Personal information | |
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Nationality | Ugandan |
Born | 2 September 1986 |
Sport | |
Sport | Track & Field, Cross Country |
Event(s) | 3000 m, 5000 m and 10000 m |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) |
1500 m: 3:37.60 (2008) 3000 m: 7:30.95 (2009) 5000 m: 12:50.72 (2007) 10000 m: 27:04.48 (2012) |
Medal record
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Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (born 2 September 1986 in Singare) is a Ugandan long-distance runner who specialises in the 5000 metres. He was the bronze medallist in the event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. He represented Uganda at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, coming fourth over 5000 m.
Kipsiro has won medals in the 5000 m at the African Championships in Athletics and the All-Africa Games. He completed a 5000/10,000 metres double at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He is a four-time Ugandan cross country champion having won every race from 2008 to 2011. He is the Ugandan record holder for the 3000 metres and 5000 metres on the track, as well as for the 10K road distance.
He made his first senior international appearance at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, running in the heats of the 5000 metres. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, he came seventh in the 5000 m. Kipsiro placed in the top thirty of both the long and short races at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. However, it was on the track that he made his first impact, taking the 5000 m silver medal and the 10,000 metres gold medal at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics.