Leonard Kirwa Kosencha
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Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1994-08-21) 21 August 1994 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 800 m: 1:43.40 (Monaco 2012)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Leonard Kirwa Kosencha (born 21 August 1994) is a Kenyan middle distance runner.
He won a gold medal at the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[2][3] By running 1:44.08 at these Championships, he also broke Belal Mansoor Ali's old world youth best of 1:44.34, which had stood since June 17, 2005. Ethiopia's Mohammed Aman broke Kosencha's short-standing world youth best that September.[4] He won the silver medal at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games that season.
He began the 2012 season well as he was runner-up to Mohammed Aman at the Colorful Daegu Meeting, then won the first 2012 IAAF Diamond League race in Shanghai.[5]
Personal records
Event | Performance | Date | Venue |
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800 m | 1:43.40 s | 20 July 2012 | Monaco |
References
- ^ Leonard Kosencha at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- ^ "Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth record in 800m". Universal Sports. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth best". IAAF. 9 July 2011.
- ^ "David Rudisha suffers rare loss in Rieti". Universal Sports. 9 July 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Len (2012-05-19). Liu Xiang and G. Dibaba the standouts in rainy Shanghai – Samsung Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-20.
External links
- Leonard Kirwa Kosencha at World Athletics
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Preceded by![]() | Boys' World Youth Best Holder, 800 metres 9 July 2011 – 10 September 2011 | Succeeded by |
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- 1999: Nicholas Wachira (KEN)
- 2001: Salem Amer Al-Badri (QAT)
- 2003: Mohammed Al-Salhi (SAU)
- 2005: Gilbert Keter Kipkurui (KEN)
- 2007: Geoffrey Kibet (KEN)
- 2009: Johan Rogestedt (SWE)
- 2011: Leonard Kirwa Kosencha (KEN)
- 2013: Alfred Kipketer (KEN)
- 2015: Willy Kiplimo Tarbei (KEN)
- 2017: Melese Nberet (ETH)
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