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denmark 9 february 2014 kapchemoiywo , nandi county , kenya 63 kg lb on men 's athletics athletics wilson kipketer -lrb- 2010 -rrb- . jpg wilson kipketer
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wilson kipketer

wilson kosgei kipketer -lrb- born 12 december 1972 -rrb- is a kenyan-born danish former middle distance runner .
he holds the current indoor world records at the 1000 and 800 metres distance .
while dominating the 800 m distance for a decade , remaining undefeated for a three-year period and running 8 of the 17 currently all-time fastest times , he never won an olympic gold medal .
he did , however , win gold medals in three successive editions of the iaaf world championships in athletics .
kipketer 's 800 meters world record stood for almost 13 years .
it was surpassed on 22 august 2010 , when david rudisha beat it by 0.02 seconds , running 1:41:09 .
kipketer represented both sparta and kif during his running career .
