Kiprotich Steven
Gender
Male
Region
Kapchwora
Sport
25 marathon
World Ranking
Discipline | Position | Weeks |
---|---|---|
Men’s Marathon | 54 | 3 |
Men’s Road Running | 188 | 3 |
Men’s Overall Ranking | 257 | 2 |
Honors
Gold at the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
Gold at the 2013 World Championships.
Olympic gold 2012 with a winning time of 2:08:01
Moscow IAAF championship marathon on 17 August 2013.
The first Olympic medal for Uganda since 1996, the first Olympic gold medal for the country since 1972, and the country’s first ever in the marathon.
He is the second person, after Gezahegne Abera, to follow an Olympic marathon gold medal with a world championship gold medal for the same event.
