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Boaz Kiprugut
Kenyan athlete (born 1998)
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Boaz Kiprugut (born 18 May 1998) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He was a bronze medalist at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics over 1500 metres.[1]
Career
He was a bronze medalist over 1500 metres at the 2017 African U20 Championships over 1500 metres.[2]
He was a pacemaker at the 2023 Bislett Games as Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a new European record over 1500 metres.[3] He was also a pacemaker as Ingebrigtsen broke the world record in the men’s 2000 metres at the Brussels Diamond League meeting in September 2023.[4]
He was a finalist over 1500 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships in May 2024, placing third, and was a finalist over that distance at the Kenyan Olympic Trials in June 2024.[5][6][7]
He was bronze medalist in the 1500 metres behind his compatriot Brian Komen in Douala, Cameroon at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics.[8] He was a pacemaker as Ingebrigtsen won the 1500m Diamond League final in Brussels in September 2024.[9]