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Alfred Kirwa Yego

Alfred Kirwa Yego
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (1986-11-28) 28 November 1986 (age 37)
Eldoret, Kenya
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800 m
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 800 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Osaka 800 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Berlin 800 m
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Nairobi 800 m

Alfred Kirwa Yego (born 28 November 1986 in Eldoret) 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.

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.
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Kenya
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 2nd 1:47.39
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 30th (h) 1:48.72
World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 6th 1:47.39
2006 African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 3rd 1:46.85
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 8th 1:48.01
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 1st 1:47.09
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 3rd 1:44.82
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 1st 1:49.05
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd 1:45.35
World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 7th 1:46.66
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 2nd 1:44.85
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 7th 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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