Benson Kipruto

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tolilet, Nandi County, Kenya

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| country = Kenya

| sport = Athletics

| event = Marathon

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Benson Kipruto (born 17 March 1991) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the 125th Boston Marathon in 2021 (2:09:51), the 2022 Chicago Marathon (2:04:24) and the 2024 Tokyo Marathon in a personal best of 2:02:16, where he also set a new course record. Kipruto finished third at both the 2022 and 2023 Boston Marathon with times of

2:07:27 and 2:06:06 respectively.

In 2023, he finished second in the 2023 Chicago Marathon, with a personal best time of 2:04:02, 3 minutes behind compatriot Kelvin Kiptum who broke the Marathon world record.

He won the 2018 Toronto Waterfront Marathon (2:07:24) and the 2021 Prague Marathon (2:10:16).{{Cite web|url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/10/11/benson-kipruot-boston-marathon-mens-winner-kenya-125th-2021/|title=Benson Kipruto Of Kenya Wins Boston Marathon Men's Race|date=11 October 2021|access-date=13 October 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://aims-worldrunning.org/articles/1751-prague-marathon-battle-of-the-teams.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210724123159/https://aims-worldrunning.org/articles/1751-prague-marathon-battle-of-the-teams.html |title=Prague Marathon: Battle of the Teams | AIMS | Race news|website=aims-worldrunning.org|access-date=13 October 2021|archive-date=24 July 2021|url-status=dead}}

Personal bests

Half marathon – 1:00:06 (Prague 2020)
Marathon – 2:02:16 (Tokyo 2024)

Notable marathon results

Results taken from IAAF Profile{{Cite web |title=Benson Kipruto |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/benson-kipruto-14758213 |archive-date= |access-date=February 8, 2024 |website=World Athletics}}

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!Year

!Race

!Place

!Time

2016

|Athens Classic Marathon

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|2:13:24

rowspan="2" |2017

|Praha Marathon

|4th