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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 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Kiplangat is the 6,350th most popular athlete (down from 5,100th in 2024), the 53rd 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 6,350 out of 6,025. Before him are Elmira Syzdykova, Terrence Agard, Oleksiy Pryhorov, Bálint Kopasz, Alejandra Gulla, and Martin Thomas. After him are Sudaporn Seesondee, Andro Bušlje, Magomedkhan Magomedov, Ihar Boki, Manuela Montebrun, and Camille Lecointre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1999, Victor Kiplangat ranks 432. Before him are Oier Lazkano, Jarrett Culver, Abdülkadir Ömür, Yukhym Konoplya, Thierry Correia, and Elisa Silva. After him are Boubakary Soumaré, Wang Manyu, Nell Tiger Free, Jo Soo-min, Bavuudorjiin Baasankhüü, and Jan-Niklas Beste.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Victor Kiplangat ranks 53 out of 55. Before him are Sylvia Tamale (null), Phiona Mutesi (1996), Pepe Julian Onziema (1980), Kasha Nabagesera (1980), Savio Nsereko (1989), and Halimah Nakaayi (1994). After him are Denis Onyango (1985), Betty Okino (1975), Solomon Mutai (1992), Nana Kagga (1977), Dorcus Inzikuru (1982), and Robert Odongkara (1989).

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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), Benjamin Kiplagat (1989), Juliet Chekwel (1990), Yaroslav Khartsyz (1997), and Winnie Nanyondo (1993).

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