Bright Obiri

Bright Obiri
Bright Onsando Obiri in Rome 2017
Full name	Bright Osnsando Obiri
nation	Kenya
birthday	13th December 1989 (age 30)
place of birth	Kisii , Kenya
size	160 cm
Weight	50 kg
Career
discipline	Medium and long distance running
Trainer	Sammy Rono
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 × World championships 2 × 0 × 1 × Indoor world championships 1 × 1 × 0 × World Cross Country Championships 1 × 1 × 0 × Commonwealth Games 1 × 0 × 0 × African Championships 2 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Rio de Janeiro 2016 5000 m  World championships bronze Moscow 2013 1500 m gold London 2017 5000 m gold Doha 2019 5000 m  Indoor world championships gold Istanbul 2012 3000 m silver Sopot 2014 3000 m  World Cross Country Championships gold Aarhus 2019 singles silver Aarhus 2019 team  Commonwealth Games gold Gold Coast 2018 5000 m  African Championships gold Marrakech 2014 1500 m gold Asaba 2018 5000 m
last change: March 24, 2020

Hellen Onsando Obiri (born December 13, 1989 in Kisii ) is a Kenyan middle and long distance runner .

Athletic career

Hellen Obiri gained her first international experience at the World Military Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2011 , where she won the bronze medal in the 800-meter run in 2: 01.86 minutes and took fourth place over 1500 meters. However, through this discipline she qualified for the World Championships in Daegu , South Korea , in which she came in eleventh place with 4: 20.23 minutes in the final. In the following year she surprisingly won the indoor world championships in Istanbul over 3000 meters in 8: 37.16 minutes ahead of the Moroccan Mariem Alaoui Selsouli and Hind Dehiba Chahyd from France. During the outdoor season increased them perform at their best over 1500 meters in 3: 59.68 minutes and qualified for the Olympic Games London , where she with 4: 16.57 minutes in the final finished eighth.

In 2013 she qualified again for the World Championships in Moscow , where she took the bronze medal in 4: 03.86 minutes behind Abeba Aregawi , who competed for Sweden, and the American Jenny Simpson . In the 2014 indoor season she took part in the indoor world championships in Sopot , Poland , where she won the silver medal behind Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba Dibaba in the 3000 meters in 8: 57.72 minutes and at the same time marks the beginning of a rivalry that has lasted for years. At the end of May, at the IAAF World Relays held for the first time in the Bahamas, with the quartet Mercy Cherono , Faith Kipyegon , Irene Jelagat and Hellen Obiri, she set a new world record with the 4: 33.58 min. by-1500-meter relay. Before that, she ran the fastest time at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha on May 9th since September 13th, 1993, when three Chinese women, Junxia Wang , Qu Yunxia and Zhang Linli , ran faster. With 8: 20.68 min, she increased her personal best by more than 13 seconds and is now fifth on the all-time best list (as of 2018). At the end of July, Obiri took part in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for the first time , and with sixth place and a time of 4: 10.84 minutes, she couldn't live up to her role as favorite. However, two weeks later she won the gold medal at the African Championships in Marrakech in 4: 09.53 minutes ahead of the Ethiopian Dawit Seyaum and Rababe Arafi from Morocco. In mid-September, she came fourth in the Athletics Continental Cup there .

The year 2015 followed in which Obiri did not contest, but increasingly turned to the 5000-meter run . In 2016 she qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro without any competitive international races , in which she won the silver medal behind her compatriot Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot in 14: 29.77 min in the final . At the Golden Gala 2017 in Rome , she contested the 5000 meters in 14: 18.37 minutes and set a new Kenyan record and ran the fifth fastest time ever (as of 2018). She was considered the favorite for the World Championships in London, where she clearly beat Almaz Ayana from Ethiopia with 14: 34.86 minutes in the final . In the following year she finished fourth in the world indoor championships in Birmingham in 8: 49.66 minutes, which was disappointing for her in fourth place over 3000 meters. In April she showed her international class at the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast and won in a moderate 15: 13.11 minutes ahead of her compatriot Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi and the Englishwoman Laura Weightman . Then she won the gold medal at the African Championships in Asaba in 15: 47.18 minutes ahead of the Ethiopians Senbere Teferi and Meskerem Mamo . In September she represented Africa again at the Athletics Continental Cup in Ostrava and this time came third over 3000 meters in 8: 36.20 minutes.

In 2019 she won the Cross Country World Championships in Aarhus in 36:14 minutes ahead of the Ethiopian Dera Dida and secured the silver medal in the team standings behind Ethiopia. At the end of September she took part in the World Championships in Doha, where she finished fifth in the 10,000 meter run in just 30: 35.82 minutes in what was only her third race over this distance . Shortly afterwards she won over 5000 meters with a new championship record of 14: 26.72 minutes ahead of her compatriot Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi and Konstanze Klosterhalfen from Germany.

Between 2011 and 2014 and 2018, Obiri became the Kenyan champion in the 1,500 meter run .

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 2: 00.53 min, August 5, 2011 in London
• 1500 meters: 3: 57.05 min, May 31, 2014 in Eugene
  • 1500 meters (hall): 4: 05.04 min, February 15, 2018 in Toruń
• Mile: 4: 16.15 min, July 22, 2018 in London ( Kenyan record )
• 3000 meters: 8: 20.68 min, May 9, 2014 in Doha ( Kenyan record )
  • 3000 meters (hall): 8: 29.41 min, February 18, 2017 in Birmingham
• 5000 meters: 14: 18.37 min, June 8, 2017 in Rome ( Kenyan record )
• 10,000 meters: 30: 35.82 min, September 28, 2019 in Doha

Web links

Commons : Hellen Onsando Obiri  - Collection of Images

• Hellen Obiri in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Hellen Obiri in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Steve Landells: Hellen Obiri: I love running because…. ( English ) IAAF. March 8, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF: Event Report - Women's 3000 Meters - Final . March 11, 2012
2. ^ Cathal Dennehy: After national record run in Rome, Obiri ascends to a new level ( English ) IAAF. June 10, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
3. ↑ Len Johnson: Obiri and Manangoi lead Kenyan 1-2s on day seven of Commonwealth Games ( English ) IAAF. April 14, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
4. ↑ Bob Ramsak: Obiri and Ta Lou dominate in Asaba, Samaai defeats Manyonga - African Championships, day two ( English ) IAAF. August 2, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
5. ↑ Emily Moss: Senior women's report: Dominant Obiri makes history in Aarhus ( English ) IAAF. March 30, 2019. Accessed March 31, 2019.
6. ↑ Mike Rowbottom: Report: women's 5000m - IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 ( English ) IAAF. October 5, 2019. Accessed March 24, 2020.