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Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich was born on 15 March, 1982 in Keiyo District, Kenya, is a Kenyan long-distance runner. Discover Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?

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Age 42 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 15 March, 1982
Birthday 15 March
Birthplace Keiyo District, Kenya
Nationality Kenya

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Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich Height, Weight & Measurements

At 42 years old, Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich height is 1.82m and Weight 62 kg.

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Weight 62 kg
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Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich Net Worth

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1982

Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (born 15 March 1982) is a Kenyan professional athlete who specialises in long-distance running, competing in events ranging from 10 km to the marathon.

2006

Kipsang pushed Merga, the 2006 World Road Running Champion, right up to the line but finished one second behind him.

Despite the second-place finish, Kipsang improved his best by over one minute to 59:16.

His time was also the third fastest half marathon by any runner that year, with Merga and Haile Gebrselassie ahead of him by just one second each.

2007

He became a professional international athlete in 2007 and that year he took second place at the Tilburg Ten Miles, recording a time of 46:27, and he won a road race in Hem (his time of 27:51 was the fourth fastest in a 10 km race that year).

He also took third place at the Kenyan Police Force championships, finishing behind Richard Mateelong.

At the World's Best 10K, he finished third with a time of 28:09 behind Deriba Merga and Silas Kipruto.

2008

He returned to the Tilburg Ten Miles race in 2008, and again finished as runner-up – just two seconds behind winner Abiyote Guta.

His peak of the year was in a half marathon race: the Delhi Half Marathon.

2009

Kipsang started 2009 strongly, winning the Egmond Half Marathon in chilly conditions.

Another good performance followed when he took second at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon – his time of 58:59 made him only the fourth runner to have run below 59 minutes.

At his second World's Best 10K he finished third, repeating his feat from the previous year.

Despite being the favourite for the 2009 Berlin Half Marathon, he ended up in third place in a fast race which was the first occasion in which all the top-four runners finished under an hour.

He competed in the World 10K Bangalore in May 2009, and finished fourth.

He competed in his first IAAF World Half Marathon Championships at the end of that year, taking fourth place with a time of 1:00:08.

2010

Kipsang is a double winner of the Frankfurt Marathon (2010 and 2011) and has also won the London Marathon twice (2012 and 2014), New York Marathon (2014), and Tokyo Marathon (2017).

His best time over the half marathon distance is 58:59.

A native of Keiyo District in Kenya, Kipsang began competitive running for Kenya Police, and finished second in the 10 kilometre Tegla Loroupe Peace Race.

In April 2010 he made his marathon debut in the Paris Marathon, and finished third in a time of 2:07:13 hours, half a minute behind winner Tadesse Tola.

He won the Frankfurt Marathon in October in a new course record of 2:04:57, this time beating Tadesse by over a minute.

The time made him the eighth fastest marathoner ever.

2011

He won his third marathon at the 2011 Lake Biwa Marathon, defeating Deriba Merga to win in a course record of 2:06:13.

He returned to defend his title at the Frankfurt Marathon and set about attacking Patrick Makau's five-week-old world record.

Kipsang came within four seconds of the time, crossing the line after 2:03:42, and ended the race with the second fastest marathon time ever.

2012

He was the bronze medallist in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Kipsang began 2012 with a third-place finish at the RAK Half Marathon.

He won the London Marathon in April in 2:04:44, just 4 seconds short of the course record set the previous year by Emmanuel Mutai.

Starting as favourite he went on to win the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the London 2012 Olympic games.

One month after the Olympics, he travelled to Newcastle to win the Great North Run in 59:06.

That December he won the Honolulu Marathon.

2013

He is the former world record holder in the marathon with a time of 2:03:23, which he set at the 2013 Berlin Marathon.

He has run under 2 hours 4 minutes for the marathon on four occasions.

He opened bethropolis 2013 by continuing his winning line, taking the title at the New York Half Marathon.

He was among the favourites for the 2013 London Marathon, but he managed only fifth place, timing 2:07:47 for the distance.

He stepped down to the 10K for the Great Manchester Run and although he beat Haile Gebrselassie, he was runner-up by one second to Moses Kipsiro.

He performed less well at the Bogotá Half Marathon, taking fifth place with 1:05:26 hours.

On 29 September he won the Berlin Marathon, beating second place finisher Eliud Kipchoge by over 30 seconds and setting a new world record of 2:03:23, 15 seconds faster than the previous record by Patrick Makau.

2014

On 13 April 2014, Kipsang won the 2014 London Marathon in a course record time of 2 hours, 4 minutes and 29 seconds.

On 2 November 2014, Kipsang won the New York City Marathon in 2:10:59 in his first appearance.

2016

At the 2016 BMW Berlin marathon, Kipsang ran the joint fourth-fastest marathon time ever, 2:03:13, which was good enough for second place behind winner Kenenisa Bekele in 2:03:03.