Athletics | Athlete Profile: Joshua Kiprui CHEPTEGEI - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Birth Date:  12 Sep 1996
Place of Birth:  KAPSEWUI
Country of birth:  UGA
Age:  21
Gender:   Men

Weight (Kg): 0

Events and Medals

Sport	Event	Rank
Athletics	Men's 5000m	1
	Men's 10,000m	1

Joshua Kiprui CHEPTEGEI - Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
GR	Men's 10,000m Final	27:19.62	13 April, 2018	Gold Coast (AUS)

Joshua Kiprui CHEPTEGEI - Schedule

Schedule
Time	My Time	Venue	Event	Status
Sun, 8 Apr 16:40	-	Carrara Stadium Track	Men's 5000m Final	Finished
Fri, 13 Apr 21:10	-	Carrara Stadium Track	Men's 10,000m Final	Finished

Legend

GR: Commonwealth Games Record

Biographical Information

Highlights:

Olympic Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank	Result
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Men's 5000m	8	13:09.17
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Men's 10,000m	6	27:10.06

World Championships
Year	Location	Event	Rank	Result
2017	London, GBR	Men's 10,000m	2	26:49.94
2015	Beijing, CHN	Men's 10,000m	9	27:48.89

Hobbies:

Books (nnrunningteam.com, 16 Mar 2018)

Coach:

PERSONAL: Addy RUITER (NED) (iaaf.org, 4 Aug 2017)

Reason: First played football, tried long jump and triple jump, but realised at primary school he was best suited to running. (nnrunningteam.com, 11 Jul 2017)
Ambition: “I want to change the game, like Michael JORDAN (USA) and Cristiano RONALDO (POR).�? (nnrunning.com, 11 Jul 2017)
Hero: (Athlete) Kenenisa BEKELE (ETH) (nnrunnning.com, 11 Jul 2017)

Additional information:

YOUNG AND GIFTED
In one of his first international races, finished second behind Geoffrey KAMWOROR at the TCS World 10km in Bangalore. His manager, Jurrie VAN DER VELDEN, said: "We realised then he was special." (iaaf.org, 4 Aug 2017)

RETURN
Stint training in Kenya in 2015, with the likes of Olympic marathon champion Eliud KIPCHOGE, but missed home and now trains in Kapchorwa, back in his native Uganda. (iaaf.org, 4 Aug 2017)

CROSS BLOW
Leading the senior men's race by 12 seconds going into the final lap at the 2017 World Cross-Country Championships in his home country of Uganda, he slowed dramatically in the final kilometre - eventually finishing 30th. "It took me some weeks to get over. I stayed at home because I didn’t want to meet people. My wife, family, and manager, encouraged me, saying: 'You can make it.'" (iaaf.org, 4 Aug 2017)

WORLD SILVER
Just five weeks after the birth of his son, won 10,000m silver behind Mo FARAH (GBR) at the 2017 World Championships in London. (iaaf.org, 4 Aug 2017).

ROAD RUNNER
Won the Seven Hills Race in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in November 2017 in 41:16 - the second-fastest time in history for the 15km distance and only three seconds shy of the world record. (independent.co.ug, 20 Nov 2017)

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