Polat Kemboi Arıkan

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Polat Arıkan at the 2012 European Championships

Polat Kemboi Arıkan (birth name Paul Kipkosgei Kemboi ; born December 12, 1990 in Eldoret , Kenya ) is a Turkish long-distance runner of Kenyan origin.

In 2008 he was third at the Loopfestijn Voorthuizen and won the half marathon competition of the coastal marathon . In 2010 he finished fourth over 10 km at Tout Rennes Court.

On June 20, 2011, he received citizenship of Turkey. In 2012 he won the European Athletics Cup over 10,000 meters . At the European Championships in Helsinki he won bronze over 5000 meters and gold over 10,000 meters. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 he finished 13th over the 5000 meters and was ninth over the 10,000 meters. At the European Championships in Amsterdam in 2016 , he won the 10,000 meter title for the second time since 2012.

Personal bests

  • 3000 m : 7: 42.31 min, May 11, 2012, Doha (Turkish record)
    • Hall: 7: 42.49 min, February 18, 2012, Istanbul (Turkish record)
  • 5000 m: 13: 05.98 min, September 16, 2011, Brussels (Turkish record)
    • Hall: 13: 12.55 min, February 10, 2012, Düsseldorf (Turkish record)
  • 10,000 m: 27: 56.28 min, June 3, 2012, Bilbao
  • 10 km road run : 28:17 min, October 10, 2010, Rennes
  • Half marathon : 1:03:52 h, September 21, 2008, Otterndorf

Web links

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Footnotes

  1. ^ IAAF: Moreira and Kemboi Arikan take the European Cup 10,000m titles ( Memento of June 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). 4th June 2012
personal data
SURNAME Arıkan, Polat Kemboi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kemboi, Paul Kipkosgei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish long-distance runner of Kenyan origin
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Eldoret , Rift Valley, Kenya