Eric Kiptanui

{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Eric Kiptanui | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|4|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = | height = | weight = | country = Kenya | sport = Athletics | event = Long-distance running | team = NN Running Team | olympics = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Marathon Majors}} {{Medal|Bronze|2021 Chicago|Marathon}} }}

'''Eric Kiptanui''' (born 19 April 1990)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web | url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kenya/eric-kiptanui-311759 | title=Eric Kiptanui | publisher=IAAF | accessdate=2 April 2019}}</ref> is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in road running.

In 2017, he won the San Silvestre Vallecana 10 kilometres road race in Madrid.<ref name="WAprofile" />

In 2018, he took victory in the Lisbon Half Marathon in 1:00:05. He also won the Berlin Half Marathon, setting a course record of 58:42 which at the time was the fourth fastest half marathon ever.

Kiptanui won the Barcelona Half Marathon in 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kenya-Eric-Kiptanui-wins-Barcelona-Half-Marathon/1100-4976578-ib0o07z/index.html | title=Kenya's Kiptanui wins Barcelona Half Marathon | work=DailyNation.ke | date=11 February 2019 | accessdate=2 April 2019}}</ref>

In 2021, he secured his first medal at a World Marathon Major by finishing third at the 2021 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:06:51.<ref name="WAprofile" />

==Personal bests== * 1500 metres – 3:37.73 (Nairobi 2016) * 10,000 metres – 27:33.42 (Nijmegen 2019) * 10 kilometres – 28:53 (Eldoret 2019) (also 27:34 not legal) * Half marathon – 58:42 (Berlin 2018) * Marathon – 2:05:47 (Siena 2021)

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==External links== *{{World Athletics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kiptanui, Eric}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Kenyan men long-distance runners Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen