Alfred Kirwa Yego
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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[1] 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.[2]
Achievements
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| 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
- 800 metres – 1:42.67 min (2009)
- 1500 metres – 3:33.68 min (2009)
References
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- ↑ IAAF, August 8, 2009: Ready when it counts most – Yego Template:Webarchive
- ↑ 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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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Kenyan male middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Kenya
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes from Eldoret
- Diamond League winners
- 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen