Karl Keska

Karl Keska
Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	7 May 1972 (age 52); Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	Birchfield Harriers, Birmingham

Karl Keska (born 7 May 1972 in Wolverhampton) is a male English former long-distance runner who specialised in the 10,000 metres.

Athletics career

Keska competed collegiately for University of Oregon from 1992–1996, where he was an All-American (10,000 m) and three time PAC-10 Conference Champion (10,000 m in 1995, 1996, cross-country in 1995). He was a two-time National Champion (AAAs) for Great Britain (5000 m 1998, 10,000 m 2003). He was an Olympic finalist in the 10,000 m in the 2000 Sydney Games where he represented Great Britain.^[1]

He represented England in the 5,000 metres event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[2]^[3]^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Great Britain and England
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	5000m
2000	World Cross Country Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	13th	Long race
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	8th	10,000 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	10,000 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	9th	10,000 m
2004	European Cross Country Championships	Heringsdorf, Germany	7th	Men's Race

Personal bests

3000 metres - 7:38.04 min (1998)
5000 metres - 13:20.30 min (2002)
10,000 metres - 27:44.09 min (2000)

References

^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

External links

Karl Keska at World Athletics
Karl Keska at Power of 10

[1] "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

[2] "1998 Athletes". Team England.

[3] "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.

[4] "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

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