Boaz Kiplagat Lalang

Boaz Kiplagat Lalang medal table
Boaz Lalang (left) and Abubaker Kaki
Middle distance runner
Kenya
Pan-African Games
silver	2011 Maputo	800 m
Commonwealth Games
gold	2010 New Delhi	800 m
Indoor world championships
silver	2010 Doha	800 m

Boaz Kiplagat Lalang (born February 8, 1989 in Marakwet District ) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner .

Life

He started at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and reached the semi-finals in the 800-meter run . In 2010 he qualified for participation in the World Indoor Championships in Doha . However, the Kenyan Athletics Association could not pay for his journey. Therefore, Lalang's manager James Templeton took over the costs. His investment paid off. Over the 800 meters, Lalang won the silver medal behind defending champion Abubaker Kaki .

At the Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi Lalang won the gold medal in the 800-meter run and at the Pan-African Games 2011 in Maputo, the silver medal.

Boaz Lalang lives in the United States and attends Rend Lake College in Illinois .

Top performances

• 800 m: 1: 42.95 min, August 29, Rieti
  • Hall: 1: 45.15 min, February 26, 2009, Prague
• 1000 m : 2: 14.83 min, July 3, 2010, Eugene
  • Hall: 2: 19.91 min, February 18, 2009, Stockholm
• 1500 m : 3: 35.80 min, June 10, 2010, Rome
• 1 mile : 3: 52.18 min, June 4, 2010, Oslo
  • Hall: 3: 58.34 min, February 15, 2008, Fayetteville

Web links

• Boaz Kiplagat Lalang in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Boaz Kiplagat Lalang in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Standard: Athletics Kenya names team to Doha ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 23, 2010