Benjamin Kiplagat

 

Benjamin Kiplagat (4 Ogwokusatu 1989 – 31 Ogwekkumineebiri 2023) yali muddusi wa Uganda nga yeekwata kya misinde gya mita 3000 egy'okudduka emisinde egirimu ebiziyiza.

Obulamu bwe

Kiplagat yatandika emisinde nga agoberera obuwanguzi bwa Boniface Kiprop, nga ava ku kyalo kye kimu Kiplagat gye yali. Mu mpaka z’ensi yonna ez’abato mu 2004, Yatandikira mu kuvuganya mu mmita 10,000, kyokka ku magezi g’omutendesi we, yakendeezaako nadda ku mmita 1500 ne 5000.

Kiplagat yasooka okwetaba mu mpaka z'ensi yonna mu mpaka za World Cross Country Championship eza 2006, bwe yayitiramu mu kifo kyomukaaga mu mpaka za Uganda eza Junior Cross Country Championships. Omwaka ogwo era yayitamu okugenda mu mpaka z’ensi yonna ez’abato. Eyo, yateekawo likodi empya ey’eggwanga ey’abato eya 8:35.77, oluvannyuma nakka nadda ku 8:34.14 ku fayinolo, era yamalira mu kyamukaaga.

Mu 2008, Kiplagat yamalira mu kyakuna mu mpaka z’ensi yonna eza Cross Country Championships. Omwaka ogwo, yakendeeza likodi ya Uganda bwe yakka n’atuuka ku ddakiika 8:16.06 n’oluvannyuma 8:14.29 nga tannaba kumalira mu kyakubiri mu mpaka z’ensi yonna ez’abato eza World Junior Championships.

Sizoni ya Kiplagat eya 2009 yataataaganyizibwa omusujja gw'ensiri n'ogwomulubuto oba typhoid, kyokka era naasobola okwongera okukkakkanya likodi y’eggwanga okutuuka ku ddakiika 8:12.98. Yaddamu okukwatibwa omusujja n’ekizimba ku kigere mu 2010, kyokka n’addamu okukkakkanya likodi ya Uganda okutuuka ku 8:03.81. Yamalira mu kyakuna mu mpaka za Commonwealth ezaaliwo mu 2010.

Kiplagat kigambibwa nti yafumitibwa ebiso naafa, oluvannyuma lw’omulambo gwe okusangibwa mu mmotoka nga 31 Ogwekkumineebiri 2023, okumpi ne Eldoret mu Kenya. Oluvannyuma abasajja babiri baakwatibwa nga bateeberezebwa okuba naakakwate ku ettemu eryo; omu ku bo yalina ekissi ekyateeberezebwa okuba ekyakozesebwa ku muntu ono.

Empaka z’ensi yonna ze yalimu

Representing Yuganda
2006	World Cross Country Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	50th	Short race (4 km)	11:31
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	6th	3,000 m st	8:34.14
2007	World Cross Country Championships	Mombasa, Kenya	5th	Junior race (8 km)	24:31
	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	7th	3,000 m st	8:34.83
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	28th (h)	3,000 m st	8:40.65
2008	World Cross Country Championships	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	4th	Junior race (7.905 km)	22:43
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd	3,000 m st	8:19.24
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	9th	3,000 m st	8:20.27
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	11th	3,000 m st	8:17.82
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	5th	3,000 m st	8:32.03
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	4th	3,000 m st	8:24.15
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	10th	3,000 m st	8:22.21
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	3rd	3,000 m st	8:18.73
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	6th (h)	3,000 m st	8:18.44
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	14th	3,000 m st	8:31.09
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	31st (h)	3,000 m st	8:54.46
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	19th (h)	3000 m st	8:30.76
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	18th (h)	3000 m st	8:24.44

Mweyasinga okukola obulungi

• mmita 1500 – 3:38.86 (Nijmegen 2009).
• mmita 3000 – 7:46.50 (Dakar 2010)
• 5000 m – 13:22.67 (Kassel 2007).
• mmita 10,000 – 29:03.1 (Bugembe 2006)
• Emisinde gya mmita 2000 – 5:41.1 (Nairobi 2005)
• Emisinde gya mmita 3000 – 8:03.81 (Lausanne 2010)