- Moses Ndiema Kipsiro
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Medal record 
Moses Ndiema KipsiroMen’s athletics Competitor for 
UgandaWorld Championships Bronze 2007 Osaka 5000 m Continental Cup Silver 2010 Split 3000 m Silver 2010 Split 5000 m All-Africa Games Gold 2007 Algiers 5000 m Gold 2011 Maputo 5000 m Commonwealth Games Gold 2010 Delhi 5000 m Gold 2010 Delhi 10000 m Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (born 2 September 1986 in Singare)[1] is a Ugandan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. He was the bronze medallist in the event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. He represented Uganda at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, coming fourth over 5000 m.
Kipsiro has won medals in the 5000 m at the African Championships in Athletics and the All-Africa Games. He completed a 5000/10,000 metres double at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He is a four-time Ugandan cross country champion having won every race from 2008 to 2011.[2][3] He is the Ugandan record holder for the 3000 metres and 5000 metres on the track, as well as for the 10K road distance.[4]
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Career
He made his first senior international appearance at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, running in the heats of the 5000 metres. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, he came seventh in the 5000 m. Kipsiro placed in the top thirty of both the long and short races at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. However, it was on the track that he made his first impact, taking the 5000 m silver medal and the 10,000 metres gold medal at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics.[5]
The following year he focused on track running and secured the 5000 m title at the 2007 All-Africa Games. At the 2007 World Championships in Athletics a month later he crossed the line after Bernard Lagat and Eliud Kipchoge to gain himself a world bronze medal in the event. He was thirteenth at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, but came close to a medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics that summer with a fourth place finish in the men's 5000 m final. He managed to reach the podium at the end of season 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, taking the 5000 m silver.[5]
He came in second place in a closely fought race at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing with a time of 35:04 minutes.[6] At the 2009 Super Grand Prix meeting Herculis, he set a Ugandan record in the 3000 m of 7:30.95 minutes.[7]
He ran at the inaugural World 10K Bangalore race in 2008 and finished as the runner-up just behind Zersenay Tadese with a national record of 27:54 minutes.[8] He had a second attempt at the race in 2010, but was again relegated to second place, this time by Titus Mbishei.[9]
Kipsiro's 2010 season started with success at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships: he won the bronze medal in the men's race and led the Ugandan team to fifth place in the table.[10] The next major test came in July on the track at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics, where he took the 10,000 metres silver medal behind Wilson Kiprop.[11] Based on this performance, he was selected to represent Africa at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup in both the 3000 metres and 5000 m. He was outdone by an in-form Bernard Lagat over both distances, but managed to secure two silver medals for Africa.[12] He was selected to run in the 5000 m at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi the following month and faced strong opposition from a Kenyan trio. However, Kipsiro assumed the lead and never relinquished the position, holding off defending champion Eliud Kipchoge at the line to become the Commonwealth champion.[13]
He won his fourth consecutive title at the Ugandan Cross Country Championships in February 2011, comfortably seeing off challenges from national rivals Stephen Kiprotich and Geofrey Kusuro.[3] However, Kiprotich finished ahead of him at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he was eleventh, and the Ugandans took the bronze team medal.[14]
Career highlights
- Commonwealth Games
- 2006 - Melbourne, 7th at 5,000 m
- 2010 - Delhi,
1st at 5,000 m - 2010 - Delhi, 1st at 10,000 m
- Olympic Games
- 2008 - Beijing, 4th at 5,000 m
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics
- 2005 - Helsinki, 12th in heat 2 at 5,000 m
- 2007 - Osaka,
3rd at 5,000 m - IAAF World Cross Country Championships
- 2006 - Fukuoka, 29th in short race
- 2006 - Fukuoka, 23rd in long race
- 2009 - Amman,
2nd in long race - IAAF Golden League
- 2007 - Brussels, 3rd at 5,000 m
- 2007 - Zürich, 3rd at 3,000 m
- 2007 - Paris, 1st at 3,000 m
- IAAF Grand Prix
- 2005 - Zagreb, 1st at 3,000 m
- 2007 - Monaco, 2nd at 3,000 m
- African Championships
- 2006 - Bambous, 2nd at 5,000 m
- 2006 - Bambous, 1st at 10,000 m
- 2010 - Nairobi, 2nd at 10,000 m
- All Africa Games
- 2007 - Algiers, 1st at 5,000 m
- 2011 - Maputo, 1st at 5,000 m
- Other races
- 2005 - Cork, 2nd at Cork City Sports 3,000 m
- 2005 - Trier, 1st at New Year's Eve Race Trier
- 2006 - Trier, 1st at New Year's Eve Race Trier
- 2006 - Guyan-Mestras, 1st at Cross Sud Ouest
- 2006 - Fontenay Les Briis, 1st at RATP Cross Country
- 2006 - Cork, 2nd at Cork City Sports 3,000 m
- 2006 - Solihull, 1st at BMC Solihull 5,000 m
- 2006 - Brazzaville, 3rd at 3,000 m
- 2006 - Belfast, 2nd at Belfast International Cross Country
- 2007 - Trier, 1st at New Year's Eve Trier
- 2007 - Cork, 1st at Cork City Sports 3,000 m
- 2007 - Uganda, 2nd at Ugandan Cross Country Championships
- 2007 - Le Mans, 2nd at Cross Ouest France
- 2007 - Belfast, 1st at Belfast International Cross Country
- 2008 - Sevilla, 1st at Cross Internacional de Itálica
- 2008 - Belfast, 1st at Belfast International Cross Country
Personal bests
Distance Mark Date Location 1500 m 3:37.6 14 June 2008 Watford, United Kingdom 3000 m 7:30.95 28 July 2009 Monaco 5000 m 12:50.72 14 September 2007 Brussels, Belgium 10000 m 27:33.37 28 July 2010 Nairobi, Kenya References
- ^ Moses Kipsiro. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
- ^ Senfuma, Daniel & Mawerere, Namayo (2010-02-07). Kipsiro makes it three in a row at Ugandan XC championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
- ^ a b Daniel Senfuma and Namayo Mawerere (2011-02-13). Kipsiro takes fourth straight Ugandan XC title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
- ^ Sande Bashaija and Steve Landells (2010-08-30). Focus on Athletes - Moses Ndiema KIPSIRO. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
- ^ a b Kipsiro Moses Ndiema. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
- ^ Kiplagat powers to world triumph. BBC Sport (2009-03-28). Retrieved on 2009-03-30.
- ^ Kipsiro the standout in Uganda's Berlin line-up of 11 athletes. IAAF (2009-08-06). Retrieved on 2009-08-06.
- ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2008-05-18). Tadese the men’s 10km victor, while Abeylegesse and Momanyi share women’s spoils in Bangalore. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-09.
- ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2010-05-23). Mbishei, Yimer the surprise winners in Sunfeast World 10K. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-09.
- ^ Butler, Mark (2010-03-28). Joseph Ebuya ends Kenyan draught - Men's Senior race report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-06.
- ^ Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-28). Kiprop takes men’s 10,000m as African championships begin in Nairobi. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-06.
- ^ Ramsak, Bob (2010-09-05). EVENT Report - Men's 3000 Metres. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-06.
- ^ Commonwealth Games 2010: Kipsiro wins 5,000m gold. BBC Sport (2010-10-06). Retrieved on 2010-10-06.
- ^ 2011 World XC Championships - Senior men's team race. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-29.
External links
- IAAF profile for Moses Kipsiro
- Focus on athletes – In-depth article from IAAF
All-Africa Games Champions in Men's 5000 m 1965: Kipchoge Keino (KEN) • 1973: Ben Jipcho (KEN) • 1978: Yohannes Mohamed (ETH) • 1987: John Ngugi (KEN) • 1991: Fita Bayisa (ETH) • 1995: Josephat Machuka (KEN) • 1999: Julius Gitahi (KEN) • 2003: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) • 2007 – 2011: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA)
Commonwealth Champions in Men's 5000 m 1930 – 1966: 3 miles • 1970 – 2006: 5000 metres 1930: Stan Tomlin (ENG) • 1934: Wally Beavers (ENG) • 1938: Cecil Matthews (NZL) • 1950: Len Eyre (ENG) • 1954: Christopher Chataway (ENG) • 1958: Murray Halberg (NZL) • 1962: Murray Halberg (NZL) • 1966: Kipchoge Keino (KEN) • 1970: Ian Stewart (SCO) • 1974: Ben Jipcho (KEN) • 1978: Henry Rono (KEN) • 1982: David Moorcroft (ENG) • 1986: Steve Ovett (ENG) • 1990: Andrew Lloyd (AUS) • 1994: Robert Denmark (ENG) • 1998: Daniel Komen (KEN) • 2002: Sammy Kipketer (KEN) • 2006: Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) • 2010: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA)
Commonwealth Champions in Men's 10000 m 1930–1966: 6 miles · 1970–present: 10000 metres 1930: Billy Savidan (NZL) · 1934: Arthur Penny (ENG) · 1938: Cecil Matthews (NZL) · 1950: Harold Nelson (NZL) · 1954: Peter Driver (ENG) · 1958: Dave Power (AUS) · 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) · 1966: Naftali Temu (KEN) · 1970: Lachie Stewart (SCO) · 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) · 1978: Brendan Foster (ENG) · 1982: Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) · 1986: Jon Solly (ENG) · 1990: Eamonn Martin (ENG) · 1994: Lameck Aguta (KEN) · 1998: Simon Maina (KEN) · 2002: Wilberforce Talel (KEN) · 2006: Boniface Kiprop (UGA) · 2010: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA)
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- Ugandan long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes of Uganda
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Uganda
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