Jacob Kiplimo, the plusmarchist with 28 siblings running at school day -day

The Ugandés Jacob Kiplimo. Lowering 48 seconds The best past time in the distance.

Kiplimo has already made the record in November 2021 after competing with Lisbon, with 57:31, maintaining three years to October 2024 he seized it Yomif KejelchaFor a second, in Valencia.

The athlete, who is thinking about London Marathonwhich will take place on April 27, a career where he will do his primary in the distance, he will soon see his brilliant and promise career less than a year ago.

April 3, 2024, suffered a traffic accident Due to the wet and slippery floor of the road when Kapchorwa moved to the Kaneen district, just five days after winning the Field World Championship by. Fortunately, everyone remained in a great fear and could leave without serious injury to the incident.

“I am grateful to God for this may be worse. I’m not sure how much can cause internal injury to me“He said after the accident. His performance has since been clear that the reverse does not affect him than the account.

Born precisely to Kweena town in the countryside to the east of Ugandanear the border of KenyaThe athlete grew in a family dedicated to corn agriculture. Included 28 siblingsKiplimo enters the world of athletes who are inspired by some of them, runners and go out every morning to practice.

From childhood, the athlete It ran five kilometers to go and return from school to a height to touch the 1,900 meters high at sea level, which led to it, along with only 14 yearsTo compete with a selection test in Uganda before the World Mountain Racing Championship, which won beyond its young age.

This victory marked the beginning of his way to the elite, though Uganda Federation did not allow her to compete Interior, too young. For this reason, in December of the same year, he moved to Italy, specifically to Tuscany, to get under orders of Giuseppe GiambroneAlthough in 2017 he will return to Uganda.

2016 is the year of its integration. The athlete won the Copper to 10,000 meters In the U-20 World Championship at Bydgoszcz, with a time of 27: 26.68, and then competed with River Olympic Games At 5,000 meters, it has been Uganda youngest athlete in participation in an Olympic event.

One year later he won the Gold in World Campo Championship by Sub-20held in his home country, in Kampala, a discipline where in 2024 he became, the second time in the Belgrade, champion of the world.

After championship in Kampala, Kiplimo began training with his countrymen Joshua Chepegei -Actual golden Olympic of 10,000 meters-, reaching important successes such as the Great Manchester runs before suffering an injury. Strong pain under the knee appeared in Pitas for four months, unable to participate in the 2019 World Championship, which certainly, Chepegei won gold at 10,000 meters.

After recovering, the athlete reached the title of Middle Marathon World Champion in 2020a victory that combined its place with the global elite, and it led to it Olympic Bronze at Tokyo Games held in 2021In the 10,000 meters and third trials in the 2022 World Championship held in Eugene (United States) in the same trial.

One year later he could not go to the World Cup event for an injury and recently, in Paris 2024, the Olympic Diploma After the eighth 10,000 meters.