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{{Short description|Kenyan runner (born 1970)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 October 1970}}
| birth_place = [[Marakwet District]], [[Kenya]]
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{KEN}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|3000 m steeplechase]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 Tokyo]]|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 3000 metre Steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]]|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF Continental Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1994 IAAF World Cup|1994 London]]|3000 m steeplechase}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Plovdiv]]| 1500 m}}
}}

'''Moses Kiptanui''' (born 1 October 1970) is a Kenyan [[Middle-distance running|middle]] and [[Long-distance track event|long distance]] [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]] mostly famous for [[3000 metres steeplechase|3000&nbsp;metres steeplechase]] in which he was the number one ranked athlete from 1991 to 1995 and three time [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|IAAF World Champion]]. Kiptanui was the first man to ever run the 3000m steeplechase in under eight minutes. He is also known for his coaching role in his later years with Tarbert GAA.

==Early life, family and education ==
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Kiptanui is from Kenya. His younger brother, Philemon Tanui, attended [[University of Wyoming]] and ran competitively for the school.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

==Career==
Kiptanui emerged in 1991 as a relatively unknown athlete. He won several [[IAAF Grand Prix]] races that season. He celebrated an especially spectacular victory in [[Zürich]] where he fell on the track on the last lap but still won easily. He was known as a highly confident and somewhat cocky athlete, who was self-coached and driven by his own self belief.<ref>{{cite web | last= Mutuota | first= Mutwiri | date= 2010-12-07| url= http://www.iaaf.org/WCH11/news/kind=103/newsid=58853.html | title= Confidence is key for rising 1500m star Kiplagat| website= [[IAAF]].org| accessdate = 2010-12-07}}</ref>

His victory at the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics]] in [[Tokyo]] therefore came as no surprise. To the great disappointment of many observers he was not included in the Kenyan team at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]]. Kiptanui had failed to qualify at the Kenyan trials in Nairobi.

However, shortly after the Olympics he set a new world record over 3000m in [[Cologne]] with a time of 7:28.96 min. Only three days later he also broke the 3000m steeplechase world record in 8:02.08 in Zürich. The following year, he defended the World Championship title easily in Stuttgart. He won the steeplechase at the [[1994 IAAF World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web | website = gbrathletics.com| url= http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wp.htm | title= IAAF World Cup in Athletics | publisher =| date =| accessdate =}}</ref>

In 1995, he broke the 5000m world record in [[Rome]] in a time of 12:55.30 min (8 June). After collecting his third World Championship gold medal in [[Gothenburg]] he also set the new 3000m steeplechase record in Zürich in a time of 7:59.18 min (16 August), the first man in history to ever dip under eight minutes for the 3000m steeplechase.

A year later, he achieved an Olympic silver medal at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]]. He was defeated by fellow Kenyan [[Joseph Keter]]. The next year, at the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics]] in [[Athens]], Kiptanui failed to win his fourth consecutive gold medal, but took silver. The winner was [[Wilson Boit Kipketer]], also from Kenya.

He was still active in 2001 sighting the 2002 Commonwealth Games,<ref>{{cite news | publisher = BBC Sports| date= December 6, 2001| url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/1694230.stm | title= Record relay to start Games| website = news.bbc.co.uk | access-date =}}</ref> but did not compete there.

After retirement, he was a running coach. In 2008, he coached the 2004 Olympic gold medalist, [[Ezekiel Kemboi]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/olympics/profiles/?hpid=topnews|title= Beijing Olympics 2008: Foreign Athlete Profiles|newspaper= The Washington Post |access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> He has also been the chairman of the Marakwet District branch of [[Athletics Kenya]].<ref>{{cite news | work = Daily Nation| date= June 5, 2000| url= http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/05062000/Comment/Editorial1.html | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20030422161631/http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/05062000/Comment/Editorial1.html | archivedate=April 22, 2003| title = Polls open a new chapter in KAAA}}</ref>

==Legacy==
A school was built by Shoe4Africa to honor the lifetime achievements of Kiptanui. The Shoe4Africa Moses Kiptanui School was opened in 2012 at Kamoi district, Marakwet and has eight primary classes with 320 students. Two ancillary early childhood development classes were added in 2015.

==Major achievements==
*1990
**[[1990 African Championships in Athletics]] – [[Cairo]], Egypt
***1500m [[gold medal]]
**[[1990 IAAF World Junior Championships]] – [[Plovdiv]], Bulgaria
***1500m gold medal
*1991
**[[1991 World Championships in Athletics]] – [[Tokyo]], Japan
***3000m steeplechase gold medal
**[[Athletics at the 1991 All-Africa Games|1991 All-Africa Games]] – Cairo, Egypt
***3000m steeplechase gold medal
*1993
**[[1993 World Championships in Athletics]] – [[Stuttgart]], Germany
***3000m steeplechase gold medal
*1994
**[[1994 Goodwill Games]] – [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia
***5000m gold medal
*1995
**[[1995 World Championships in Athletics]] – [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
***3000m steeplechase gold medal
*1996
**[[1996 Summer Olympics]] – [[Atlanta]], United States
***3000 m steeplechase [[silver medal]]
*1997
**[[1997 World Championships in Athletics]] – [[Athens]], Greece
***3000m steeplechase silver medal

==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

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