Moses Kiptanui
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Moses Kiptanui (born: October 1, 1970 in Marakwet, Kenya) is a middle and long distance athlete mostly famous for 3000 m steeplechase in which he was the number one ranked athlete from 1991 to 1995. and three time IAAF World Champion.
Major achievements
- 1990
- 1990 African Athletics Championships - Cairo, Egypt.
- 1500 m gold medal
- 1990 IAAF World Junior Championships - Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
- 1500 m gold medal
- 1990 African Athletics Championships - Cairo, Egypt.
- 1991
- 1991 World Championships in Athletics - Tokyo, Japan.
- 3000 m steeplechase gold medal
- 1991 All Africa Games - Cairo, Egypt.
- 3000 m steeplechase gold medal
- 1991 World Championships in Athletics - Tokyo, Japan.
- 1993
- 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Stuttgart, Germany.
- 3000 m steeplechase gold medal
- 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1994
- 1994 Goodwill Games - Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- 5000 m gold medal
- 1994 Goodwill Games - Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- 1995
- 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Gothenburg, Sweden.
- 3000 m steeplechase gold medal
- World Record holder - Monaco.
- 3000 m 7 minutes 27.18 seconds
- 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Gothenburg, Sweden.
- 1996
- 1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, United States of America.
- 3000 m steeplechase silver medal
- World Record holder - Rome, Italy.
- 5000 m 12 minutes 54.85 seconds
- 1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, United States of America.
- 1997
- 1997 World Championships in Athletics - Athens, Greece.
- 3000 m steeplechase silver medal
- World Record holder - Cologne, Germany.
- 3000 m steeplechase 7 minutes 56.16 secondsde:Moses Kiptanui
- 1997 World Championships in Athletics - Athens, Greece.