# Jane Kiptoo

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{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}
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'''Jane Jepkosgei Kiptoo''' (born 8 August 1982) is a Kenyan [long-distance runner](/source/long-distance_runner) who mainly competes in [road running](/source/road_running) events, up to the [marathon](/source/marathon) distance. She was a team silver medallist in the short race at the [2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships](/source/2002_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships) – her only international selection for Kenya.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-cross-country-championships/30th-iaafsport-ireland-world-cross-country-ch-2950/results/women/short-race/final/team 30th IAAF World Cross Country Championships]. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.</ref> She also competed in [track running](/source/track_running) in the 2008 season and was third in the [3000 metres](/source/3000_metres) at the [2008 IAAF World Athletics Final](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final), and also eight in the [5000 metres](/source/5000_metres) in a lifetime best time of 15:03.80 minutes.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-athletics-final/2008/6th-iaafvtb-bank-world-athletics-final-3741 6th IAAF World Athletics Final]. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-24.</ref>

She began competing in European road races in 2000. Her achievements include wins at the [Groet Uit Schoorl Run](/source/Groet_Uit_Schoorl_Run) (2003), [U.S. 10K Classic](/source/U.S._10K_Classic) (2003), [Stadsloop Appingedam](/source/Stadsloop_Appingedam) (2003), [Humarathon](/source/Humarathon) (2008) and [Stramilano](/source/Stramilano) (2010). She has had top three finishes at the [Zwitserloot Dak Run](/source/Zwitserloot_Dak_Run), [Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale](/source/Marseille-Cassis_Classique_Internationale), [Olomouc Half Marathon](/source/Olomouc_Half_Marathon), [Puy-en-Velay 15K](/source/Puy-en-Velay_15K), [Crim Festival of Races](/source/Crim_Festival_of_Races), [Lisbon Half Marathon](/source/Lisbon_Half_Marathon), and [Cooper River Bridge Run](/source/Cooper_River_Bridge_Run). Kiptoo made her debut over the marathon distance in 2013 and won the [Geneva Marathon](/source/Geneva_Marathon) in 2015 and 2016. In 2008 she won the [Aranda de Duero Cross de la Constitucion](/source/Aranda_de_Duero_Cross_de_la_Constitucion) and [Cross Internacional de Soria](/source/Cross_Internacional_de_Soria) cross country races in Spain.<ref>[http://arrs.auguszt.in/runner/14560/2/position/asc Jane Kiptoo]. [Association of Road Racing Statisticians](/source/Association_of_Road_Racing_Statisticians). Retrieved 2018-04-24.</ref>

==International competitions==
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|rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=2|[World Cross Country Championships](/source/2002_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships)
|rowspan=2|[Dublin](/source/Dublin), Ireland
|17th
|[Short race](/source/2002_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_short_race)
|14:11
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|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Team
|34 pts
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|rowspan=2|2008
|rowspan=2|[World Athletics Final](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final)
|rowspan=2|[Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), Germany
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|3000 m
|[8:47.65](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final_%E2%80%93_Results)
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|8th
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|[15:03.80](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final_%E2%80%93_Results)
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

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Category:1982 births
Category:Living people
Category:Kenyan women long-distance runners
Category:Kenyan women cross country runners
Category:Kenyan women marathon runners

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