Alfred Kirwa Yego

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Alfred Kirwa Yego
Alfred Yego Daegu 2011.jpg
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (1986-11-28) 28 November 1986 (age 39)
Eldoret, Kenya
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
800 m
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing 800 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Osaka 800 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Berlin 800 m
African Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Nairobi 800 m

Alfred Kirwa Yego (born 28 November 1986) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 800 m at the 2007 World Championships.

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Yego competed at the 2005 World Championships, but did not advance past 800 metres heats.

His coach is Claudio Berardelli, who has also coached olympic medalists Janeth Jepkosgei and Nancy Lagat [2] Yego won the silver at the 2009 World Championships in the 800 m. A few weeks afterwards, he improved his 800 m personal best to 1:42.67 min in Rieti, finishing second behind David Rudisha who ran a new African record. [3]

Achievements

Alfred Yego (on the left) in Osaka 2007. Osaka07 D9A Yego Borzakovski.jpg
Alfred Yego (on the left) in Osaka 2007.
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy2nd 1:47.39
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland30th (h) 1:48.72
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco6th1:47.39
2006 African Championships Bambous, Mauritius3rd 1:46.85
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany8th1:48.01
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan1st 1:47.09
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China3rd 1:44.82
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany1st1:49.05
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany2nd 1:45.35
World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece7th 1:46.66
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya2nd 1:44.85
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea7th 1:45.83

Personal bests

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfred Kirwa Yego". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ↑ IAAF, August 8, 2009: Ready when it counts most – Yego Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Sampaolo, Diego (2009-09-06). Rudisha 1:42.01 African 800m record in Rieti – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-07.
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