Jairus Kipchoge Birech

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Jairus Birech 2015 in Oslo

Full name Jairus Kipchoge Birech
nation KenyaKenya Kenya
birthday December 14, 1992
place of birth Uasin Gishu District ,  Kenya
Career
discipline Obstacle course
Best performance 7: 58.41 min
National squad since 2011
status active
Medal table
Commonwealth Games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
African Championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Commonwealth Games Federation logo Commonwealth Games
silver Glasgow 2014 8: 12.68 min
 African Championships
gold Marrakech 2014 8: 34.79 min
last change: September 5, 2014

Jairus Kipchoge Birech (born December 14, 1992 in Uasin Gishu District ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in obstacle running.

Athletic career

Birech first attracted international attention in 2011 when he won the silver medal in the obstacle course at the Junior African Championships in Gaborone and finished fourth at the Africa Games in Maputo . In 2012 he started at several meetings of the IAAF Diamond League . Among other things, he was third at the Golden Gala in Rome, second at the Athletissima in Lausanne and won the British Athletics Birmingham Grand Prix . In 2013 he won the prestigious Cross Internacional de Itálica in Santiponce near Seville and came second in the obstacle race at Weltklasse Zürich .

In the 2014 season, Birech dominated the IAAF Diamond League almost at will. He won six out of seven races and therefore the overall ranking in the obstacle course. He stayed below the 8-minute mark for the first time at the Van Damme Memorial in Brussels and, with a winning time of 7: 58.41 minutes, put himself at the top of the world's best of the year. In the same year he won the African Championships in Marrakech and the Continental Cup at the same location. He also won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow .

In 2015 Birech won the obstacle races at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix , the Bislett Games in Oslo and the Areva Meeting in Paris Saint-Denis. At the World Championships in Beijing , however, he finished only fourth behind his compatriots Ezekiel Kemboi , Conseslus Kipruto and Brimin Kiprop Kipruto .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jairus Birech's career statistics ( English ) tilastopaja.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 16, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tilastopaja.org
  2. ↑ Elias Makori: From Daegu to Maputo, Jeylan and Montsho rule! - All Africa Games ( English ) IAAF. September 15, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ David Martin: Bolt's blazing 9.76 one of seven world leads on electric night in Rome - Samsung Diamond League ( English ) IAAF. May 31, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ David Martin: Bolt shines yet again in Lausanne ( English ) IAAF. August 23, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ Michael Butcher: Jeter and Merritt blaze in Birmingham ( English ) IAAF. August 26, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ Emeterio Valiente: Birech outsprints bed, Cherono cruises to victory at Italica meeting ( English ) IAAF. January 20, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  7. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Birech breaks the eight-minute barrier in Brussels - IAAF Diamond League ( English ) IAAF. September 5, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ Phil Minshull: Report: men's 3000m steeplechase final - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 ( English ) IAAF. August 24, 2015. Accessed August 24, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Birech, Jairus Kipchoge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan obstacle runner
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Uasin Gishu District