Geoffrey Kipsang
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| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  Kenya
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| World Championships | ||
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2015 Beijing | 10,000 m |
| World Cross Country Championships | ||
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2015 Guiyang | Senior race |
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2015 Guiyang | Senior team |
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2017 Kampala | Senior race |
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2017 Kampala | Senior team |
| World Half Marathon Championship | ||
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2014 Copenhagen | Individual |
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2016 Cardiff | Individual |
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2016 Cardiff | Team |
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2014 Copenhagen | Team |
Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor (born 22 November 1992) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in cross country and half marathon races. He was the 2011 World Junior Cross Country Champion and has won half marathons in Lille, Berlin and Cardiff.
Raised in the village of Chepkorio in Kenya's Rift Valley Province, Kipsang first competed abroad in 2010, when he travelled to Finland and set track bests of 3:48.15 minutes for the 1500 metres and 7:54.15 minutes over 3000 metres. The following year he took to the Kenya cross country circuit and won at the Discovery Kenya Cross Country in Eldoret, defeating Essa Ismail Rashed. At the Kenyan Cross Country Championships a month later, he ran in the junior section and finished in fourth, which was enough to earn him a place on the team for the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. The world competition proved to be a pivotal moment for Kipsang's career, although it was his team mate Isiah Kiplangat Koech who was the pre-race favourite. The Kenyans were not given any team instructions and Kipsang reacted by taking the lead immediately with a very fast start. He never slipped out of the lead and out ran the field on the final lap to take the world junior title.
A month after his cross country victory, he entered the Berlin Half Marathon and won in a time of 1:00:38 hours. In June he competed on the 2011 IAAF Diamond League circuit: he set a 5000 metres best of 13:12.23 minutes at the Adidas Grand Prix in New York, then improved his 10,000 metres time to 27:06.35 minutes at the Prefontaine Classic. He knocked over half a minute off his half marathon best to win the Lille Half Marathon that September. Kipsang was employed as a pacemaker for the 2011 Berlin Marathon and his work resulted in a new world record for Patrick Makau. In his final outing of the year he ended the Delhi Half Marathon as runner-up to Lelisa Desisa after a sprint finish, although his time of 59:31 minutes made him the seventh fastest over the distance that year.
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