Alfred Kirwa Yego (born 28 November 1986 in

Eldoret Eldoret is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It serves as the capital of Uasin Gishu County. Located in western Kenya and lying south of the Cherangani Hills, the local elevation varies from about at the Eldoret International Air ...

) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

. 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 Nancy Jebet Langat (born 22 August 1981) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialises in the 1,500 metres. She won the gold medal in the 1,500 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in a personal best time of 4:00.23. She also competed at the 2 ...

Yego won the silver at the 2009 World Championships in the

800 m The 800 metres, or 800 meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event sin ...

. A few weeks afterwards, he improved his 800 m personal best to 1:42.67 min in

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, finishing second behind

David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha, State Commendations of Kenya, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a retired Kenyan Middle-distance running, middle-distance runner who is the world and Olympic record holder in the 800 metres. Rudisha won gold medals in the 800 ...

who ran a new African record.Sampaolo, Diego (2009-09-06)
Rudisha 1:42.01 African 800m record in Rieti – IAAF World Athletics Tour

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. Retrieved on 2009-09-07.

Achievements

Personal bests

– 1:42.67 min (2009) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

– 3:33.68 min (2009)

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Rosa & Associati profile
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 {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub