Gideon Kipketer
{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}
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Gideon Kipketer is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specialises in road running events. Kipketer formerly part of the NN Running Team, an international team of elite long-distance runners and moved to Venator Sports Management (a sports management agency based in the UK) in 2023.
Cross-country running
He finished 8th in the junior race at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and won the 2012 Tuskys Wareng Cross Country.{{cite web|first1=Joseph|last1=Ngure|first2=Jonathan|last2=Komen |url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000071984&story_title=Kenya-Veterans-Floored-at-Wareng-Cross-Country |title=Kenya : Veterans Floored at Wareng Cross-Country |publisher=Standardmedia.co.ke |date=2012-12-03 |accessdate=2016-10-14}}
Marathon running
Kipketer won the 2016 Mumbai Marathon, setting a new course record.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-here-are-the-winners-of-mumbai-marathon-2016-2166910 |title=Mumbai Marathon 2016: Gideon Kipketer breaks Kiprop's record to win $ 41,000 |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2016-01-17 |accessdate=2016-10-14}} He was only in the race as a pace-setter, but decided to continue the race for the win.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/Kipketer-wins-Mumbai-marathon-sets-new-course-record-time/articleshow/50612484.cms |title=Kipketer wins Mumbai marathon, sets new course record time |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2016-01-17 |accessdate=2016-10-14}}
He finished 3rd at the 2016 Chicago Marathon.{{cite web|url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/10/09/who-were-the-top-finishers-of-the-2016-chicago-marathon/ |title=Who Were The Top Finishers Of The 2016 Chicago Marathon? |publisher=Chicago.cbslocal.com |date=2016-10-09 |accessdate=2016-10-14}} and was 5th at the 2017 World Championships in London
His personal best is 2:05:51 from Tokyo in 2017
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Category:Kenyan male marathon runners
Category:Kenyan male cross country runners