(1999-10-12) 12 October 1999 (age 24) Keiyo District, Kenya
Sport
Country
Kenya
Sport
Athletics
Event
Long-distance running
Coached by
Brother Colm O'Connell
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
5000 m: 13:07.40 (London 2019)
10,000 m: 26:50.16 (Stockholm 2019)
Road
10 km: 26:24 WR (Valencia 2020)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Kenya
World Championships
2019 Doha
10,000 m
World U20 Championships
2018 Tampere
10,000 m
Rhonex Kipruto (born 12 October 1999)[1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. Kipruto is the world record holder for the 10 km road race with a time of 26:24, set on 12 January 2020 in Valencia Spain.[2] He also places third on the half marathon world all-time list.[3]
He was the 2018 World Under-20 10,000 m champion.[4]
On 17 May 2023, Kipruto was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for the use of a prohibited substance/method from his athlete biological passport (ABP) data.[5][6]
^"Rhonex KIPRUTO – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^"All-time men's best 10km road race". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^"All-time men's best half-marathon". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^Dickinson, Marley (17 May 2023). "Rhonex Kipruto, 10K world record holder, suspended on doping allegations". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
^Ingle, Sean (17 May 2023). "World 10km record holder Rhonex Kipruto suspended for suspected doping". The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
RhonexKipruto (born 12 October 1999) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships...
world records for the 10K road distance are 26:24 minutes for men (RhonexKipruto, 2020) and 29:43 minutes for women (Joyciline Jepkosgei, 2017). Performances...
10,000 metres at the 2018 World U20 Championships in Tampere behind RhonexKipruto and Jacob Kiplimo. He won the 3000 metres race at the African Youth...
world record event in 2003. Key: Emeterio Valiente (12 January 2020). "Kipruto breaks world 10km record in Valencia". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 March...
Kibiwott Kandie also ran 57:40 (2023), 58:10 (2022) and 58:38 (2020). RhonexKipruto also ran 58:09 (2021). Abraham Kiptum ran 58:18, but it was expunged...
lowered to 26:24, the world record being held, as of October 2020, by RhonexKipruto of Kenya, who also incidentally set it in Valencia just six weeks later...
States 13:22 Robert Keter (KEN) 9 November 2019 Lille, France 13:18 RhonexKipruto (KEN) 12 January 2020 Valencia, Spain 12:51 Joshua Cheptegei (UGA)...
cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic 15 2022.03.20 RhonexKipruto (KEN) 1:00:30 Senbere Teferi (ETH) 1:07:35 Jacob Caswell (USA) 1:12:20...
Distance Races. A 5K race is also held on the same day. Kenyan runner RhonexKipruto set a world record for the 10K run during this race in 2020 with a time...
course was introduced in 2013 and course records are held by Kenya's RhonexKipruto and Joyciline Jepkosgei. Key: Course record Prague International Marathon...
41:11+ (2020). Kibiwott Kandie also ran 41:10+ (2020), 41:16+ (2022). RhonexKipruto also ran 41:16+ (2021). Philemon Kiplimo also ran 41:16+ (2021). Joshua...
Street as the 10K . The men's course record is 27:01 minutes, set by RhonexKipruto in 2019. Lornah Kiplagat is the women's record holder with her run of...
54:53+ (2022). Kibiwott Kandie also ran 54:43+ (2022), 55:08+ (2022). RhonexKipruto also ran 55:04+ (2021). Philemon Kiplimo also ran 55:19+ (2021). Yomif...
world half marathon silver medalist Kibiwott Kandie. Kiplimo faced also RhonexKipruto of Kenya, who made his half marathon debut and held the world record...
Athletics. Retrieved 10 June 2023. Valiente, Emeterio (12 January 2020). "Kipruto breaks world 10km record in Valencia". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 January...
Event Record Athlete Nation Date Meet Place Ref 10000 m 27:21.08 RhonexKipruto Kenya 10 July 2018 2018 Championships Tampere, Finland 20 kilometres road...
Gebremariam ran course records under 28 minutes to win in 2009 and 2010. Phoenix Kipruto of Kenia set the course record at 27:08 minutes in 2018, the fastest record...
but was edged out on the line by Kenya's defending champion Conseslus Kipruto, with one hundredth of a second separating the two. Steven Gardiner of...
Athletics. Retrieved 13 October 2020. Emeterio Valiente (12 January 2020). "Kipruto breaks world 10km record in Valencia". World Athletics. World Athletics...
McSweyn Australia 13:05.63 5 Andrew Butchart Great Britain 13:06.21 6 RhonexKipruto Kenya 13:07.40 7 Yemaneberhan Crippa Italy 13:07.84 8 Patrick Tiernan...
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