Brimin Kipruto
Brimin Kipruto at the Rio 2016 Olympics | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Kenya | ||
| Men's athletics | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 2008 Beijing | 3000 m st. | |
| 2004 Athens | 3000 m st. | |
| World Championships | ||
| 2007 Osaka | 3000 m st. | |
| 2011 Daegu | 3000 m st. | |
| 2005 Helsinki | 3000 m st. | |
| 2015 Beijing | 3000 m st. | |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| 2010 Delhi | 3000 m st. | |
Brimin Kipruto (born 31 July 1985) is a Kenyan professional middle-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was born in Korkitony, Keiyo District. He holds a personal best of 7:53.64 minutes which is the second fastest time ever run, and the African Record. His personal best is only 0.01 of a second behind the world record of former country mate Saif Saaeed Shaheen, who switched national affiliation to Qatar after growing up as Stephen Cherono in the Keiyo District.
He won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics at the age of nineteen and improved to win the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics four years later. A World Championships bronze medallist in 2005, he took his first global title in the steeplechase with a win at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.