Micah Kipkemboi KOGO

Micah Kipkemboi Kogo - Kenya - 10,000m finalist at two World Championships

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 17 August 2009

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Tuesday, 03 June 1986
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Burnt Forest, Kenya.
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Micah Kipkemboi KOGO - Kenya - 10,000m finalist at two World Championships


Men's 10000m. Final.
2009 World Athletics Championships.
1. Kenenisa BEKELE   ETH   26: 46.31 CR
2. Zersenay TADESSE   ERI   26: 50.12
3. Moses Ndiema MASAI   KEN   26: 57.39
4. Imane MERGA   ETH   27: 15.94
5. Bernard Kiprop KIPYEGO   KEN   27: 18.47
6. Dathan RITZENHEIN   USA   27: 22.28
7. Micah Kipkemboi KOGO   KEN   27: 26.33
8. Galen RUPP   USA   27: 37.99


Micah Kipkemboi KOGO is pictured above (2275) during the final of the mens 10,000m

at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He produced a seasons best run

to win the bronze medal - his first medal at a major championship - in

a time of 27.04.11, with gold and silver going to Kenenisa Bekele

(hidden behind Kogo) and Sileshi Sihine (1663) respectively

The other athlete in the photo is Zersenay Tadese, who finished in 5th place.



Men's 10000m. Final.
2008 Olympic Games.

1. Kenenisa BEKELE   ETH   27: 01.17 OR
2. Sileshi SIHINE   ETH   27: 02.77
3. Micah KOGO   KEN   27: 04.11
4. Moses Ndiema MASAI   KEN   27: 04.11
5. Zersenay TADESE   ERI   27: 05.11
6. Haile GEBRESELASSIE   ETH   27: 06.68
7. Martin Irungu MATHATHI   KEN   27: 08.25
8. Ahmad Hassan ABDULLAH   QAT   27: 23.75


ANNUAL PROGRESS.

10,000 metres.

2012 27:23.04 Eugene (Hayward Field), OR 01 JUN
2011 27:50.50 Melbourne (Albert Park) 10 DEC
2009 27:26.33 Berlin (Olympiastadion) 17 AUG
2008 27:04.11 Beijing (National Stadium) 17 AUG
2007 26:58.42 Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion) 14 SEP
2006 26:35.63 Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion) 25 AUG