Wilson Kipketer

Wilson Kipketer

Kipketer in 2010
Personal information
Born	(1972-12-12) 12 December 1972 (age 44) Kapchemoiywo, Nandi County, Kenya
Height	182 cm (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 Kenyan-born Danish former middle distance runner. Until 2012 he held the indoor world record at the 800 metres distance. While dominating 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 never won an Olympic gold medal. He did, however, win gold medals in three successive editions of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. 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. David Rudisha would eventually go on to further lower the 800m world record to the first and only sub one minute 41 second run

Kipketer represented both Sparta and KIF during his running career.

Kipketer was born in Kapchemoiywo, Kenya, into the Kalenjin tribe.

As a teenager, he was first noticed by 1968 and 1972 Olympic champion Kip Keino. Keino suggested Kipketer attend the Catholic St. Patrick's High School in Iten that was famous for bringing up young runners. David Rudisha, who surpassed Kipketer's 800m world record in 2010, was like Kipketer coached by longtime St. Patrick's coach, teacher and former Headmaster Brother Colm O'Connell. Unlike Kipketer, Rudisha did not attend St. Patrick's, rather he went to a neighboring St. Francis, Kimuron Secondary School in Iten, Keiyo District.

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