Rhonex Kipruto

Rhonex Kipruto (born 12 October 1999)[1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. Kipruto is the world record holder for the 10 km road race with a time of 26:24, set on 12 January 2020 in Valencia Spain.[2]

Rhonex Kipruto
Kipruto in 2018
Personal information
Born (1999-10-12) 12 October 1999
Keiyo District, Kenya
Sport
CountryKenya
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Doha10,000 m
World U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Tampere10,000 m

He was the 10,000 m 2018 World Under-20 champion.[3]

Career

Rhonex Kipruto's parents are farmers. He grew up in Kombatich and his coach is Colm O'Connell.[4]

2017

Kipruto finished third in the 10 kilometres at the Prague Grand Prix with a time of 27:13.[5]

2018

On 10 February, he placed second in the junior men's run at the Kenyan National Cross Country Championships. The 8 km race was won by Stanley Waithaka in 22:09.2 while Kipruto clocked22:30.3.[6] The following month on 17 March, he participated in the African Cross Country Championships U20 race in Algeria. He won the 8 km run in 25:01, five seconds ahead of Stanley Waithaka.[7] Kipruto won the UAE Healthy Kidney 10 km in Central Park, New York City, U.S. on 29 April. While Leonard Komon's (former 10k world record holder) 2011 course record was 27:35 Kipruto finished in 27:08, the fastest 10k on a record-eligible course on US soil.[8]

He went to the IAAF World U20 Championships held in Tampere, Finland from 10 to 15 July. On 10 July, he won the 10,000 metres title with a time of 27:21.08, a new championship record. Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda (The 2017 U20 cross country world champion) placed second 22 seconds behind and Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia came in third with 27:48.41.[9][10]

On 8 September, Kipruto ran in his third 10k race the second-fastest time in history (behind the Leonard Komon's world record of 26:44 from 2010) with his winning time of 26:46 in Prague.[11][12] Geoffrey Koech came in second in 27:18, and Mathew Kimeli finished ranked third in 27:26.

2019

Kipruto won the IAAF Cross Country Permit in Elgoibar on 13. January in a time of 32:05.[13]

On 23 February, he placed sixth in the men's senior 10 km race race at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships in Eldoret, finishing 18 seconds behind Amos Kirui's winning time of 29:51.

Kipruto ran in the men's senior race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. He finished sixth in a time of 32:17 out of 144 starters. The run was won by Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) in 31:40 and Jacob Kiplimo placed second in 31:44.[14] However, Kipruto won the silver medal in the team ranking with Kenya behind Uganda and ahead of Ethiopia.[15]

On 4 July, Kipruto won the 10 km Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, Georgia, USA with a time of 27:01, breaking the previous course record and setting the all-comers' record (best performance on country's soil).[16] The Association of Road Racing Statisticians describes this race as "Acceptable for ranking, no record quality...".[17] The former course record was set in 1996 with a time of 27:04 by Joseph Kimani. Kipruto's brother Bravin Kiptoo placed second with a time of 27:29, and Kennedy Kimutai finished third place with 27:54.[18][19]

At the Kenyan National Championships on 21 August, Kipruto placed second in the 10,000 m in a time of 27:26.34. The race was won by Geoffrey Kamworor in a time of 27:24.76.[20]

2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar

On 6 October 2019, Kipruto raced the 10,000 m. The winner was Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) in 26:48.36, the runner up was Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) in 26:49.34. Kipruto took the bronze medal in 26:50.32.[21]

2020–present

On 12 January 2020, Kipruto set a 10 km road race world record in Valencia with a time of 26:24. The former world record had been set by Joshua Cheptegei in Valencia on 1 December 2019 with 26:38.[22] In the world record race Benard Kimeli (Kenya) came in second after Kipruto with 27:12 and Julien Wanders of Switzerland finished third place in 27:13, a new European record. Kipruto covered the first half in 13:18 and the second one in 13:06. Wanders improved on his own European record by 12 seconds.[23]

Personal bests
SurfaceDistanceTime (m:s)LocationDateNotes
Track 3000 metres7:48.08Cambridge, MA, USA19 May 2018
5000 metres13:07.40London, United Kingdom20 July 2019
10,000 metres26:50.16Stockholm, Sweden30 May 2019
2000 m steeplechase5:44.8Nairobi, Kenya17 June 2015
Road 5 kilometres13:18Valencia, Spain12 January 2020
10 kilometres26:24Valencia, Spain12 January 2020World record
Half marathon57:49Valencia, Spain6 December 2020

Information taken from World Athletics profile.[1]

References
  1. "Rhonex KIPRUTO – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. "Men's 10km Road Race". www.alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. "Competition documents" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org.
  4. "Rhonex Kipruto: Slowly by Slowly | Spikes". spikes.iaaf.org. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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  6. "Athletics Kenya National Cross Country Championships" (PDF).
  7. "Clasificaciones de AFRICA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 – Sportmaniacs". sportmaniacs.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  8. "Rhonex Kipruto Breaks U.S. All-Comers 10K Record in 27:08 at Healthy Kidney".
  9. "IAAF: 10,000 Metres Result | IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  10. "IAAF: Kiplimo captures Uganda's first world cross gold – IAAF World Championships Kampala 2017| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  11. "Teen phenom Rhonex Kipruto just misses 10km world record in Prague – Athletics Weekly". 8 September 2018.
  12. "Kipruto threatens world 10 km record at Prague Grand Prix". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  13. "Kipruto and Obiri dominate in Elgoibar| News". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  14. "Senior Race Result | IAAF World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019 | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  15. "Senior Race Team Standings | IAAF World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019 | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  16. "Kenyan Rhonex Kipruto wins AJC Peachtree Road Race".
  17. "ARRS – Race: Peachtree Road Race". more.arrs.run. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  18. "AJC Peachtree Road Race". www.athlinks.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  19. Weekly, Race Results (4 July 2019). "With a $50,000 Bonus on the Line, Course Records Fall at 50th Peachtree Road Race". Runner's World. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  20. "Kenias Langstreckler bereit für Showdown mit Äthiopiern bei der WM". Mainova Frankfurt Marathon (in German). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  21. "Cheptegai holt 10.000-m-Gold für Uganda: Nachrichten und aktuelle News aus Holzminden und dem Weserbergland". www.tah.de. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  22. "Joshua Cheptegei breaks 10km road world record in Valencia". BBC Sport. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  23. race-news -service.com (13 January 2020). "10K Valencia Trinidad Alfonso 2020: Rhonex Kipruto läuft in Valencia 10-km-Weltrekord". runnersworld.de (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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