Conseslus Kipruto (born 8 December 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was the 2016 Rio Olympic champion in the event. At the World Athletics Championships, Kipruto won gold medals in 2017 and 2019, silver medals in 2013 and 2015, and a bronze in 2022. In 2018, he captured gold medals at the African Championships and Commonwealth Games. He is a four-time Diamond League winner.

Kipruto was the 2011 World Youth champion in the 2000 m steeplechase, and won the 2012 World Junior title over the longer distance. He ranks second on the all-time junior lists with a time of 8:01.16 minutes. He set his personal best of 8:00.12 at the Birmingham Diamond League event in 2016.

Career Kipruto quickly rose through the younger categories of the sport, beginning from 2010. He won the Kenyan youth trials in the 2000 m steeplechase with a world-leading mark of 5:29.3 minutes.Mutuota, Mutwiri (8 June 2011). Chepkoech hoping to follow in sister Cherono's footsteps while Kiptum dazzles with 1:45.8 run – Kenyan World Youth Champs trials. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013. At the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics he and teammate Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui ran away from the pack from the very start. Kipruto edged out his compatriot with a time of 5:28.65 minutes to take the gold medal and move up to seventh on the all-time youth rankings.Ramsak, Bob (8 July 2011). Boys' 2000m Steeplechase Final – Kipruto and Kirui take 1–2 for Kenya. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013. He debuted in the 3000 m steeplechase in Europe later that year, running 8:27.30 minutes to win at the Stadionfest Königs Wusterhausen.. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.

At the start of 2012 he entered two high-profile cross country races, winning the Lotto Cross Cup de Hannut and placing second at the Cross de San Sebastián.Hannut and Elgoibar the penultimate European Athletics Cross Country Permit Races. European Athletics (23 January 2012). Retrieved on 24 May 2013. He moved up to the 3000 m distance in the steeplechase and placed second at the Kawasaki Super Meet in Japan before running 8:08.92 minutes for fifth in his IAAF Diamond League debut in Doha. He beat Kirui to the Kenyan junior titleMutuota, Mutwiri (9 June 2012). Champs to lead Kenyan World Juniors charge. Capital FM. Retrieved on 24 May 2013. and his teammate helped pace him at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where Kipruto won Kenya's 13th straight title in the event and ranked fourth on the all-time junior lists with a run of 8:06.10 minutes (also a championship record).Minshull, Phil (15 July 2012). Kenya's Kipruto and Kipyegon urge and inspire each other onto success. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.Valiente, Emeterio (15 July 2012). Barcelona 2012 – Event Report – Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013. He had his first big senior win soon after, beating Paul Kipsiele Koech at the Herculis 2012 Diamond League meet in a personal best of 8:03.49 minutes.Kenyans, Nigerian queen excel in Monaco Diamond League athletics meet. PanaPress (21 July 2012). Retrieved on 24 May 2013. He ranked sixth in the world that year.2012 Men's Steeplechase Top Lists. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013. He also was runner-up at the Memorial van Damme and had a 3000 metres flat best of 7:44.09 minutes at the Rieti Meeting.

Kipruto made his first Kenyan cross country team in 2013. After a win at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza and third position at the Cross Internacional de Itálica in Spain,Valiente, Emeterio (20 January 2013). Birech outsprints Bett, Cherono cruises to victory at Italica meeting. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013.Gonzàlvez-Amat, Xavier (13 January 2013). Kipruto y Burka ganan en Elgoibar . Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved on 24 May 2013. he only just made the junior team at the Kenyan trials, placing sixth.Mutuota, Mutwiri (16 February 2013). Rono and Muriuki win Kenyan World Cross Trials in Nairobi. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013. He performed one place better at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, helping Kenya to the junior team silver medal.2013 World Cross Country Championships – Men's Junior Team . IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013. Heading into the track season, he opened with a meet record of 8:01.16 minutes at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, winning the first leg of the 2013 IAAF Diamond League steeplechase.Johnson, Len (18 May 2013). World leads in nine events, four meeting records in Shanghai – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 May 2013. This ranked him second on the all-time junior lists behind Stephen Cherono.

Achievements International competitions 2011World Youth ChampionshipsLille, France1st2000 m st. 5:28.652012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain1st3000 m st. 8:06.102013World Cross Country ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5thJunior race21:40World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia2nd3000 m st.8:06.372015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China2nd3000 m st.8:12.382016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil1st3000 m st.8:03.28 2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom1st3000 m st.8:14.122018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia1st3000 m st.8:10.08African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria1st3000 m st.8:26.372019African GamesRabat, Morocco –3000 m st.World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar1st3000 m st.8:01.352022World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States3rd3000 m st.8:27.92

Circuit wins and titles Diamond League overall winner 3000 m steeplechase: 2013, 2016 Diamond League champion 3000 m steeplechase: 2017, 2018 3000 metres steeplechase wins, other events specified in parentheses 2012 (1): Monaco Herculis () 2013 (3): Shanghai Golden Grand Prix ( PB), Eugene Prefontaine Classic (MR), Oslo Bislett Games 2015 (1): London Anniversary Games 2016 (6): Doha Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix (WL), Rabat Meeting International (WL MR), Rome Golden Gala (WL), Birmingham British Athletics Grand Prix (WL MR PB), Monaco, Brussels Memorial Van Damme 2017 (2): Rome, Brussels 2018 (3): Rome (WL), Birmingham, Zürich Weltklasse

Personal bests 3000 metres – 7:44.09 (Rieti 2012) 3000 metres indoor – 7:55.76 (Glasgow 2016) 5000 metres – 13:47.5h (Eldoret 2016) 10,000 metres – 29:24.7h (Eldoret 2016) 2000 metres steeplechase – 5:28.65 (Lille 2011) 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:00.12 (Birmingham 2016)

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