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Jacob Kiplimo (born 14 November 2000) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is 2020 Tokyo Olympic 10,000 metres bronze medallist and also won bronze in the event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Kiplimo earned gold medals in the 5000 metres and 10,000 m at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He is the 2020 World Half Marathon champion. On 21 November 2021, Kiplimo set a half marathon world record at 57:31 in Lisbon.[1]

Jacob Kiplimo

Personal information
Born	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 22) Bukwo District, Uganda
Sport
Country	Uganda
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long-distance running
Team	Nike
Achievements and titles
World finals	2017 London 5000 m, 22nd (h) 2019 Doha 10,000 m, DNS 2022 Eugene 10,000 m,  Bronze
Olympic finals	2016 Rio de Janeiro 5000 m, 26th (h) 2020 Tokyo 10,000 m,  Bronze 5000 m, 5th
Personal best(s)	3000 m: 7:26.64 NR (Rome 2020) 5000 m: 12:48.63 (Ostrava 2020) 10,000 m: 26:33.93 (Ostrava 2021) 10 km: 27:31 (Manchester 2019) Half marathon: 57:31 WR (Lisbon 2021)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Uganda Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 10,000 m World Championships 2022 Eugene 10,000 m Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 5000 m 2022 Birmingham 10,000 m World Junior Championships 2018 Tampere 10,000 m 2016 Bydgoszcz 10,000 m World Half Marathon Championships 2020 Gdynia Individual 2020 Gdynia Team World Cross Country Championships 2019 Aarhus Senior team 2017 Kampala Junior race 2019 Aarhus Senior race

At age 15, Kiplimo represented his country at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[2] He was the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championship junior champion. In 2019, he became the World Cross Country Championship silver medallist at the age of 18.

Early life

A member of the Sebei ethnic group, Jacob Kiplimo grew up in Bukwo on Mount Elgon, living at high altitude.[3]

Career

2015–2018

At the age of fifteen, Kiplimo won the 10,000 metres bronze medal at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships behind fellow East Africans Rodgers Kwemoi and Aron Kifle. Of as much importance as that placing was his time of 13:24:40 minutes for the 5000 metres in Rome that May. That was enough to reach the Olympic standard and gain selection for Uganda at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4] As a result, he became the youngest ever Olympian for Uganda.[3]

Prior to the 2016 Rio Olympics, he improved his 5000 m best further to 13:19.54 minutes. The youngest entrant to the competition he ran in the Olympic heats only, recording a time of 13:30.40 minutes for 11th in his race.[5] He was the youngest ever competitor for Uganda at the Olympic Games, with the age of 15.[6]

At age 16, Kiplimo produced a performance of a lifetime to win gold in the men's U20 race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, the country's first ever gold medal at a World Cross, covering the 8 km course in 22:40 minutes.[7]

He won the San Silvestre 10k in a time of 26:41 on 31 December 2018. As the course has an elevation drop, it didn't count for record purposes. His win set a new course record, formerly set by Eliud Kipchoge in 2006 with 26:54.

2019

At the Ugandan Cross Country Championships on 16 February in Tororo, Kiplimo defeated Joshua Cheptegei by both placing first and second respectively. In the men's senior race over 10 km, Kiplimo won by an 11-second lead over the 10,000 m world championship runner up.[8]

At the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, Kiplimo finished second in the senior men's race four seconds after Joshua Cheptegei's winning time of 31:40. He won the gold medal in the teams ranking with Cheptegei from Uganda.[9]

Kiplimo did not run in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, because of an injury.[10][11]

On 31 December, Kiplimo ran the Saint Silvester Road Race and was beaten by Kibiwott Kandie on the finish line. Kandie won in 42:59 a new course record with Kiplimo finishing in 43:00.[12]

2020

On 8 September, Kiplimo won the 5000 m run in Ostrava, Czech Republic in a time of 12:48.63 and improved his personal best of 13:13.64 set as a 16-year-old at the 2017 Prefontaine Classic. Selemon Barega was the runner up with a time 12:49.08, his personal best of 12:43.02 was the fifth fastest ever.[13]

On 17 September, Kiplimo won a Diamond League 3000 m run in Rome in a time of 7:26.64, the fastest 3000 m since Kenenisa's 7:25.70 in August 2007. Kiplimo's time was the eighth fastest time ever and second placed Jakob Ingebrigtsen time of 7:27.05 became the ninth.[14]

He won the Half Marathon World Championship in a time of 58:49 on 17 October. The event took place in Gdynia, Poland and was a Ugandan record and championship record. [15]

On 6 December, Kiplimo competed in the Valencia Half Marathon. He would be competing against the world silver medalist in the World Half Marathon Championships, Kibiwott Kandie. Kiplimo would also be competing against Rhonex Kipruto of Kenya, who was making his half marathon debut, and held the world record in the 10K on the road. With just around one kilometer remaining, Kandie made a strong move for the victory, and Kiplimo could not keep up with Kandie's surge. At the end of it all, Kandie, Kiplimo, Kipruto, and also Alexander Mutiso of Kenya, all broke the previous world record of 58:01, set by Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya back in September 2019 in Copenhagen. Kandie finished in a world record time of 57:32, with Kiplimo finishing just behind in 57:37. Kipruto also set a debut world record with a time of 57:49, with Mutiso finishing in 57:59. His time of 57:37 was a national record for Uganda.[16]

2021–present

On 21 March 2021, Kiplimo competed at the Campaccio-International Cross Country race in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy. Despite falling during the ninth kilometer of the race he won the 10 km in 29:07. Ethiopia's Nebret Melak finished second, and Kiplimo's younger brother Oscar Chelimo finished third.[17] On 19 May, Kiplimo returned to the track racing 10,000 m at the 60th Ostrava Golden Spike. He pulled away from Bahrain's Birhanu Balew to win the race. Kiplimo finished in a personal best time of 26:33.93, which made him the seventh fastest 10,000 m performer of all time, and the second fastest Ugandan in history over the distance behind world record holder Joshua Cheptegei's 26:11.00. [18]

On 21 November 2021, Kiplimo set the half marathon world record at 57:31 in Lisbon.[19]

Personal bests

• 1500 metres: 3:50.24 min (2016)
• 3000 metres: 7:26.64 min (2020) NR
• 5000 metres: 12:48.63 min (2020)
• 10,000 metres: 26:33.93 min (2021)
• Half marathon: 57:31 (2021) World record
• 10K run: 27:31 min (2019)
• 10K run: 26:41 min (31 December 2018) (fastest ever run at the time, but it was not officially ratified as a world record due to the downhill nature of the course).[20]

All information from IAAF Profile.[21]

International competitions

Representing  Uganda

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	3rd	10,000 m	27:26.68 PB
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	26th (h)	5000 m	13:30.40
2017	World Cross Country Championships	Kampala, Uganda	1st	Junior men's race	22:40
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	22nd (h)	5000 m	13:30.92
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	4th	10,000 m	27:30.25
	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	6th	5,000 m	13:23.35
	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	2nd	10,000 m	27:40.36
2019	World Cross Country Championships	Aarhus, Denmark	2nd	Senior race	31:44
2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	1st	Half marathon	58:49 CR
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	5th	5,000 m	13:02.40
			3rd	10,000 m	27:43.88
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	3rd	10,000 m	27:27.97

References

External links

• Jacob Kiplimo at World Athletics

На других языках

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[de] Jacob Kiplimo

Jacob Kiplimo (* 14. November 2000 in Taragon, Distrikt Kween)[1] ist ein ugandischer Leichtathlet, der sich auf den Langstreckenlauf spezialisiert hat. Auch sein jüngerer Bruder Oscar Chelimo ist als Langstreckenläufer erfolgreich. Kiplimo hält seit November 2021 den Weltrekord über die Halbmarathondistanz.

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- [en] Jacob Kiplimo

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[es] Jacob Kiplimo

Jacob Kiplimo (14 de noviembre de 2000) es un deportista ugandés que compite en atletismo, especialista en las carreras de fondo y de campo a través. Su hermano Oscar compite en el mismo deporte.[1]

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[fr] Jacob Kiplimo

Jacob Kiplimo (né le 14 novembre 2000) est un athlète ougandais, spécialiste des courses de fond, champion du monde du semi-marathon en 2020 et médaillé de bronze sur 10 000 m aux Jeux de Tokyo en 2021. En 2021, il améliore le record du monde du semi-marathon d'une seconde, avec un temps de 57 min 31 s. Il est le frère de l'athlète Oscar Chelimo.

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[it] Jacob Kiplimo

Jacob Kiplimo (Binyiny, 14 novembre 2000) è un mezzofondista ugandese campione mondiale di mezza maratona nel 2020 e detentore del record mondiale della specialità.

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[ru] Киплимо, Джейкоб

Джейкоб Киплимо (англ. Jacob Kiplimo, род. 14 ноября 2000[1], Квеен[d], Восточная область) — угандийский легкоатлет, бегун на средние и длинные дистанции, призёр Олимпийских игр 2020 года и чемпионата мира 2022 года, двукратный победитель Игр Содружества 2022 года. Рекордсмен мира в полумарафоне с ноября 2021 года.

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