Moses Kiyai

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Moses Kiyai (born 1962) is a retired Kenyan long jumper and triple jumper.

Kiyai won the bronze medal at the 1982 African Championships. [1] He won the East African Championships in the long jump 1981, 1982 and 1984 and became triple jump champion in 1982. [2] At the 1982 Commonwealth Games he finished sixth in the long jump and eighth in the triple jump.[ citation needed ] He also competed at the 1984 Olympic Games without reaching the final in neither long nor triple jump. [3]

His personal best jump was 8.08 metres, achieved in May 1984 in Lincoln, Nebraska. [4] In the triple jump he had 16.27 metres from 1986. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "African Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "East and Central African Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Moses Kiayi". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Moses Kiyai at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg



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