Barnabas Kipyego (born 12 June 1995) is a Kenyan
3000 metre steeplechase
The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually Abbreviation, abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 met ...
runner. He was the
2014 World U20 Champion in that event.
Biography
Kipyego's first major international competition was the
2014 IAAF World Junior Championships
The 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1995 or later) which was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on 22–27 July 2014. A total of 44 a ...
in
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie River (Oregon), McKenzie and Willamette River, Willamette rivers, ...
, where he won the world junior steeplechase title in a time of 8:25.57.
His countryman Titus Kibiego led early in the race, but with one lap to go Kipyego took the lead and he had the best final two barriers to win with a final-lap time of 61.21 seconds.
The next month, Kipyego made his
Diamond League
The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fifteen invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics one-day meet competitions.
The inaugural season was ...
debut at the
Birmingham Diamond League, finishing 3rd in a world U20 leading time of 8:17.03.
Kipyego was a regular participant in Diamond League steeplechase races over the next several years. He was ranked 10th in the
LetsRun.com 2016 year-end rankings, where it was noted that in any other country Kipyego would be a top-tier prospect, but he was overshadowed due to the Kenyan dominance in the steeplechase at the time. Due to this steep national level competition, Kipyego never made a World or Olympic team for his country.
On 8 September 2024, Kipyego finished the
Münster Marathon
The Münster Marathon is an annual marathon road running event which takes place in September in the city of Münster, Germany.
Past winners
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External links
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Marathons in Germany
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in a time of 02:14:48 h.
Volksbank Münster Marathon 2024 – Ergebnisse
retrieved 2024-09-08
Statistics
Personal bests
References
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1995 births
Kenyan male steeplechase runners
World Athletics U20 Championships winners
Living people
21st-century Kenyan sportsmen