Brimin Kipruto (born July 31, 1985 in Keiyo) is a Kenyanmiddle distance runner. July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ...
He mainly competes in 3000 m steeplechase, where his personal best is 8:04.22. The steeplechase was initially a form of horse-racing, but the term is now applied to similar other events as well. ...
Young Kipruto has already won two medals at major international competitions. He won the silver medal in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2004 Olympic Games. In the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki he won a bronze medal in the same event. The 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium. ... (Redirected from 2004 Olympic Games) The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. ... Helsinki Olympic Stadium at the opening day of the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. ... Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki City manager Jussi Pajunen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area - total - land ranked 342nd 185. ...
The choice may have been unfortunate, as Kipruto had to settle for a bronze after pushing a brutal pace (sub-1:53 at 800m).
In Athens he was part of a Kenyan sweep of the top four (!) places, as Kipruto and his teammates, Ezekiel Kemboi and Koech, began pushing the pace at the start of the second lap and dropped all but former compatriot Moses Kipchirchir (now Moussa Omar Obaid of Qatar).
Kiprutos given name is actually Firmin, but it was mistakenly transcribed by a clerk in 2001 when he was applying for a birth certificate so as to secure his first passport.
The main photo above shows BriminKipruto clearing the water jump for the penultimate time on his way to winning the silver medal in the 3000m Steeplechase at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
Just behind Brimin are his compatriots Ezekiel Kemboi (2338), who won the Gold, and Paul Kipsiele Koech (2345) who completed a Kenyan clean sweep of the medals.
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