Benson Kipruto
Benson Kipruto is a Kenyan long-distance runner. An Olympic bronze medallist in the marathon, he is a four-time winner of World Marathon Majors, having won the 2021 Boston Marathon, the 2022 Chicago Marathon, 2024 Tokyo Marathon and the 2025 New York City Marathon. In 2023, he finished second in the 2023 Chicago Marathon, with a personal best time of 2:04:02, 3 minutes behind compatriot Kelvin Kiptum who broke the Marathon world record. Kipruto also recorded third-place finishes at the 2022 and 2023 Boston Marathon.
Personal life
Kipruto is the younger brother of Kenyan long distance runner Dickson Chumba.Career
Having run a personal best of 2:07:11 in March 2018 at the Seoul Marathon, Kipruto won the 2018 Toronto Waterfront Marathon in a time of 2:07:24.In 2021, Kipruto won the Battle of the Teams event in 2021 held in place of the Prague Marathon. In October of the same year, he won the 2021 Boston Marathon in a time of 2:09:51.
He finished third in April's 2022 Boston Marathon as part of an all-Kenyan podium, with a time of 2:07:27. Later in the year Kipruto won a race from the World Marathon Majors for the second time, finishing first in the 2022 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:04:24.
In 2023, Kipruto finished third at April's 2023 Boston Marathon, finishing the course in 2:06:06. His time of 2:04:02 in the 2023 Chicago Marathon was enough for second place behind Kelvin Kiptum, who won the race in a world record time.
Kipruto won the 2024 Tokyo Marathon in a course record time of 2:02:16, later representing Kenya in the Olympic Games, where he won a bronze medal after finishing third in the marathon in a time of 2:07:00. That year Kipruto was shortlisted for the World Athletics Out of Stadium Male Athlete of the Year award, which was eventually won by Tamirat Tola.
Personal bests
- Half marathon – 1:00:06
- Marathon – 2:02:16
Notable marathon results
| Year | Race | Place | Time |
| 2016 | Athens Classic Marathon | 2nd | 2:13:24 |
| 2017 | Prague Marathon | 4th | 2:09:51 |
| 2017 | Gongju Dong-A Marathon | 2nd | 2:07:21 |
| 2018 | Seoul Marathon | 3rd | 2:07:11 |
| 2018 | Toronto Waterfront Marathon | 1st | 2:07:24 |
| 2019 | Boston Marathon | 10th | 2:09:53 |
| 2019 | Toronto Waterfront Marathon | 4th | 2:05:13 |
| 2020 | London Marathon | 7th | 2:06:42 |
| 2021 | Prague Marathon | 1st | 2:10:16 |
| 2021 | Boston Marathon | 1st | 2:09:51 |
| 2022 | Boston Marathon | 3rd | 2:07:27 |
| 2022 | Chicago Marathon | 1st | 2:04:24 |
| 2023 | Boston Marathon | 3rd | 2:06:06 |
| 2023 | Chicago Marathon | 2nd | 2:04:02 |
| 2024 | Tokyo Marathon | 1st | 2:02:16 |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 3rd | 2:07:00 |
| 2025 | Tokyo Marathon | 7th | 2:05:46 |
| 2025 | New York City Marathon | 1st | 2:08.09 |