Abel Mutai

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Abel Mutai
Meeting Areva 2011 3 000 m steeple.jpg
Mutai in the lead, in 2011
Personal information
Born (1988-10-02) October 2, 1988 (age 35)
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
SportAthletics
Event(s)3000m Steeplechase
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London 3000 m st.
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Porto Novo 3000 m st.
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, seventh at the 2013 World Championship and finished ninth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. [1]

As well as 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 of fellow long-distance runner Iván Fernández shoving a lost Mutai towards the finish line during the Burlada Cross Country race, rather than passing Mutai and winning the race, went viral. Fernández was globally praised for his sportsmanship. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
2005 World Youth Championships Marrakech, Morocco 1st2000 m s'chase5:24.69
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 8th3000 m s'chase 8:36.75
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 1st3000 m s'chase 8:16.05
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 3rd3000 m s'chase 8:19.73

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