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About Sammy Kipketer
- Sammy Kipketer (born 29 September 1981 in Rokocho, Keiyo District) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the 5000 metres and cross-country running. He graduated from Lelboinet Secondary School in 1998.
- The next year he qualified for the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he finished sixth at the junior race.
- The Kenyan Army recruited him in 2001. He now trains with Daniel Komen who was Kenya's foremost runner for a while.
- Kipketer broke the 3,000m junior world record twice when he was 17.
- He has also broken the 13-minute barrier for the 5000 metres.
- He won a 10000 metres in Brussels with his personal record time of 26:49.38.
- Right now he is focusing on 10-kilometre races. He holds the 5 kilometres road running world record as recognised by the Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS), while IAAF does not keep a world record over the distance.
- Kipketer's time, 12:59.5 minutes, was set at the Carlsbad 5000 race in Carlsbad, California in March 2000.He won the Parelloop 10K in race in the Netherlands in 2001, setting a new world record of 27.18 minutes.
- Haile Gebrselassie ran the distance in 27:02 minutes in 2002 in Doha, IAAF recognised the time as world record, while ARRS rejected it claiming Gebrselassie got assistance by a vehicle.
- Thus Kipketer's time is still a valid ARRS world record (as of 2007), although Micah Kogo has since set a better time, still awaiting ratification by ARRS.Kipketer is managed by Tom Ratcliffe of Kimbia Athletics and coached by Dieter Hogen.
- He belongs to the Keiyo tribe, a sub-tribe of Kalenjin.
- He was born in Rokocho, near Kaptarakwa.
- He is married and has 1 daughter, and he currently lives in Merewet, Uasin Gishu District.
- He is 1.66 metres tall and has a weight of 52 kg.
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