Abel Mutai
Appearance
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Born | October 2, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 3000m Steeplechase | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 9 August 2012 |
Abel Kiprop Mutai (born 2 October 1988) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[1]
He was born in Nandi. He won the gold medal at the 2005 World Youth Championships, a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, seventh at the 2013 World Championship and finished ninth at the 2009 World Athletics Final.[1]
As well as these, he won the 2000 m steeplechase at the 2007 African Junior championship.[1] He suffered an Achilles tendon injury which kept him out of competition for all of 2010.[1]
His personal best times are 8:05.16 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Lisbon; and 8:01.67 minutes in the 3000 metres steeplechase, achieved in May 2012 in Rome.[1]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 1st | 2000 m s'chase | 5:24.69 |
2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 8th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:36.75 |
2012 | African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 1st | 3000 m s'chase | 8:16.05 |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:19.73 |
References
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- ^ a b c d e Abel Mutai at World Athletics
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Kenyan male long-distance runners
- Kenyan male steeplechase runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Kenya
- Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- People from Nandi County
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Kenyan athletics biography stubs