Augustine Kiprono Choge

Augustine Kiprono Choge ( born January 21, 1987 in Kipsigak at Kapsabet ) is a Kenyan middle and long distance runners.

With 14 years of his running talent was discovered, and in 2003 he made ​​his first international appearance at the World Cross Country Championships in Lausanne, where he was fourth of the junior race. In the same year he became World Junior Champion in 3000 -meter run. In 2004 he won at the Junior World Championships title in the 5000 -meter run and improved to about 3000 m on 7:36,82 min and about 5000 m on 12:57,01 min.

2005 Choge won the junior race of the Cross Country World Cup in Saint- Galmier and presented with 7:28,78 min the current junior world record over 3000 m. Short term, nominated for the 1500 - meter race at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 2005, but he failed there in the flow. In 2006, he won gold in the 5000m at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 12:56,41 min and defeated while local hero Craig Mottram in the sprint. Shortly thereafter, he was seventh on the short distance at the Cross Country Championships in Fukuoka.

2007 and 2008, he focused on the shorter distances and was at the Olympic Games in Beijing Tenth more than 1500 meters. At the World Championships in Berlin in 2009, he was the same distance fifth.

On 4 September 2009 he was part of a Kenyan quartet ( William Biwott Tanui, Gideon Gathimba, Geoffrey Rono Kipkoech, Choge ), the Brussels 14:36,23 min with 32 -year-old world record of the German Karl Fleschen, Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak and Michael Lederer at the 4- times -1500- meter relay broke.

2012 Choge won at the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul silver over 3000 m.

Bests

  • 800 m: 1:44,86 min 17 June, 2009, Ostrava
  • 1000 m (Hall ): 2:17,79 min, 26 February 2009, Prague
  • 1500 m: 3:29,47 min, June 14, 2009, Berlin Hall: 3:33,23 min 19 February, 2011, Birmingham
  • Hall: 7:28,00 min, February 5, 2011, Stuttgart
Long-distance running 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 3000 metres 5000 metres 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2005 World Championships in Athletics Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2009 World Championships in Athletics Harald Hudak 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships Middle-distance running#1000 m Mile run London
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