Victor Kiplangat

Victor Kiplangat (born 10 November 1999) is a Ugandan marathon runner, who became world champion in 2023. He won the World Mountain Running Championships in 2017 as a teenager.^[1]

Victor Kiplangat

Kiplangat at the 2023 World Athletics Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Ugandan
Born	(1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Country	Uganda
Sport	Athletics Mountain running
Event	Cross-country running
Club	U.S. Quercia Trentingrana
Achievements and titles
Personal best	3000 m: 8:11.69 (2017)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Uganda World Championships 2023 Budapest Marathon Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Marathon Men's mountain running Representing  Uganda World Championships 2017 Premana Men's race (13 km)

In 2022 he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the men's marathon event, despite taking a wrong turn close to the end of the course.^[2][3] On August 27, 2023 he won the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
Athletics
2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz	19th	5000 m	14:21.22
2017	Cross Country World Championships	Kampala	19th	Junior men's race (8 km)	24:29
2022	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham	1st	Marathon	2:10:55
2023	World Athletics Championships	Budapest	1st	Marathon	2:08:53
Mountain running
2017	World Championships	Premana	1st	Men's race (13 km)	52:31