{{Short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Robert Kiprop | birth_date = {{bdayd|25 Feb 1997}}<ref name="tilas">{{Tilastopaja|189409}} / {{Tilastopaja|273707}}</ref> | birth_name = | birth_place = | full_name = Robert Kiprop Koech | native_name = | nickname = | image = 2024-03-30-paderborner-osterlauf-08.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Robert Kiprop at Paderborner Osterlauf 2024 | nationality = {{flagg|cncie|KEN}} | sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]] | event = [[5000 metres]]<br>[[10K run]] | club = | other_interests = | relatives = | spouse = | hometown = [[Iten]], [[Elgeyo-Marakwet County]]<ref name="citdig" /><ref name="iten">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2023-09-06-kiprop-eyes-bangsaen-10km-road-race-title-in-thailand/|title=Kiprop eyes Bangsaen 10km road race title in Thailand|website=[[The Star (Kenya)]]}}</ref> | retired = | death_date = | death_place = | website = | coach = | coaching = | agent = | height = | weight = | worlds = | nationals = {{ubl |'''2017 Kenyan U20 XC''' |{{bull}} [[Cross country running|8 km]], 17th |'''2019 Kenyan AfrG Trials''' |{{bull}} [[5000m]], 1st {{GoldMedal}} |'''2019 [[Kenyan Athletics Championships|Kenyan Champs]]''' |{{bull}} [[5000m]], 2nd {{SilverMedal}} |'''2020 [[Kenyan Athletics Championships|Kenyan Champs]]''' |{{bull}} [[Cross country running|10 km]], 13th |'''2022 [[Kenyan Athletics Championships|Kenyan Champs]]''' |{{bull}} [[5000m]], 11th |'''2023 [[Kenyan Athletics Championships|Kenyan Champs]]''' |{{bull}} [[5000m]], 2nd {{SilverMedal}} }} | pb = {{ubl |'''[[5000m]]''': 13:12.56 (2021) |'''[[10K run|10K]]''' 28:39 (2018) }} | turnedpro = | education = | collegeteam = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]]}} {{Medal|Country|{{flagu|Kenya}}}} {{Medal|Competition|[[World Athletics Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]}} {{Medal|Silver|[[2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships|2026 Tallahassee]]|[[2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships|Senior team]]}} {{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the African Games|African Games]]}} {{Medal|Gold|[[Athletics at the 2019 African Games|2019 Rabat]]|[[Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}} | updated = 10 December 2023 }} '''Robert Kiprop Koech''' (born 25 February 1997) is a Kenyan [[long-distance runner]]. He was the gold medalist in the [[Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m at the 2019 African Games]].
==Biography== Kiprop is from the city of [[Iten]] in [[Elgeyo-Marakwet County]], Kenya.<ref name="citdig" /><ref name="iten">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2023-09-06-kiprop-eyes-bangsaen-10km-road-race-title-in-thailand/|title=Kiprop eyes Bangsaen 10km road race title in Thailand|website=[[The Star (Kenya)]]}}</ref>
On 22 June 2019, Kiprop had a breakthrough to win the Kenyan African Games trials 5000 m in a time of 13:37.1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/little-known-kiprop-kasait-to-lead-kenya-s-charge-in-5000m-179384|website=[[Daily Nation]]|title=Little-known Kiprop, Kasait to lead Kenya's charge in 5000m}}</ref> Despite winning the trials, Kiprop was initially excluded from [[Kenya at the 2019 African Games|the Kenyan African Games squad]] for not meeting the 13:30.00 national standard, but an exception was later made to include him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/ak-trims-african-games-contingent-194806|title=AK trims African Games contingent|date=14 August 2019|website=[[Daily Nation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=[[Daily Nation]]|url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/vanice-kerubo-makes-history-in-rabat-199242|title=Vanice Kerubo makes history in Rabat}}</ref> He would go on to win the championships in a time of 13:30.96, leading a Kenyan sweep of the medals in the event.<ref name="citdig">{{cite web|url=https://www.citizen.digital/sports/gold-rush-kenyan-stars-sparkle-in-rabat-274864|title=Gold rush! Kenyan stars sparkle in Rabat|website=[[Citizen Digital]]}}</ref> Kiprop went on to finish second at the 2019 Kenyan World Championship trials, but he was not selected for [[Kenya at the 2019 World Athletics Championships|the Kenyan team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.runblogrun.com/2019/08/2019-kenyan-trials-diary-agnes-tirop-and-geoffrey-kamworor-secure-places-in-the-kenyan-10000m-team-t.html|title=2019 Kenyan Trials Diary: Agnes Tirop and Geoffrey Kamworor secure places in the Kenyan 10,000m team to the Doha world championships.|website=[[RunBlogRun]]}}</ref>
After a lull from 2020 to 2022, in late 2022 Kiprop had a resurgence in winning the 2022 Bangsaen10 road race. In 2023, he secured his second national podium placing, finishing runner-up in the 5000 m at the Kenyan champs.<ref name="tilas" /> In late 2023 he said his target was to make the [[2024 Olympic Games]] team for Kenya.<ref name="iten" />
==Statistics==
===Personal bests=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Event !! Mark !! Place !! Competition !! Venue !! Date |- | [[5000 metres]] || 13:12.56 ||align=center| 8th || [[Golden Gala]] || [[Florence, Italy]] || [[2021 Golden Gala|10 June 2021]] |- | [[10K run]] || 27:54 ||align=center| 15th || [[Paderborn Osterlauf]] || [[Paderborn, Germany]] || 30 March 2024 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics|14802642}}
{{African Games champions in men's 5000 metres}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiprop, Robert}}
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