World youth 800m champion in 2013. World junior 800m champion in 2014.
Alfred Kipketer travelled to Brazil for the 2016 Olympic Games with perhaps high hopes
of a medal, having won the Kenyan Olympic trial. It was not to be and he 'only' finished
7th. as the runners ahead of him all ran season best times. Alfred had to wait for the
Diamond League meeting in Paris to show his true form where he ran 1:42.87 for a
personal best. He is pictured above after that race - perhaps wondering what might have been.
2016 Olympic Games. Rio de Janeiro.
Men's 800m Final.
| 1. |
David Rudisha
|
Kenya |
1:41.15 |
SB |
|
| 2. |
Taoufik Makhloufi |
Algeria |
1:42.61
|
NR
|
|
3.
|
Clayton Murphy |
United States |
1:42.93
|
PB
|
|
| 4. |
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse |
France
|
1:43.41
|
SB
|
|
| 5. |
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich
|
Kenya
|
1:43.55
|
SB
|
|
6.
|
Marcin Lewandowski |
Poland
|
1:44.20 |
SB
|
|
| 7. |
Alfred Kipketer |
Kenya
|
1:46.02 |
|
|
| 8. |
Boris Berian |
United States |
1:46.15 |
|
|
In January 2020, Alfred Kipketer was provisionally suspended after failing to be
available for drug tests on two occasions. In January 2021, he was banned until
November 2021 after failing a total of four drug tests over a 12-month period.