the chairman of the Marakwet District branch of Athletics Kenya. His younger brother, Philemon Tanui, runs for University of Wyoming. A school was built by Shoe4Africa to honor the lifetime achievements of Kiptanui. The Shoe4Africa Moses Kiptanui School was opened in 2012 at Kamoi district, Marakwet and has eight primary classes with 320 students. Two ancillary early childhood development classes were added in 2015. Major achievements 1990 1990 African Championships in Athletics - Cairo, Egypt. 1500m gold medal 1990 IAAF World Junior Championships - Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 1500m gold medal 1991 1991 World Championships in Athletics - Tokyo, Japan. 3000m steeplechase gold medal 1991 All-Africa Games - Cairo, Egypt. 3000m steeplechase gold medal 1993 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Stuttgart, Germany. 3000m steeplechase gold medal 1994 1994 Goodwill Games - Saint Petersburg, Russia. 5000m gold medal 1995 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Gothenburg, Sweden. 3000m steeplechase gold medal 1996 1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, United States of America. 3000 m steeplechase silver medal 1997 1997 World Championships in Athletics - Athens, Greece. 3000m steeplechase silver medal References External links 1970 births Living people People from Elgeyo-Marakwet County Kenyan male middle-distance runners Kenyan male long-distance runners Kenyan male steeplechase runners Olympic male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes of Kenya Olympic silver medalists for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World record setters in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games gold medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games