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{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Josphat Kiprono Menjo]], another Kenyan runner}}

'''Josephat Kiprono''' (born 12 December 1973) is a [[Kenyan]] distance and [[marathon]] runner. He participated at the [[IAAF World Half Marathon Championships]] in 1996 and won a [[silver medal]] finishing behind Italian [[Stefano Baldini]]. Kiprono won three marathons in his career: [[Berlin Marathon|Berlin]] (1999), [[Rome City Marathon|Rome]] (2000), and [[Rotterdam Marathon|Rotterdam]] (2001). His Rotterdam time of 2.06:50 hours which was the [[Marathon Year Rankings|best marathon performance]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/YR_Mara.htm|title=untitled|website=www.arrs.run|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> His personal best in the classic distance is 2:06:44, ran at the 1999 [[Berlin Marathon]].

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|[[Rotterdam Marathon]]
|[[Rotterdam, Netherlands]]
|4th
|Marathon
|2:09:11
|-
|[[Berlin Marathon]]
|[[Berlin, Germany]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|Marathon
|2:07:27
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|[[London Marathon]]
|[[London, United Kingdom]]
|5th
|Marathon
|2:09:48
|-
|[[Berlin Marathon]]
|[[Berlin, Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Marathon
|'''2:06:44'''
|-
|rowspan=3|2000
|[[Rome City Marathon]]
|[[Rome, Italy]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|Marathon
|2:08:27
|-
|[[Prague Marathon]]
|[[Prague, Czech Republic]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|Marathon
|2:10:38
|-
|[[Chicago Marathon]] 
|[[Chicago]], [[United States]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Marathon
|2:07:29
|-
|rowspan=3|2001
|[[Rotterdam Marathon]]
|[[Rotterdam, Netherlands]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Marathon
|2:06:50
|-
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Edmonton, Canada]]
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon|DNF]]
|-
|[[Amsterdam Marathon]]
|[[Amsterdam, Netherlands]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Marathon
|2:07:06
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|Chunju-Kunsan Marathon
|[[Gunsan]], [[South Korea]]
|2nd
|Marathon
|2:15:25
|-
|[[JoongAng Seoul Marathon]]
|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|5th
|Marathon
|2:09:51
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|[[Rotterdam Marathon]]
|[[Rotterdam, Netherlands]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|Marathon
|2:07:53
|-
|[[Chicago Marathon]] 
|[[Chicago]], [[United States]]
|10th
|Marathon
|2:11:30
|-
|2004
|[[Xiamen International Marathon]]
|[[Xiamen]], [[PR China]]
|8th
|Marathon
|2:14:57  
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}
*[http://marathoninfo.free.fr/athletes/kiprono.htm marathoninfo]


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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kenyan male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Berlin Marathon male winners]]
[[Category:Kenyan male cross country runners]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races Best Marathon Runner Award]]


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