(1986-11-28) 28 November 1986 (age 37) Eldoret, Kenya
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight
56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport
Athletics
Event
800 m
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Kenya
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
800 m
World Championships
2007 Osaka
800 m
2009 Berlin
800 m
African Championships
2010 Nairobi
800 m
Alfred Kirwa Yego (born 28 November 1986 in Eldoret) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 800 m at the 2007 World Championships.
Yego competed at the 2005 World Championships, but did not advance past 800 metres heats.
His coach is Claudio Berardelli, who has also coached olympic medalists Janeth Jepkosgei and Nancy Lagat[2]
Yego won the silver at the 2009 World Championships in the 800 m. A few weeks afterwards, he improved his 800 m personal best to 1:42.67 min in Rieti, finishing second behind David Rudisha who ran a new African record.[3]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfred Kirwa Yego". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
^IAAF, August 8, 2009: Ready when it counts most – Yego Archived 2009-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
^Sampaolo, Diego (2009-09-06). Rudisha 1:42.01 African 800m record in Rieti – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-07.
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