Victor_Kiplangat

Victor Kiplangat

Victor Kiplangat

Ugandan mountain runner

Victor Kiplangat (born 10 November 1999) is a Ugandan marathon runner, who became world champion in 2023. He won the World Mountain Running Championships in 2017 as a teenager.[1]

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In 2022 he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the men's marathon event, despite taking a wrong turn close to the end of the course.[2][3] On August 27, 2023 he won the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

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References

  1. [1]
    "World Trophy (1991-2008)/World Championships (2009 on)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Marathon - Men's Marathon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Commonwealth Games 2022: Victor Kiplangat wins marathon despite going wrong way". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2022.


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