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{{short description|Ugandan long-distance runner}}
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{{Infobox athlete
| name = Moses Ndiema Kipsiro
| image = Osaka07 D9A Moses Kipsiro.jpg
| imagesize = 180px
| nationality = Ugandan
| country = Uganda
| sport = Track & Field, Cross Country
| event = [[3000 m]], [[5000 m]] and [[10000 m]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|9|2}}
| pb = '''1500 m:''' 3:37.60 (2008) <br> '''3000 m:''' 7:30.95 (2009)<br>'''5000 m:''' 12:50.72 (2007) <br> '''10000 m:''' 27:04.48 (2012)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{UGA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 Osaka]]|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2010 IAAF Continental Cup|2010 Split]]|3000 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2010 IAAF Continental Cup|2010 Split]]|5000 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[All-Africa Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 All-Africa Games|2007 Algiers]]|[[Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games|5000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2011 All-Africa Games|2011 Maputo]]|[[Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games|5000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres|10000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]]|[[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Men's 10,000 metres|10000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|2009 Amman]]|[[2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race|Senior Men's Race ]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[African Championships in Athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2006 African Championships in Athletics|2006 Bambous]]|[[2006 African Championships in Athletics - Men's 10000 metres|10000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2010 African Championships in Athletics|2010 Nairobi]]|[[2010 African Championships in Athletics - Men's 10000 metres|10000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2006 African Championships in Athletics|2006 Bambous]]|[[2006 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}}
}}

'''Moses Ndiema Kipsiro''' (born 2 September 1986 in [[Singare]])<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121954/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/moses-kipsiro-1.html Moses Kipsiro]. Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 February 2011.</ref> is a Ugandan [[long-distance runner]] who specialises in the [[5000 metres]]. He was the [[bronze medal]]list in the event at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]]. He represented Uganda at the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]], coming fourth over 5000&nbsp;m.

Kipsiro has won medals in the 5000&nbsp;m at the [[African Championships in Athletics]] and the [[All-Africa Games]]. He completed a 5000/[[10,000 metres]] double at the [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games]]. He is a four-time Ugandan cross country champion having won every race from 2008 to 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Senfuma|first1=Daniel|last2=Mawerere|first2=Namayo|date=7 February 2010|url= http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kipsiro-makes-it-three-in-a-row-at-ugandan-xc|title=Kipsiro makes it three in a row at Ugandan XC championships|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]] |access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref><ref name=UXC11>{{cite news|last1=Senfuma|first1=Daniel|last2=Mawerere|first2=Namayo|date=13 February 2011|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kipsiro-takes-fourth-straight-ugandan-xc-titl|title=Kipsiro takes fourth straight Ugandan XC title|publisher=IAAF|access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref>

==Career==

===First African and world medals===
He made his first senior international appearance at the [[2005 World Championships in Athletics]], running in the heats of the [[5000 metres]]. At the [[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Melbourne]], he came seventh in the 5000&nbsp;m. Kipsiro placed in the top thirty of both the long and short races at the [[2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]. However, it was on the track that he made his first impact, taking the 5000&nbsp;m [[silver medal]] and the [[10,000 metres]] [[gold medal]] at the [[2006 African Championships in Athletics]].<ref name=IAAFBio>{{cite web|access-date=10 May 2016|url= http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/uganda/moses-ndiema-kipsiro-188288|title=Kipsiro Moses Ndiema|publisher=IAAF}}</ref>

The following year he focused on [[track and field|track running]] and secured the 5000&nbsp;m title representing [[Uganda at the 2007 All-Africa Games]].<ref>{{cite web | title=2007 All-Africa Games, July 18-22, Algiers | website=Africathle | url=http://www.africathle.com/perso/events/ALGER_2007/ALG_results.html | access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> At the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]] a month later he crossed the line after [[Bernard Lagat]] and [[Eliud Kipchoge]] to gain himself a world [[bronze medal]] in the event. He was thirteenth at the [[2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]], but came close to a medal at the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]] that summer with a fourth-place finish in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|men's 5000&nbsp;m final]]. He managed to reach the podium at the end of season [[2008 IAAF World Athletics Final]], taking the 5000&nbsp;m silver.<ref name=IAAFBio/>

He ran at the inaugural [[World 10K Bangalore]] race in 2008 and finished as the runner-up just behind [[Zersenay Tadese]] with a national record of 27:54 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|last=Krishnan|first=Ram. Murali|date= 18 May 2008|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/tadese-the-mens-10km-victor-while-abeylegesse|title=Tadese the men's 10km victor, while Abeylegesse and Momanyi share women's spoils in Bangalore|publisher=IAAF|access-date= 10 May 2016}}</ref> He had a second attempt at the race in 2010, but was again relegated to second place, this time by [[Titus Mbishei]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Krishnan|first=Ram. Murali|date=23 May 2010|publisher=IAAF |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/mbishei-yimer-the-surprise-winners-in-sunfeas|title=Mbishei, Yimer the surprise winners in Sunfeast World 10K|access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref>

He came in second place in a closely fought race at the [[2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]], finishing with a time of 35:04 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/7968791.stm |title=Kiplagat powers to world triumph|department=[[BBC Sport]]|date=28 March 2009|access-date=30 March 2009}}</ref> At the 2009 [[Super Grand Prix]] meeting [[Herculis]], he set a [[List of Ugandan records in athletics|Ugandan record]] in the 3000&nbsp;m of 7:30.95&nbsp;minutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kipsiro-the-standout-in-ugandas-berlin-line-u|title=Kipsiro the standout in Uganda's Berlin line-up of 11 athletes|publisher=IAAF|date=6 August 2009|access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref>

===Commonwealth gold medals===
Kipsiro's 2010 season started with success at the [[2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]]: he won the [[bronze medal]] in the men's race and led the Ugandan team to fifth place in the table.<ref name=SM>{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Mark|date=28 March 2010|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/joseph-ebuya-ends-kenyan-drought-mens-senio|title=Joseph Ebuya ends Kenyan draught – Men's Senior race report|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]|access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref> The next major test came in July on the track at the [[2010 African Championships in Athletics]], where he took the [[10,000 metres]] silver medal behind [[Wilson Kiprop]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Negash|first=Elshadai|date=28 July 2010|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kiprop-takes-mens-10000m-as-african-champions|title=Kiprop takes men's 10,000m as African championships begin in Nairobi|publisher=IAAF|access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref> Based on this performance, he was selected to represent Africa at the [[2010 IAAF Continental Cup]] in both the [[3000 metres]] and 5000&nbsp;m. He was outdone by an in-form [[Bernard Lagat]] over both distances, but managed to secure two silver medals for Africa.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ramsak|first=Bob|date=5 September 2010|access-date=10 May 2016 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/event-report-mens-3000-metres|title=EVENT Report – Men's 3000 Metres|publisher=IAAF}}</ref> He was selected to run in the 5000&nbsp;m at the [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Commonwealth Games]] in New Delhi the following month and faced strong opposition from a Kenyan trio. However, Kipsiro assumed the lead and never relinquished the position, holding off defending champion [[Eliud Kipchoge]] at the line to become the Commonwealth champion.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9067230.stm|title=Commonwealth Games 2010: Kipsiro wins 5,000m gold|department=BBC Sport|date=6 October 2010|access-date=6 October 2010}}</ref> He followed this up with a second win of the Games in the 10,000&nbsp;m, beating [[Daniel Salel]] to take the gold medal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.puma.com/running/news/kipsiro-earns-second-gold-at-cwg|title=Kipsiro Earns Second Gold at CWG!|publisher=Puma|date=12 October 2012|access-date=1 June 2013|archive-date=7 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407033049/https://www.puma.com/running/news/kipsiro-earns-second-gold-at-cwg|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Moses Ndiema Kipsiro 2012 Olympics.jpg|thumb|Kipsiro in the 5000&nbsp;m at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].]]

He won his fourth consecutive title at the [[Ugandan Cross Country Championships]] in February 2011, comfortably seeing off challenges from national rivals [[Stephen Kiprotich]] and [[Geofrey Kusuro]].<ref name=UXC11/> However, Kiprotich finished ahead of him at the [[2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]], where he was eleventh, and the Ugandans took the bronze team medal.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 World XC Championships – Senior men's team race|url=http://www.iaaf.org/wxc11/results/eventCode=4527/sex=M/discCode=XSE/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html#det|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]|access-date=29 March 2011|archive-date=23 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323003033/http://www.iaaf.org/wxc11/results/eventCode=4527/sex=M/discCode=XSE/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/team.html#det|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> His 2011 season was abruptly brought to a halt as he was diagnosed with [[malaria]] and [[typhoid]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bakama|first=James|date=28 June 2011|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1009104/moses-kipsiro-risked-death|title=How Moses Kipsiro risked death|work=New Vision|access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref> He missed the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]] as a result, but returned to defend his 5000&nbsp;m title at the [[Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games|2011 All-Africa Games]] and won for a second time running. He returned to grass competitions in 2012 with a third-place finish at the [[Cross de Itálica]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Valiente|first=Emeterio|date=15 January 2012|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/kipsang-and-masai-reign-in-rainy-seville|title=Kipsang and Masai reign in rainy Seville|publisher=IAAF|access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref>

===2012 Olympic Games===
Kipsiro set two national records at the [[Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix]], covering 3000&nbsp;m in 7:37.40 minutes before reaching two miles in a record of 8:08.16 minutes.<ref>Eder, Larry (20 February 2012). [http://www.runblogrun.com/2012/02/2012-aviva-gp-mens-two-mile-eliud-kipchoge-wins-in-80739-mo-farah-takes-second-in-80807-new-british.html 2012 Aviva GP: Men's Two Mile: Eliud Kipchoge Wins in 8:07.39, Mo Farah takes second in 8:08.07, new British, European records, by Larry Eder]. RunBlogRun. Retrieved 1 June 2013.</ref> Kipsiro managed seventh in the 3000&nbsp;m final at the [[2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships]]. On the [[2012 IAAF Diamond League]] circuit he placed third in the Doha and London legs of the series, but at the 5000&nbsp;m final at the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]] he came only 15th overall. He fared better in the 10,000&nbsp;m Olympic final, taking tenth place.<ref>[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kipsiro-moses-ndiema-1046470/ Moses Kipsiro] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407115304/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kipsiro-moses-ndiema-1046470/ |date=7 April 2013 }}. London2012. Retrieved on 1 June 2013.</ref> He ended the year with a win at the [[Silvesterlauf Trier]].<ref>[http://www.runnersworld.de/trierer-silvesterlauf-2012 Moses Kipsiro und Corinna Harrer triumphieren beim Trierer Silvesterlauf 2012]. ''Runner's World''. Retrieved 1 June 2013.</ref>

At the [[2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] he just finished outside the medals with a fourth-place finish. He was runner-up at the [[UAE Healthy Kidney 10K]] in New York, then took two prominent scalps in [[Wilson Kipsang]] and [[Haile Gebrselassie]] to win at the [[Manchester 10K]].<ref>Katende, Norman (27 May 2013). [http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/643251-kipsiro-reigns-supreme-in-manchester.html Kipsiro reigns supreme in Manchester]. News Vision. Retrieved 1 June 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2013/uae-healthy-kidney-10k/race-story/komon-chases-record-wins-second-uae-healthy-kidney-10k-title UAE Healthy Kidney 10K Komon Chases Record, Wins Second UAE Healthy Kidney 10K Title]. New York Road Runners. Retrieved 1 June 2013.</ref>

==Career highlights==
{{Palmares start}}
;Commonwealth Games
:[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 – Melbourne]], 7th at 5,000 m
:[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 – Delhi]],{{gold1}} 1st at 5,000 m
:[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 – Delhi]],{{gold1}} 1st at 10,000 m
:[[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 – Glasgow]],{{gold1}} 1st at 10,000 m
;Olympic Games
:[[2008 Olympic Games|2008 – Beijing]], 4th at 5,000 m
;IAAF World Championships in Athletics
:[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|2005 – Helsinki]], 12th in heat 2 at 5,000 m
:[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 – Osaka]], {{bronze3}} 3rd at 5,000 m
:[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 – Berlin]], 4th at 5,000m
;IAAF World Cross Country Championships
:2006 – [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]], 29th in short race
:2006 – [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]], 23rd in long race
:2009 – [[Amman]],{{silver2}} 2nd in long race
;IAAF Golden League
:2007 – [[Brussels]], {{bronze3}} 3rd at 5,000 m
:2007 – [[Zürich]], {{bronze3}} 3rd at 3,000 m
:2007 – Paris, {{gold1}} 1st at 3,000 m
;IAAF Grand Prix
:2005 – [[Zagreb]], {{gold1}} 1st at 3,000 m
:2007 – [[Monaco]], {{silver2}} 2nd at 3,000 m
;African Championships
:[[2006 African Championships in Athletics|2006 – Bambous]], {{silver2}} 2nd at 5,000 m
:[[2006 African Championships in Athletics|2006 – Bambous]], {{gold1}} 1st at 10,000 m
:[[2010 African Championships in Athletics|2010 – Nairobi]], {{silver2}} 2nd at 10,000 m
;All Africa Games
:[[Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games|2007 – Algiers]], {{gold1}} 1st at 5,000 m
:[[Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games|2011 – Maputo]], {{gold1}} 1st at 5,000 m
;Other races
:2005 – [[Cork (city)|Cork]], 2nd at [[Cork City Sports]] 3,000 m
:2005 – [[Trier]], 1st at [[New Year's Eve Race Trier]]
:2006 – [[Trier]], 1st at [[New Year's Eve Race Trier]]
:2006 – [[Guyan-Mestras]], 1st at [[Cross Sud Ouest]]
:2006 – [[Fontenay Les Briis]], 1st at [[RATP Cross Country]]
:2006 – [[Cork (city)|Cork]], 2nd at [[Cork City Sports]] 3,000 m
:2006 – [[Solihull]], 1st at [[BMC Solihull]] 5,000 m
:2006 – [[Brazzaville]], 3rd at 3,000 m
:2006 – [[Belfast]], 2nd at [[Belfast International Cross Country]]
:2007 – [[Trier]], 1st at [[New Year's Eve Trier]]
:2007 – [[Cork (city)|Cork]], 1st at [[Cork City Sports]] 3,000 m
:2007 – [[Uganda]], 2nd at [[Ugandan Cross Country Championships]]
:2007 – [[Le Mans]], 2nd at [[Cross Ouest France]]
:2007 – [[Belfast]], 1st at [[Belfast International Cross Country]]
:2008 – [[Sevilla]], 1st at [[Cross Internacional de Itálica]]
:2008 – [[Belfast]], 1st at [[Belfast International Cross Country]]
{{Palmares end}}

==Personal bests==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Distance
!Mark
!Date
!Location
|-
|[[1500 m]]
|3:37.6
|14 June 2008
|[[Watford]], United Kingdom
|-
|[[3000 m]]
|7:30.95
|28 July 2009
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|[[5000 m]]
|12:50.72
|14 September 2007
|[[Brussels]], Belgium
|-
|[[10,000 m]]
|27:04.48
|22 June 2012
|[[Birmingham]], United Kingdom
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat|Moses Ndiema Kipsiro}}
*{{World Athletics}}
*[http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=52477.html Focus on athletes] – In-depth article from IAAF

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[[Category:1986 births]]
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[[Category:Athletes from Eastern Region, Uganda]]
[[Category:Ugandan male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Uganda]]
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[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Uganda]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
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[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Uganda]]
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Ugandan sportsmen]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics]]
[[Category:African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]