Vincent Kipsegechi Yator
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Vincent Kipsegechi Yator (born July 11, 1989 ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner .
Yator finished sixth in the 5000-meter run at the World Junior Athletics Championships in 2008 in Bydgoszcz . The following year he was second behind his compatriot Leonard Patrick Komon at the Singelloop Utrecht . At the 2010 African Athletics Championships in Nairobi, he won the silver medal over 5000 meters. Yator had led for a long time, but stumbled shortly before the finish and had to let his compatriot Edwin Cheruiyot Soi pass by. A few weeks later, he finished fourth at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi over the same distance . Shortly thereafter, he finished third at the Great South Run in Portsmouth.
In October 2019, Yator was suspended from the Athletics Integrity Unit for EPO doping.
Personal bests
- 3000 m: 7: 46.34 min (2009, Paris Saint-Denis )
- 5000 m: 13: 04.50 min (2010, Zurich )
- 10,000 m (train): 27: 25.94 min (2016, Eugene )
- 10 km (road): 27:34 min (2009, Utrecht )
- Half marathon: 59:55 min (2015, Yangzhou )
- Marathon: 2:13:04 h (2013, Amsterdam )
Web links
- Vincent Kipsegechi Yator in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait of Vincent Kipsegechi Yator ( memento from March 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the IAAF Diamond League
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF: Komon flies 27:10 in Utrecht ( Memento from October 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English), September 28, 2009
- ↑ IAAF: Kenya captures five gold medals as African champs conclude in Nairobi ( Memento of August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English), August 1, 2010
- ↑ IAAF: Ebuya clocks the fastest ever 10 Miles in UK ( Memento of October 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English), October 24, 2010
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| SURNAME | Yator, Vincent Kipsegechi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1989 |