Wilson Boit Kipketer

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Not to be confused with Wilson Kipketer.

Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for  Kenya
Olympic Games
Silver	2000 Sydney	3000 m steeplechase
World Championships
Gold	1997 Athens	3000 m steeplechase
Silver	1999 Sevilla	3000 m steeplechase

Wilson Boit Kipketer (born: October 6, 1973 in Kenya, one of twelve children) is a middle and long distance athlete most widely known for running the 3000 m steeplechase.

In 2003, during an immigration clampdown by the Swedish authorities, Wilson was refused permission to run in Stockholm where the event organisers had lined him up as one of the main attractions, because he did not have the required visa.

He plans to debut in marathon at Dusseldorf Marathon on May 6, 2007 [1]^{[dead link]}.

He is not related to Wilson Kipketer, the 800 m runner who represented Denmark.

[edit] Major achievements

(3000 m steeplechase)

• 1997
  • 1997 World Championships in Athletics - Athens, Greece.
    • gold medal
  • World Record - Zürich, Switzerland
    • 7 minutes 59.08 seconds
• 1999
  • 1999 World Championships in Athletics - Seville, Spain
    • silver medal
  • 1999 All-Africa Games - Johannesburg, South Africa.
    • silver medal
• 2000
  • 2000 Summer Olympics - Sydney, Australia.
    • silver medal
• 2002
  • 2002 IAAF World Cup
    • gold medal
  • 2002 African Championships - Tunis, Tunisia.
    • silver medal

Records
Preceded by Moses Kiptanui	Men's Steeplechase World Record Holder August 13, 1997 – August 24, 1997	Succeeded by Bernard Barmasai