John Kibet Koech
 Koech at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 23 August 1995 (age 28) | |||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m, 5000 m, steeplechase | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 1500 m – 3:44.7 (2013) 3000 mS – 8:09.62 (2016) 5000 m – 13:31.76 (2016)[2] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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John Kibet Koech (born 23 August 1995) is a
long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain. He specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase and was the winner of the event at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships. His elder brother Isiah is an Olympic long-distance runner.[3]
Koech first began competing at national level in the steeplechase in 2012, running at the national junior championships. He also acted as
DN Galan, where he placed sixth – this time ranked him twentieth in the world for the event that season.[4]
Koech switched his
2014 IAAF Diamond League circuit he was tenth at the Athletissima meeting and 13th at the Herculis meeting.[8] As the second highest ranked Asian runner, after Abubaker Ali Kamal of Qatar (another Kenyan emigrant), he was selected to represent the region at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, where he placed fifth.[2]
At the 2015 Arab Athletics Championships, held in Bahrain, he missed out on a steeplechase medal behind African opposition, taking fourth.[9] A month later at the IAAF World Challenge Beijing he gave a stronger performance with a personal best of 8:14.75 minutes for third place.[10] His first major title followed shortly after at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships where he was the steeplechase gold medallist, succeeding his compatriot and fellow former Kenyan Tareq Mubarak Taher.[11]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2014 | IAAF Continental Cup | Marrakech , Morocco
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5th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:28.96 |
| 2015 | Arab Championships | Isa Town, Bahrain | 4th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:31.35 |
| Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:27.03 | |
| World Championships | Beijing, China
|
15th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:38.62 | |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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18th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:28.81 |
| 2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan
|
4th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:34.27 |
| 2018 | West Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan
|
1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:46.60 |
| Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia
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4th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:32.72 | |
| 2019 | Arab Championships | Cairo, Egypt
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1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:30.75 |
| Asian Championships | Doha, Qatar
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1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:25.87 | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan
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– | 3000 m s'chase | DNF |
| 2022 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey
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4th | 3000 m s'chase | 9:19:64 |
| 2023 | Arab Games | Oran, Algeria
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6th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:53.94 |
| Asian Games | Hangzhou, China
|
10th | 3000 m s'chase | 9:03.75 |
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Kibet Koech.
- ^ John Kibet Koech Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b c John Kibet Koech at World Athletics
- ^ John Kibet Koech. nbcolympics.com
- ^ 3000 Metres Steeplechase – men – senior – outdoor – 2013. IAAF. Retrieved on 6 June 2015.
- ^ Back-to-back wins for Gatlin. The Hindu (12 May 2014). Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ 3000 Metres Steeplechase – men – senior – outdoor – 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 6 June 2015.
- ^ 3000 Metres Steeplechase – men – junior – outdoor – 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 6 June 2015.
- ^ Athletics – John Kibet KOECH. The Sports. Retrieved on 6 June 2015.
- ^ ALGÉRIE AU 19 EME. CHAMPIONNAT PANARABES D’ATHLÉTISME BAHREÏN / MANAMA 24 – 27/04/2015 Archived 6 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Algeria Athletics Stats. Retrieved on 4 May 2015.
- ^ Ayodi, Ayumba (20 May 2015). Kipketer, Ndiku reign supreme in Beijing. The Daily Nation. Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
- ^ Vikas Gowda, Lalita Win Gold at Asian Athletics Championships. NDTV Sports (6 May 2015). Retrieved on 2015-06-06.
External links
- John Kibet Koech at World Athletics
- John Kibet Koech at Olympedia
