Shadrack Kipchirchir (born February 22, 1989) is a

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-born American distance

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Olympian specializing in the 10,000 m. Following in his brothers footsteps, Kipchirchir enlisted in the U.S. Army in October 2014 and joined the U.S. Army

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after his enlistment. He is a silver medalist at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 meters and placed second in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials - Track & Field 10,000 m. He ran 27:58.32 and finished 19th for the 2016 Summer Olympics 8th in 3000 meters at the 2018 World Championships.

Early life and college

Kipchirchir had no experience running competitively until he moved to the United States, but earned

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honors at Western Kentucky and Oklahoma State University where he studied Construction engineering to become an

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Professional

Kipchirchir joined the U.S. Army

after his enlistment in 2014. Shadrack Kipchirchir finished 4th in the

Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 10,000 metres The men's 10 000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Marilson Santos of Brazil ...

. On 22 August 2015, Shadrack finished 16th in the

2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres The men's 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 August. Summary While Ethiopians Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele and on the women's side Tirunesh Dibaba had all done it ...

for United States at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics. Kipchirchir ran a season best time 27:58.32 at

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 13 August at the Olympic Stadium. In a tactical yet comparatively quick race, Great Britain's Mo Farah defended his Olympic title in 27:05.17 minutes, becoming the sixth man ...

to place 19th. On August 4, Kipchirchir finished ninth in a personal best time of 27:07.55 in the 10 km at the

2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres The men's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 4 August. This was billed to be the final 10,000 metres race of two-time champion Mo Farah. Farah won the race, ahead of ...

. Kipchirchir has been sponsored by Nike since 2017 and trains in Colorado with American Distance Project. In March 2018, Kipchirchir finished 8th in the prelim of the 3000 meters at the 2018 World Championships.

2015

Shadrack Kipchirchir finished 4th in the

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at the

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to qualify for the

. Kipchirchir finished 3rd in 34:37 in the 2015

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12 km road championships .US National 12K in

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2016

Kipchirchir finished second in 44:40 in the

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2016

15 km championships March 2016 in

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. Kipchirchir finished in second place in the 10,000 meters race at the Stanford Invitational in 27:58.91 in April 2016 in

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. More important than the victory is the time was under the qualification standard for the 2016 Olympics. At the 2016 US Olympic Trials, Kipchirchir finished in second place behind

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to represent Team USA at

. Kipchirchir finished in second place behind

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at USATF 5 km Championships hosted by CVS Health Downtown 5k in Providence, Rhode Island in a time of 13:58.

2017

On February 4, Kipchirchir finished 3rd in 30:18.6 in the 2017

cross country 10 km championships in

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. On March 11, Kipchirchir finished second in 43:23 by less than a second to Leonard Korir in the

2017

15 km road championships in

. On June 22, Kipchirchir finished second in 29:01.68 by a second to

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2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2017 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships were held at Hornet Stadium on the campus of California State University, Sacramento in Sacramento, California. Organized by USA Track & Field, the four-day competition took place June 22–2 ...

in the 10 km. On July 4, Kipchirchir finished second in 28:17 by a second to Leonard Korir in the

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2017

road 10 km championships in

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. On August 4, Kipchirchir finished ninth in a personal best time of 27:07.55 in the 10 km at the

. On October 1, Kipchirchir finished first in 47:33 to win by less than a second in front of Leonard Korir in the Medtronic TC 10 Mile 2017

road 10 mile championships in

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. On November 4, Kipchirchir finished first in 13:57 to win by less than a second in front of Tommy Curtin, Kirubel Erassa, and

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in the

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2017

road 5 km championships in

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2018

On February 3, Kipchirchir won the 3 km at the

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in a season best time 7:45.49. On February 17, Kipchirchir finished second in 7:58.42 by a second to

in the 3 km at the

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and finished 4th in the 1500 meters in a time of 3:43.31. On June 21, Kipchirchir finished second in 28:59.67 by a second to

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in the 10 km at the

2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were held at Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Organized by USA Track & Field, the four-day competition took place June 21–24 and serves as the national champi ...

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