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(Redirected from Martin Magengo Kiprotich) Ugandan athlete
Martin Kiprotich
Personal information
Birth nameMartin Magengo Kiprotich
NationalityUgandan
Born (2003-04-06) 6 April 2003 (age 21)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Cross country, long distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best10000m: 28:46.10 (2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Uganda
World Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bathurst Senior team

Martin Magengo Kiprotich (born 6 April 2003) is an Ugandan cross country and long distance runner.

Career

He was runner-up at the Ugandan U20 Cross Country Championships in 2022. A tendon injury prevented him from competing at the 2022 World U20 Championships in August 2022. However, he recovered to win the Senior Ugandan Cross Country Championships in Tororo in December 2022, at the age of 19 years-old.

He finished eighteenth and was a bronze medal winner in the men's team competition at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia.

He ran at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade.

He competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.

References

  1. "Martin Kiprotich". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  2. "Chesang and Kiprotich take Ugandan cross-country titles". World Athletics. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  3. "Ugandan Kiplimo is new World Cross Country Champion". newvision. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. "How Kiplimo, Cheptegei combined for gold and bronze in Bathurst". newvision. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  5. "Kiplimo and Cheptegei lead Uganda's team for WXC Belgrade 24". World Athletics. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  6. "Men's 10000m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  7. "20 athletes to represent Uganda in Olympic Games Paris 2024". thestar. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  8. "Ugandan athletes arrive in Paris for track and field events". 30 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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