Benjamin Kiplagat
Benjamin Kiplagat | |
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| File:Benjamin Kiplagat FBK Games 2010.jpg Kiplagat in 2010 | |
| Born | 4 March 1989 Magoro, Uganda |
| Died | 31 December 2023 (aged 34) Eldoret, Kenya |
| Occupation | Long-distance runner |
Benjamin Kiplagat (4 March 1989 – 31 December 2023) was a Ugandan long-distance runner specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[1]
Life
[edit | edit source]Kiplagat took up running following the success of Boniface Kiprop, who is from the same village as Kiplagat was, in the 2004 World Junior Championships. He began by competing in the 10,000 metres, but on the advice of his coach, he dropped down to the 1500 and 5000 m.[1]
Kiplagat made his international debut at the 2006 World Cross Country Championships, having qualified by finishing 6th in the Ugandan Junior Cross Country Championships. That year he also qualified for the World Junior Championships. There, he set a new national junior record of 8:35.77, which he then lowered to 8:34.14 in the final, where he finished 6th.[1]
In 2008, Kiplagat finished 4th in the World Cross Country Championships. That year, he lowered the Uganda record to 8:16.06 and then 8:14.29 before finishing second in the World Junior Championships.[1]
Kiplagat's 2009 season was disrupted by malaria and typhoid, but he still managed to further lower the Ugandan national record to 8:12.98. He was again affected by malaria, and a boil on his leg, in 2010, but again lowered the Ugandan record to 8:03.81. He finished 4th at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[1]
Kiplagat was reported to have been stabbed to death, after his body was found in a car on 31 December 2023, near Eldoret in Kenya.[2][3] Two men were subsequently arrested in connection to the murder; one of them had the suspected murder weapon on his person.[4]
International competitions
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- ^ Disqualified in the final
Personal bests
[edit | edit source]- 1500 m – 3:38.86 (Nijmegen 2009)
- 3000 m – 7:46.50 (Dakar 2010)
- 5000 m – 13:22.67 (Kassel 2007)
- 10,000 m – 29:03.1 (Bugembe 2006)
- 2000 m st – 5:41.1 (Nairobi 2005)
- 3000 m st – 8:03.81 (Lausanne 2010)
References
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- ^ Former Ugandan steeplechase Olympian Benjamin Kiplagat found fatally stabbed in Kenya ABC News
- ^ Benjamin KIPLAGAT COUNTRY Uganda BORN 04 MAR 1989 ATHLETE CODE 14229601 - Honors Summary 1x World U20 Championships Silver medalist 1x African Championships Bronze medalist 1x In Top 8 at Commonwealth Games 1x In Top 8 at All-African Games World Athletics
External links
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- 1989 births
- 2023 deaths
- 2023 murders in Africa
- Ugandan men long-distance runners
- Ugandan men steeplechase runners
- Olympic athletes for Uganda
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Uganda
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Uganda
- People from Bukwo District
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games
- African Games competitors for Uganda
- 21st-century Ugandan sportsmen
- Athletes from Eastern Region, Uganda
- Deaths by stabbing in Kenya
- Ugandan murder victims
- People murdered in 2023
- Ugandan athletics biography stubs