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Victor Kiplangat

1999 - Today

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Victor Kiplangat (born 10 November 1999) is a Ugandan marathon runner, who became world champion in 2023. He won the World Mountain Running Championships in 2017 as a teenager. In 2022 he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the men's marathon event, despite taking a wrong turn close to the end of the course. On August 27, 2023 he won the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Kiplangat is the 5,522nd most popular athlete (down from 5,131st in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Uganda (down from 45th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Ugandan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Victor Kiplangat ranks 5,522 out of 6,025. Before him are Alexander Megos, Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg, Elmira Syzdykova, Terrence Agard, Bálint Kopasz, and Martin Thomas. After him are Sudaporn Seesondee, Andro Bušlje, Magomedkhan Magomedov, Camille Lecointre, Caterina Banti, and Blessing Okagbare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1999, Victor Kiplangat ranks 376. Before him are Takumu Kawamura, Linn Svahn, Jarrett Culver, Abdülkadir Ömür, Thierry Correia, and Elisa Silva. After him are Boubakary Soumaré, Wang Manyu, Nell Tiger Free, Kanya Fujimoto, Vahan Bichakhchyan, and Shirine Boukli.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Victor Kiplangat ranks 50 out of 55. Before him are Ibrahim Sekagya (1980), Rebecca Kadaga (1956), Peruth Chemutai (1999), Phiona Mutesi (1996), Savio Nsereko (1989), and Halimah Nakaayi (1994). After him are Denis Onyango (1985), Betty Okino (1975), Solomon Mutai (1992), Dorcus Inzikuru (1982), Emmanuel Okwi (1992), and Farouk Miya (1997).

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Among ATHLETES In Uganda

Among athletes born in Uganda, Victor Kiplangat ranks 10. Before him are Davis Kamoga (1968), Stephen Kiprotich (1989), Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (1984), Jacob Kiplimo (2000), Peruth Chemutai (1999), and Halimah Nakaayi (1994). After him are Solomon Mutai (1992), Dorcus Inzikuru (1982), Juliet Chekwel (1990), Yaroslav Khartsyz (1997), Winnie Nanyondo (1993), and Maria Huntington (1997).

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