Wilfred Kirochi (born 12 December 1969) is a former Kenyan middle distance runner who won a silver medal at the 1991 World Championships' final in Tokyo in the 1500 m event.[1] Previously Kirochi had won two World Junior Championship titles in 1986 and 1988 (where he defeated future world and olympic champion Noureddine Morceli).[2]
In 1990 Kirochi also won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland behind Peter Elliott.[3] Kirochi did not qualify for the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992 as a he did not finish in the top three at the Kenyan trials in Nairobi. However, just prior to the Olympics he won the meetings in Oslo and Nice where he set a temporary world season's best. Later in the season he improved his personal best to 3:32.49 min.
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Kirochi, Wilfred |
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12 December 1969 |
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Kenya
