Aron Koech

Aron Koech
Full name	Aron Kipchumba Koech
nation	Kenya
birthday	27th January 1990 (age 30)
place of birth	Kisii , Kenya
size	190 cm
Weight	76 kg
job	police officer
Career
discipline	400 meter hurdles
Best performance	48.49 s
Trainer	Vincent Mumo
status	active
Medal table
African Championships 1 × 1 × 1 ×
African Championships silver Durban 2016 4 × 400 m bronze Durban 2016 400 m hurdles gold Asaba 2018 4 × 400 m
last change: March 17th, 2020

Aron Kipchumba Koech , also known as Haron Koech (born January 27, 1990 in Kisii ), is a Kenyan hurdler who specializes in the 400 meter distance . He is the twin brother of the world champion over 400 meters hurdles, Nicholas Bett, who died in 2018 .

Athletic career

Aron Koech gained his first international experience at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing , where he was eliminated in the semifinals with 49.54 seconds . In 2016 Koech won the silver medal with the Kenyan 4 x 400 meter relay at the African Championships in Durban and the bronze medal in the hurdles in 49.41 seconds. He also qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he reached the final and finished seventh in 49.09 s. In 2017 he qualified again for the World Championships in London and reached the semi-finals there , in which he was eliminated with 50.40 s.

In 2018 he took part for the first time in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast , where he finished sixth in 50.02 s. In addition, he was disqualified with the Kenyan relay in the finals after the relay first came in third. Then he was fourth in the hurdles at the African Championships in Asaba in 49.94 s and won the relay in a new championship record of 3: 00.92 min. At the IAAF World Relays 2019 in Yokohama he reached third place in the mixed relay in 3: 19.43 minutes and then he took part in the Africa Games in Rabat for the first time, where he came in sixth with 50.58 seconds. He also finished fourth in the relay in 3: 05.71 minutes.

In 2018, Koech became the Kenyan champion in the 400-meter hurdles.

Personal bests

• 400 m hurdles: 48.49 s, August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro

Web links

• Aron Koech in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Aron Koech in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )