Isiah Kiplangat Koech (born 19 December 1993) is a Kenyan
long-distance runner
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Within endurance ru ...
who specialises in the
5000 metres
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.
At the
2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics
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in
Brixen
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Geography
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,
Italy
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, Koech won a
gold medal
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over 3000 metres, setting a new world youth leading time with 7:51.51.
He also took part in the
2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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in
Bydgoszcz
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,
Poland
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, finishing fourth in the junior men's race.
On 11 February 2011, Koech became just the fourth man to run the 5000 m indoor under 13 minutes when he clinched victory in 12 min 53.29 sec at the
PSD Bank Meeting in
Düsseldorf
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. He then ran a world junior indoor best for the 3000 m at the
Indoor Flanders Meeting a few days later, running a time of 7:37.50 minutes Koech controlled the junior race at the
Kenyan Cross Country Championships and took first place, earning a spot for the Junior World Cross.
Despite being a provisional favourite for the junior race at the
2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 20, 2011. The races were held at the Polideportivo Antonio Gil Hernández in Punta Umbría, Spain.
Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.
Preparation
The Uni ...
, he ended the race in tenth place. However, he did help Kenya to the team title alongside
Geoffrey Kipsang and
Patrick Mutunga Mwikya. Moving into the senior ranks, he ran over 5000 m at the
2011 World Championships in Athletics
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The United States topped the medal standings in the ...
and closely finished behind the medallists to place fourth overall. In December, he returned to cross country and won the
Lotto Cross Cup Brussels by a margin of over half a minute.
At the 2012 Kenyan Olympic trials he ran the fastest ever 5000 m time in Kenya to win the race and guarantee his first Olympic selection.
[Mutuota, Mutwiri (2012-06-23)]
Rudisha runs 1:42.12 at altitude – Kenyan Olympic Trials
. IAAF
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. Retrieved on 2012-06-24.
Personal bests
References
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1993 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kericho County
Kenyan male long-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Kenya
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya
World Athletics Championships medalists
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya
Kenyan male cross country runners
Diamond League winners
IAAF Continental Cup winners
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
21st-century Kenyan sportsmen
Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics