(1972-12-12) 12 December 1972 (age 51)[1] Kapchemoiywo, Nandi County, Kenya[2]
Height
1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight
63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country
Denmark
Sport
Track and field
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing Denmark
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
0
1
1
World Championships
3
0
0
World Indoor Championships
1
2
0
European Championships
1
0
0
Total
5
3
1
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney
800 m
2004 Athens
800 m
World Championships
1995 Gothenburg
800 m
1997 Athens
800 m
1999 Seville
800 m
World Indoor Championships
1997 Paris
800 m
1999 Maebashi
800 m
2003 Birmingham
800 m
European Championships
2002 Munich
800 m
Updated on 9 February 2014.
Wilson Kosgei Kipketer (born 12 December 1972) is a Danish former middle distance runner. He is the second fastest of all time over 800 meters, setting the world record and breaking his own record two more times all in 1997. He dominated the 800 m distance for a decade, remaining undefeated for a three-year period and running 8 of the 17 currently all-time fastest times. He won gold medals in three successive editions of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Though unable to compete in the 1996 Olympics near the peak of his career, he earned silver in 2000 and bronze in 2004. Kipketer's 800 meters world record stood for almost 13 years. It was surpassed on 22 August 2010, when David Rudisha beat it by 0.02 seconds, running 1:41.09. Rudisha would eventually go on to further lower the 800m world record to the first and only sub one minute 41 second run. Kipketer still currently holds the indoor world record for the 800 metres.
Kipketer represented both Sparta and KIF during his running career.
^"Wilson Kipketer". iaaf.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^"Wilson Kipketer: The African Viking". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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(ALG) 1995: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 1996: Michael Johnson (USA) 1997: WilsonKipketer (DEN) 1998: Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 1999: Michael Johnson (USA) 2000:...
total in Tallinn – indoor round-up". IAAF. Retrieved 26 June 2016. "IAAF: Wilson, Hassan and Okolo shine on night of world leads and records at Millrose...
(ALG) 1995: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 1996: Michael Johnson (USA) 1997: WilsonKipketer (DEN) 1998: Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 1999: Michael Johnson (USA) 2000:...
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