Amos Kipruto (born 16 September 1992) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. Kipruto took victory at the 2022 London Marathon.
Career In 2016, he won the Rome Marathon, and then the Seoul Marathon a year later.
In 2018, Kipruto earned two medals at the World Marathon Majors, finishing third in Tokyo with a time of 2:06:33 and second in Berlin with 2:06:23.
He claimed the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.
Kipruto represented Kenya at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
He came second at the postponed 2021 Tokyo Marathon in March 2022 in a personal best of 2:03:13, behind only Eliud Kipchoge, who ran 2:02:40. Kipruto secured the biggest win of his career up to that point by winning the 2022 London Marathon held in October with a time of 2:04:39.
Kipruto finished fourth in the 2026 London Marathon in 2:01:39, a personal best and an improvement of three minutes from his winning time in 2022. This performance, the joint-seventh-fastest marathon ever, made him the sixth-fastest male marathoner of all time.
Achievements
International competitions 2014Istanbul 15KIstanbul, Turkey1st15 km44:032015Adana Half MarathonAdana, Turkey2ndHalf Marathon1:01:02Tarsus Half MarathonTarsus, Turkey3rdHalf Marathon1:03:03Lanling Half MarathonLanling, China6thHalf Marathon1:03:19Mersin 15KMersin, Turkey1st15 km44:382016Dubai MarathonDubai, United Arab Emirates–MarathonParis Half MarathonParis, France2ndHalf Marathon1:01:09Rome MarathonRome, Italy1stMarathon2:08:12Amsterdam MarathonAmsterdam, Netherlands13thMarathon2:09:082017Dubai MarathonDubai, United Arab Emirates–MarathonSeoul International MarathonSeoul, South Korea1stMarathon2:05:54GöteborgsvarvetGothenburg, Sweden2ndHalf Marathon1:00:24Amsterdam MarathonAmsterdam, Netherlands5thMarathon2:05:432018Kolkata 25KKolkata, India3rd25 km1:15:522019Prague MarathonPrague, Czech Republic3rdMarathon2:06:46World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar3rdMarathon2:10:51Memorial Peppe GrecoScicli, Italy2nd10 km29:45BOclassicBolzano, Italy3rd10 km28:372020Valencia MarathonValencia, Spain4thMarathon2:03:302021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan–Marathon2022GöteborgsvarvetGothenburg, Sweden1stHalf Marathon1:00:50BOclassicBolzano, Italy6th10 km28:372023Bangsaen21 Half MarathonBang Saen, Thailand3rdHalf Marathon1:03:52202410 km de Port-GentilPort-Gentil, Gabon3rd10 km28:372025Guadalajara Half MarathonGuadalajara, Mexico4thHalf Marathon1:02:49Hamburg MarathonHamburg, Germany1stMarathon2:03:46World Marathon Majors2018Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan3rdMarathon2:06:33Berlin MarathonBerlin, Germany2ndMarathon2:06:232020Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan18thMarathon2:08:002022Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan2ndMarathon2:03:13London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom1stMarathon2:04:392023London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom–MarathonBerlin MarathonBerlin, Germany7thMarathon2:04:492024Chicago MarathonChicago, United States3rdMarathon2:04:502025Chicago MarathonChicago, United States2ndMarathon2:03:542026London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom4thMarathon2:01:39 Source:
Personal bests 10 kilometres – 28:37 (Bolzano 2019) Half marathon – 1:00:24 (Gothenburg 2017) Marathon – 2:01:39 (London 2026)
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