| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 8:10.34 |
| 2 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 8:06.11 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2007 | Osaka, JPN | 8:13.82 |
| 2 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 8:16.05 |
| 3 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2005 | Helsinki, FIN | 8:15.30 |
| 7 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2009 | Berlin, GER | 8:12.61 |
| Diamond League | ||||
| 1 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2011 | Monaco, MON | 7:53.64 |
| 1 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 8:02.28 |
| 1 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2010 | Paris Saint-Denis, FRA | 8:00.90 |
| 1 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2010 | Lausanne, SUI | 8:01.62 |
| 2 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 8:05.40 |
| 3 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2010 | London, GBR | 8:20.77 |
| 3 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2010 | New York, NY, USA | 8:18.92 |
| 7 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2010 | Zurich, SUI | 8:10.02 |
| Golden League | ||||
| 2 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2008 | Brussels, BEL | 8:10.26 |
| 8 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2009 | Zurich, SUI | 8:20.24 |
| World Challenge | ||||
| 2 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2010 | Hengelo, NED | 8:18.27 |
| 6 | 1500m | 2011 | Hengelo, NED | 3:35.52 |
| Super Grand Prix | ||||
| 3 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2009 | Doha, QAT | 8:08.71 |
| Grand Prix | ||||
| 1 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2009 | Athens, GRE | 8:03.17 |
| 1 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2009 | Hengelo, NED | 8:06.46 |
| 2 | 3000m Steeplechase | 2009 | Ostrava, CZE | 8:09.95 |
Club name
Global Sports Group, Eldoret, KEN
Coach
Patrick Sang (allafrica.com, 31 Jul 2011)
Debut
2004 for Kenya (allafrica.com, 31 Jul 2011)
Injuries
An Achilles injury meant he missed out on a chance at winning the 2011 Diamond League title. (letsrun.com, 09 Sep 2011)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He took up the sport in 1999 while he was attending Korkitony Primary School. (allafrica.com, 31 Jul 2011)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold in the steeplechase at both the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games. (allafrica.com, 31 Jul 2011)
Hero
Moses Kiptanui. (allafrica.com, 31 Jul 2011)
General
CHANGING HIS NAME
When chosen in the Kenyan team to run the 2,000M steeplechase at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, the then 15-year-old Firmin Kipruto needed a passport. But when he was applying for a birth certificate to obtain his first passport, Firmin was mistakenly transcribed into Brimin by a clerk. "I saw what was entered in the computer, so I thought I had to stay with what they wrote," Kipruto said. "They did it by mistake." Ever since his name has been Brimin. (iaaf.org, 21 Sep 2007)
SO CLOSE
He missed out on breaking the 3,000m steeplechase world record by just 0.01 seconds at a Diamond League meeting in Monaco in July 2011. (sportsnewsarena.com, 23 Jul 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004
