Paul Kipsiele Koech
Paul Kipsiele Koech ( born November 10, 1981 in Cheplanget at Sotik, Buret District, Rift Valley Province ) is a Kenyan steeplechaser.
The Second Pan-African Games of 2003 completed at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 the Kenyan triumph when he won behind his compatriots Ezekiel Kemboi and Kipruto Brimin bronze.
A year later at the World Championships in Helsinki he finished seventh and 2006 African champions. Three times (2005-2007), he won so far the IAAF World Athletics Final. From 2003 to 2007 he was undercutting the eight -minute mark in each year.
He has a contest weight of 57 kg at a height of 1.68 m.
Personal best
Development over 3000 meter steeplechase
- 2001: 8:15,92 minutes
- 2002: 8:05,44 minutes
- 2003: 7:57,42 minutes
- 2004: 7:59,65 minutes
- 2005: 7:56,37 minutes
- 2006: 7:59,94 minutes
- 2007: 7:59,42 minutes