| Nationality: | Ugandan |
| Sport: | Athletics Mountain running |
| Event: | Cross-country running |
| Club: | U.S. Quercia Trentingrana |
| Birth Date: | 10 November 1999 |
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Victor Kiplangat (born 10 November 1999) is a Ugandan marathon runner, who became world champion in 2023. He won the World Mountain Running Championships in 2017 as a teenager.[1]
In 2022 he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the men's marathon event, despite taking a wrong turn close to the end of the course.[2] [3] On August 27, 2023 he won the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | ||||||||
| 2016 | World U20 Championships |  Bydgoszcz | 19th | 5000 m | 14:21.22 | |||
| 2017 | Cross Country World Championships |  Kampala | 19th | Junior men's race (8 km) | 24:29 | |||
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games |  Birmingham | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:55 | ||
| 2023 | World Athletics Championships |  Budapest | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:53 | ||
| Mountain running | ||||||||
| 2017 | World Championships |  Premana | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Men's race (13 km) | 52:31 | ||