Kiptum, sometimes Kitum, is a surname of Kenyan origin meaning "someone born during a ceremony." Among the Nandi community, "Tum" is defined as a ceremony, therefore 'Kiptum' is a male name for someone born during a ceremony while 'Cheptum' is a female name for the same.
People with this name, 'Kiptum', 'Kitum', 'Cheptum', include:
Kelvin Kiptum (1999–2024), Kenyan marathon runner and world record holder
Fred Kiprop Kiptum (born 1974), Kenyan marathon runner and 1999 Amsterdam Marathon winner
Jeruto Kiptum (born 1981), Kenyan steeplechase runner and 2005 World Championships medallist
Julius Kiptum Rop (born 1977), Kenyan marathon runner
Timothy Kitum (born 1994), Kenyan middle-distance runner and 2012 Olympic medallist
Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot (2 December 1999 – 11 February 2024) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who currently holds the marathon world record. As of 2024[update]...
Kiptum, sometimes Kitum, is a surname of Kenyan origin meaning "someone born during a ceremony." Among the Nandi community, "Tum" is defined as a ceremony...
Abraham Kiptum (born 5 September 1989) is a Kenyan long-distance runner and former half marathon world record holder. On 28 October 2018 Kiptum ran the...
several years. Kelvin Kiptum asked Hakizimana via WhatsApp for training advice. From this, Hakizimana became his coach. Kiptum became the marathon world...
and women's events were won by Kelvin Kiptum and Sifan Hassan in times of 2:01:25 and 2:18:33 respectively; Kiptum's time was a course record. The wheelchair...
(2022) and 58:38 (2020). Rhonex Kipruto also ran 58:09 (2021). Abraham Kiptum ran 58:18, but it was expunged for doping. Sabastian Sawe also ran 58:24...
Joseph Kiptum (born 1956) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner. He was a frequent participant at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships for Kenya...
Geoffrey Kamworor and current men's marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum until his death. Mbendi.com "Geoffrey Kamworor: Man of all surfaces". 4...
Kiptum broke free from all the other runners by the 35 km (22 mi) mark, and finished the race with a significant negative split. This was Kiptum's third...
4, 2022. It was the 42nd running of the race. 23-year old Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum, in his marathon debut, won the elite men's title by 2:01:53, and set a...
record holder Kelvin Kiptum died in a car crash in Kaptagat at 11:00 pm local time on 11 February 2024. Local police stated that Kiptum lost control of his...
"Mutiso Munyao gives Kenya another London Marathon win after tribute to Kiptum". AP News. Retrieved 21 April 2024. Alexander Mutiso Munyao at World Athletics...
body for the sport of athletics [citation needed]. Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum set a men's world record time of 2:00:35 on October 8, 2023, at the 2023...
Anitha Jepchumba Kiptum (born 16 February 1981) is a Kenyan Long-distance runner. She started competing professionally with IAAF in 1998 when she participated...
260.28.c. Noted by the IAAF as set en route to longer distances. "Kenya's Kiptum gets four-year ban". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 December 2020. IAAF Statistics...
with a personal best time of 2:04:02, 3 minutes behind compatriot Kelvin Kiptum who broke the Marathon world record. He won the 2018 Toronto Waterfront...
Jepkosgei Keitany (2017). The current elite course records are held by Kelvin Kiptum (2:01:25 in 2023) and Paula Radcliffe (2:15:25 in 2003). The current wheelchair...
Jeruto Kiptum Kiptubi (born 12 December 1981) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She was born in 1981...
was a training partner and friend of marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum. Timothy Kiplagat at World Athletics "Tokyo Marathon 2024: All results and...
"Mutiso Munyao gives Kenya another London Marathon win after tribute to Kiptum". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 April 2024. Patrick Brucker (24 April...
(9 October 2023). "Nike hit back at Adidas in 'super shoe' war as Kelvin Kiptum shatters men's marathon record". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 October...
Julius Kiptum Rop (born 1977) is a long-distance runner from Kenya. On a windy April 17, 2005, Rop made his marathon debut in Germany, at the Leipzig Marathon...
2 hours and 35 seconds, set in the Chicago Marathon by the late Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya on 8 October 2023. The world record for women was set by Tigst...
course record with a time of 2:01:48. The previous record was held by Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya. The marathon runs on roughly a loop course that begins at Pont...
Fred Kiprop Kiptum (born June 3, 1974) is a male long-distance runner from Kenya, who won the Amsterdam Marathon in 1999 in a time of 2:06:47. Fred Kiprop...
one-hour world records in Brussels". World Athletics. 4 September 2020. Kelvin Kiptum smashes men's marathon world record in Chicago CNN Bob Ramsak (12 October...
set at the 2022 Berlin Marathon, until that record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:00:35. He has run four of...
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