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World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022

Japhet Kipyegon KORIR

Athlete Profile

  • COUNTRY
    Kenya Kenya
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    30 JUN 1993     ATHLETE'S CODE
    14366691
  • ROAD RACE LABEL STATUS
    2020 Bronze
Japhet Kipyegon Korir leads the senior men's race at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland on Sunday 24 March (Getty Images)

Highest Ever World Ranking Positions

Discipline Place Duration
Men's Overall Ranking 932 for 1 week
Men's Road Running 54 for 2 weeks
Highest ever World Rankings position is considered from 1/1/2019

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
3000 Metres 7:40.37 Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) 25 MAY 2012 1174
5000 Metres 13:11.86 Heusden-Zolder (BEL) 21 JUL 2018 1166
10,000 Metres 28:57.2h Nakuru (KEN) 23 MAY 2014 1045
10 Kilometres 27:47 Würzburg (GER) 26 APR 2015 1162
10 Miles Road 46:16 Portsmouth (GBR) 25 OCT 2015 1133
Half Marathon 1:00:08 Lille (FRA) 02 SEP 2017 1187
Marathon 2:19:46 Taipei City (TPE) 08 FEB 2015 993

Legend

* Not legal.

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
5000 Metres 13:11.44 Düsseldorf (GER) 10 FEB 2012 1219

Legend

* Not legal.

Latest Active Season: 2019

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
Half Marathon 1:02:46 Lisboa (POR) 17 MAR 2019 1080

Outdoor

3000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2013 8:10.20 Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (QAT) 10 MAY 2013
2012 7:40.37 Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) 25 MAY 2012
2011 7:40.93 Strasbourg (FRA) 12 JUN 2011
2010 7:41.38 Liège (BEL) 13 JUL 2010

Outdoor

5000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2018 13:11.86 Heusden-Zolder (BEL) 21 JUL 2018
2017 13:14.56 Heusden-Zolder (BEL) 22 JUL 2017
2015 13:29.01 Mestský Stadion, Ostrava (CZE) 26 MAY 2015
2013 13:31.94 Albert Park, Melbourne (AUS) 06 APR 2013
2012 13:20.88 Carquefou (FRA) 01 JUN 2012
2011 13:17.18 Nijmegen (NED) 25 MAY 2011
2010 13:19.43 Heusden-Zolder (BEL) 10 JUL 2010
2008 14:11.39 Pune (IND) 16 OCT 2008

Outdoor

10,000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2014 28:57.2h Nakuru (KEN) 23 MAY 2014

Outdoor

10 Kilometres

Performance Place Date
2018 29:03 Würzburg (GER) 29 APR 2018
2017 28:00 Port Gentil (GAB) 24 JUN 2017
2016 29:17 Würzburg (GER) 24 APR 2016
2015 27:47 Würzburg (GER) 26 APR 2015
2014 28:19 New Orleans, LA (USA) 19 APR 2014
2013 27:52 Würzburg (GER) 28 APR 2013
2012 28:43 Würzburg (GER) 29 APR 2012

Outdoor

10 Miles Road

Performance Place Date
2016 47:07 Tilburg (NED) 04 SEP 2016
2015 46:16 Portsmouth (GBR) 25 OCT 2015

Outdoor

Half Marathon

Performance Place Date
2019 1:02:46 Lisboa (POR) 17 MAR 2019
2018 1:00:09 The Hague (NED) 11 MAR 2018
2017 1:00:08 Lille (FRA) 02 SEP 2017
2016 1:01:00 København (DEN) 18 SEP 2016
2015 1:03:14 Glasgow (GBR) 04 OCT 2015
2014 1:02:41 The Hague (NED) 09 MAR 2014

Outdoor

Marathon

Performance Place Date
2015 2:19:46 Taipei City (TPE) 08 FEB 2015

Indoor

5000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2011/12 13:11.44 Düsseldorf (GER) 10 FEB 2012

Honours - World Cross Country Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. Senior Race 32:45 Myslecinek Park, Bydgoszcz (POL) 24 MAR 2013
3. U20 Race 22:12 Myslecinek Park, Bydgoszcz (POL) 28 MAR 2010
5. U20 Race 23:36 Golf Club Al Bisharat, Amman (JOR) 28 MAR 2009
Results in:

Half Marathon

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
17 MAR 2019 EDP Meia Maratona de Lisboa, Lisboa PORPOR A F 22. 1:02:46
06 OCT 2019 Cardiff University / Cardiff Half Marathon, Cardiff GBRGBR B F 10. 1:03:41

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