Micah Kogo

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Micah Kogo athletics

Micah Kipkemboi Kogo
Micah Kogo (2010) at the BUPA London 10,000

Full name Micah Kipkemboi Kogo
nation KenyaKenya Kenya
birthday June 3, 1986
place of birth Burnt Forest, Kenya
size 170 cm
Weight 56 kg
Career
discipline 5000 m , 10,000 m , 10 km road run
Trainer Sammy Rono
status active
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
bronze 2008 Beijing 10,000 m
last change: December 24, 2012

Micah Kipkemboi Kogo or Micah Kemboi Kogo (born June 3, 1986 in Burnt Forest , Uasin Gishu District , Rift Valley Province ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner .

He started running at Kewet Primary School , inspired by middle-distance runner David Kibet , whom he had seen training in his village. After graduating from AIC Thulwet Secondary School , he joined Sammy Rono's training camp. Since 2005 he has appeared internationally. In 2005 and 2006 he won the Course de l'Escalade . In 2006 he set a world best for the year over 10,000 meters with 26: 35.63 minutes at the Memorial Van Damme . In the same year he won the Zevenheuvelenloop over 15 km.

In 2007 he won the Parelloop in 27:07 minutes, only five seconds slower than the world record in the 10 km road run by Haile Gebrselassie . He then won the Great Manchester Run and the Falmouth Road Race and was second in the world athletics finals over 5000 meters . The following year he won the London 10,000 premiere and qualified for the 10,000 meter run at the Beijing Olympics . There he won the bronze medal in a time of 27: 04.11 minutes. At the end of the season he won the Trier New Year's Eve run .

In March 2009 he set a world record in the 10 km road race at the Parelloop with a time of 27:01 minutes . At the World Championships in Berlin , he was seventh over 10,000 meters.

In 2010 he finished second in the Parelloop. At the Grand 10 Berlin he competed against the new 10 km world record holder Leonard Patrick Komon , but he was beaten by him by a minute and only came in fourth place.

Micah Kipkemboi Kogo is 1.70 m tall and weighs 56 kg. He is trained by Sammy Rono and supervised by the manager Ricky Simms (PACE Sports Management).

Best times

discipline time date place
3000 m 7: 38.67 min August 7, 2007 Stockholm , Sweden
2 miles 8: 20.88 min August 23, 2005 Linz , Austria
5000 m 13:00, 77 min July 25, 2006 Stockholm , Sweden
10,000 m 26: 35.63 min August 25, 2006 Brussels , Belgium
10 km road run 27:01 min March 29, 2009 Brunssum , Netherlands
15 km road run 42:32 min September 20, 2009 Zaanstad , the Netherlands
half marathon 59:33 min March 15, 2015 Lisbon , Portugal
  • All times are from the IAAF profile.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ IAAF: Relaxed and fearless, Kogo hopes to get among the Ethiopians . January 19, 2007.
  2. ^ IAAF: 2006 - End of year Reviews - Long Distance Running . December 29, 2006.
  3. ^ IAAF: Kogo triumphs in four-man sprint, and Wami loses to Tufa in Nijmegen . November 19, 2006.
  4. ^ IAAF: Kogo just five seconds short of Gebrselassie's 10 km world record . April 1, 2007.
  5. ^ IAAF: 27:21 victory by Kogo in Manchester . May 20, 2007.
  6. ^ IAAF: Kogo, Ndereba win at Falmouth . August 13, 2007.
  7. ^ IAAF: Kogo and Mikitenko take 10k victories on London's proposed 2012 marathon course . May 27, 2008.
  8. ↑ IAAF: Kogo and Belete dominate despite freezing conditions in Trier . January 2, 2009.
  9. ^ IAAF: Kogo breaks World 10Km record in Brunssum . March 29, 2009.
  10. ↑ Entry at PACE Sports Management.
  11. ↑ Micah Kogo in the database of World Athletics (English)
personal data
SURNAME Kogo, Micah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kogo, Micah Kipkemboi; Kogo, Micah Kemboi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Burnt Forest , Uasin Gishu District , Rift Valley (Kenya)