# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilson-boit-kipketer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:37:28.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilson-boit-kipketer"
name: "Wilson Boit Kipketer"
slug: "wilson-boit-kipketer"
description: "Wilson Boit Kipketer is a middle and long distance athlete most widely known for running the 3000 m steeplechase. On 13 August 1997, at the Weltklasse Zürich, he set the world record in the steeplechase at 7:59.08, the third of three world records set in a 70-minute period of time. He was second individual after Moses Kiptanui to run under eight minutes. Boit Kipketer's record only stood for 11 days before it was crushed by Bernard Barmasai who took almost 3+1⁄2 seconds off the mark. A week earlier, Boit Kipketer led a Kenyan sweep of the same race in the 1997 World Championships, edging out Barmasai and then world record holder, three-time defending champion Kiptanui. He came back two years later to claim a silver medal in the 1999 World Championships and the following year in the 2000 Olympics."
tagline: "Athletics competitor from Kenya"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1973-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.40792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump