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{{short description|Kenyan middle distance runner (born 1986)}}

factoids

| birth_place = Eldoret, KenyaURL-STATUS=DEAD, 2020-04-17, | weight = 56 kg| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics }}{{MedalCountry | {{KEN}} }}{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}{{MedalBronze | 2008 Beijing | 800 m }}{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}{{MedalGold | 2007 Osaka | 800 m }}{{MedalSilver | 2009 Berlin | 800 m }}{{MedalCompetition | African Championships }}{{MedalSilver | 2010 Nairobi | 800 m }}}}Alfred Kirwa Yego (born 28 November 1986 in Eldoret) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the 800 m at the 2007 World Championships.Yego competed at the 2005 World Championships, but did not advance past 800 metres heats.His coach is Claudio Berardelli, who has also coached olympic medalists Janeth Jepkosgei and Nancy LagatIAAF, August 8, 2009: Ready when it counts most – Yego {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810213416weblink |date=2009-08-10 }}Yego won the silver at the 2009 World Championships in the 800 m. A few weeks afterwards, he improved his 800 m personal best to 1:42.67 min in Rieti, finishing second behind David Rudisha who ran a new African record.Sampaolo, Diego (2009-09-06). Rudisha 1:42.01 African 800m record in Rieti – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-07.

Achievements

(File:Osaka07 D9A Yego Borzakovski.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Alfred Yego (on the left) in Osaka 2007.){| {{AchievementTable|width=auto}}! colspan="5" | Representing {{KEN}}| 20042004 World Junior Championships in Athletics>World Junior Championships| Grosseto, Italy 2nd1:47.39) 20052005 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships| Helsinki, Finland| 30th (h)1:48.72)2005 IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final| Monte Carlo, Monaco| 6th| 1:47.39 20062006 African Championships in Athletics>African ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius>Bambous, Mauritius 3rd1:46.85)2006 IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final| Stuttgart, Germany| 8th| 1:48.01| 20072007 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships| Osaka, Japan 1st1:47.09) 2008Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics>Olympic Games| Beijing, China 3rd1:44.82)2008 IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final| Stuttgart, Germany 1st| 1:49.05 20092009 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships| Berlin, Germany 2nd1:45.35)2009 IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final| Thessaloniki, Greece| 7th1:46.66)| 20102010 African Championships in Athletics>African Championships| Nairobi, Kenya 2nd1:44.85)| 20112011 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships| Daegu, South Korea| 7th1:45.83)

Personal bests

• 800 metres – 1:42.67 min (2009)
• 1500 metres – 3:33.68 min (2009)

References

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External links

• {{World Athletics}}
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110715203457weblink">Rosa & Associati profile

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