Edinburgh and Beijing goals ( Memento of 3 March 2008 at the Internet Archive ). January 10, 2008
3. ↑ Athlete portrait of Moses Kipsiro ( memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the PACE website 
4. ↑ Sande Bashaija: Uganda's female athletes sexually harassed by coach ( English ) Sunday Monitor. March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
5. ↑ Uganda: runners not nominated for World Cup after sex revelations . Handelsblatt. March 27, 2014. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 30, 2014. 
6. ↑ Uganda Parliament opens athletics sex abuse probe ( English ) Daily Nation. April 15, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
7. ↑ Darren Allan Kyeyune: Kipsiro recalled to defend Commonwealth titles in Glasgow ( English ) Sunday Monitor. June 15, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.