 Mutai in the lead, in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 2, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 3000m Steeplechase | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 9 August 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Abel Kiprop Mutai (born 2 October 1988) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. [1]
He was born in Nandi. He won the gold medal at the 2005 World Youth Championships, a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placed seventh at the 2013 World Championship and finished ninth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. [1]
In addition to these, he won the 2000 m steeplechase at the 2007 African Junior Championship. [1] He suffered an Achilles tendon injury which kept him out of competition for all of 2010. [1]
His personal best times are 8:05.16 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Lisbon; and 8:01.67 minutes in the 3000 metres steeplechase, achieved in May 2012 in Rome. [1]
In January 2013, a video showing fellow long-distance runner Iván Fernández gently guiding a lost Mutai towards the finish line during the Burlada Cross Country race, instead of passing him to win, went viral. Fernández was globally praised for his sportsmanship. [2] [3] [4] [5]
