Emmanuel Kipkemei Bett (born 29 March 1985) is a Kenyan

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who competes in track and

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events. He has a 10,000-metres personal best of 26:51.16 minutes, which was the fastest time in the world in the 2012 season. He was a latecomer to the elite level of running and made his first professional appearances in 2010. Competing in Brazil, he finished second at the

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, fifth at the

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15K, and was runner-up at the

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10K. He competed in Europe for the first time in 2011 and made his breakthrough in the

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track event. He placed fourth at the high-profile

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and set a best of 26:51.95 minutes. This ranked him in the top ten that year. He ended the year with a win at the prestigious Zatopek 10 race in

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. In 2012 he placed fourth in the 10,000 m Kenyan trial race at the

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, running a time of 27:07.90 minutes. After setting a 5000- meters best of 13:08.35 minutes at the

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, he also ran the Kenyan trial race over that distance, but in fifth place he was not selected for the Kenyan Olympic team. Despite this, he won at the Memorial Van Damme meeting. and his time of 26:51.16 was a personal best and the fastest 10,000 m by any athlete that year. He also ran a personal best of 60:56 minutes at the

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, taking fifth place at the half marathon, and was the winner at the

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. He retained his Zatopek 10 title that December. He opened 2013 on the cross-country circuit and was runner-up at the

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and the

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. He was in the top ten of the

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and the 10,000 m at the Prefontaine Classic, then placed second at the

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. He attempted to gain selection for the

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, but was again out of the running with a fourth-place finish at the 10,000 m Kenyan trials. In October he was second only to

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at the

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and topped the podium at the

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10-mile race, seeing off a challenge from defending champion

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. His brothers are also runners, David Kiprotich Bett and

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Personal bests

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– 13:08.35 min (2012) *

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– 26:51.16 min (2012) *

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– 28:20 Bangalore (2011) *

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– 1:01:40 (2013) *Half marathon (downhill) – 1:00:56 (2012)

Notes

* The IAAF state his birth date as 29 March 1985 but his management company specifies that he was born on 30 March 1983.Emmanuel Bett
. Pace Sport Management. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bett, Emmanuel Living people 1985 births Kenyan male long-distance runners Australian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen