Cheptegei at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Full name
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei
Born
(1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 27) Kapsewui, Kapchorwa District,[1] Uganda
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight
61 kg (134 lb)[2]
Sport
Country
Uganda
Sport
Athletics
Event
Long-distance running
Team
NN Running Team
Coached by
Addy Ruiter[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2016 Rio de Janeiro
10,000 m, 6th
5000 m, 8th
2020 Tokyo
10,000 m, Silver
5000 m, Gold
World finals
2015 Beijing
10,000 m, 9th
2017 London
10,000 m, Silver
2019 Doha
10,000 m, Gold
2022 Eugene
10,000 m, Gold
5000 m, 9th
2023 Budapest
10,000 m, Gold
Highest world ranking
1st (10,000 m, 2023)[3]
Personal bests
1500 m: 3:37.36 (Kampala 2021)
3000 m: 7:33.24 (Ostrava 2021)
2 miles: 8:07.54 NB (Stanford 2019)
5000 m: 12:35.36 WR (Monaco 2020)
10,000 m: 26:11.00 WR (Valencia 2020)
Road
5 km: 12:51 NR (Monaco 2020)
10 km: 26:38 NR (Valencia 2019)
15 km: 41:05 WB (Nijmegen 2018)
Half Marathon: 59:21 (Gdynia 2020)
Marathon: 2:08:59 (Valencia 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Uganda
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
5000 m
2020 Tokyo
10,000 m
World Championships
2019 Doha
10,000 m
2022 Eugene
10,000 m
2023 Budapest
10,000 m
2017 London
10,000 m
Diamond League
2019
5000 m
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast
5000 m
2018 Gold Coast
10,000 m
World Junior Championships
2014 Eugene
10,000 m
World Cross Country Championships
2019 Aarhus
Senior race
2019 Aarhus
Senior team
2023 Bathurst
Senior race
2023 Bathurst
Senior team
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei (born 12 September 1996) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. Cheptegei is the current world record holder for the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres, and holds the world best time over the 15 kilometres distance. Cheptegei is the reigning Olympic champion in the 5000 m and the reigning three-time World champion in the 10,000 m. Cheptegei also won a gold medal in the 5000 m and 10,000 m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
Cheptegei is the tenth man in history to hold the 5000 m and 10,000 m world records concurrently, both set in 2020.[4][5]
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^ ab"Tilastopaja Oy Track and field statistics | Joshua Cheptegei". Tilastopaja.eu. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
^"World Rankings | Men's 10,000m (10km)".
^"Joshua Cheptegei Clocks new 10000m World Record with 26:11.02 | Watch Athletics". www.watchathletics.com. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
^"Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei". IAAF. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei (born 12 September 1996) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. Cheptegei is the current world record holder for the 5000 metres and...
official world records in the 5000 metres, or 5000-metre run, are held by JoshuaCheptegei with 12:35.36 for men and Gudaf Tsegay with 14:00.21 for women. The...
Hassan set world 5km records in Monaco". IAAF. Retrieved 9 April 2019. "Cheptegei breaks world 5km record in Monaco". World Athletics. 16 February 2020...
by Jakob Ingebrigtsen and the 5000 meters outdoor world record of JoshuaCheptegei is 12:35.36. The 2 miles world best for women is held by Meseret Defar...
finished sixth in a time of 32:17 out of 144 starters. The run was won by JoshuaCheptegei (Uganda) in 31:40 and Jacob Kiplimo placed second in 31:44. However...
also ran 13:07 (2022). Telahun Haile Bekele also ran 13:11 (2022). JoshuaCheptegei also ran 13:13 (2021), 13:16+ (2022). Jacob Krop also ran 13:13 (2023)...
record holder Eliud Kipchoge, Geoffrey Kamworor, Kenenisa Bekele, JoshuaCheptegei and multiple world record holder Letesenbet Gidey. Since its inception...
metres". alltime-athletics.com. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-05. "Cheptegei breaks world 5000m record in Monaco as Diamond League action returns"...
ran 26:54 (2023). Tadese Worku also ran 26:59 (2022), 27:02 (2024). JoshuaCheptegei also ran 26:49 (2022), 26:53 (2024). Kibiwott Kandie also ran 26:51...
Zevenheuvelenloop in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The world best for men is held by JoshuaCheptegei of Uganda who ran a time of 41:05. The women's world best is held by...
runners in 2008. The current men's course record is 41:05 (min:s) by JoshuaCheptegei from 2018 and the current women's course record is 44:20 by Letesenbet...
Kenya 3:29.01 Josh Kerr Great Britain 3:29.05 PB 5000 metres details JoshuaCheptegei Uganda 12:58.15 Mohammed Ahmed Canada 12:58.61 Paul Chelimo United...
(PDF). sportresult.com. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023. "Cheptegei breaks world 5000m record in Monaco as Diamond League action returns"...
World Championships, and finished second at the 2015 Tokyo Marathon. JoshuaCheptegei has won 10 km races at the World Championships, World Athletics Cross...
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