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Jairus Kipchoge BIRECH

Athlete Profile

  • COUNTRY
    Kenya Kenya
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    14 DEC 1992     ATHLETE'S CODE
    14425940
Jairus Kipchoge (Getty Images)

Current World Ranking Positions

Discipline Place Score
Men's Overall Ranking 1140 1169
Men's Road Running 56 1169

Highest Ever World Ranking Positions

Discipline Place Duration
Men's Marathon 269 for 1 week
Men's Overall Ranking 760 for 1 week
Men's Road Running 50 for 1 week
Highest ever World Rankings position is considered from 1/1/2019

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
1500 Metres 3:48.0h Eldoret (KEN) 15 APR 2016 1002
2000 Metres 4:58.76 Reims (FRA) 05 JUL 2011 1146
3000 Metres 7:41.83 Hamad Bin Suhaim, Doha (QAT) 10 MAY 2013 1165
5000 Metres 13:38.4h Nakuru (KEN) 18 APR 2015 1073
10,000 Metres 28:35.7h Eldoret (KEN) 16 APR 2016 1077
3000 Metres Steeplechase 7:58.41 Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 05 SEP 2014 1265
10 Kilometres 27:52 New Orleans, LA (USA) 20 APR 2019 1154
Half Marathon 1:00:33 Milano (ITA) 24 MAR 2019 1170

Legend

* Not legal.

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
10 Kilometres 27:52 New Orleans, LA (USA) 20 APR 2019 1154
Half Marathon 1:00:33 Milano (ITA) 24 MAR 2019 1170

Outdoor

1500 Metres

Performance Place Date
2017 3:56.6h Nyahururu (KEN) 05 MAY 2017
2016 3:48.0h Eldoret (KEN) 15 APR 2016

Outdoor

2000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2011 4:58.76 Reims (FRA) 05 JUL 2011

Outdoor

3000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2018 7:50.67 Cambridge, MA (USA) 19 MAY 2018
2013 7:41.83 Hamad Bin Suhaim, Doha (QAT) 10 MAY 2013

Outdoor

5000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2016 13:48.8h Nakuru (KEN) 18 MAR 2016
2015 13:38.4h Nakuru (KEN) 18 APR 2015
2014 13:49.6h Nakuru (KEN) 14 MAR 2014
2012 14:01.4h Kitale (KEN) 07 APR 2012

Outdoor

10,000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2016 28:35.7h Eldoret (KEN) 16 APR 2016

Outdoor

10 Kilometres

Performance Place Date
2019 27:52 New Orleans, LA (USA) 20 APR 2019
2018 28:24 Bolzano (ITA) 31 DEC 2018
2017 28:14 Dongio (SUI) 17 APR 2017
2016 28:57 Bolzano (ITA) 31 DEC 2016
2015 28:58 Bolzano (ITA) 31 DEC 2015

Outdoor

Half Marathon

Performance Place Date
2019 1:00:33 Milano (ITA) 24 MAR 2019

Outdoor

3000 Metres Steeplechase

Performance Place Date
2018 8:18.76 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 26 MAY 2018
2017 8:07.68 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 21 JUL 2017
2016 8:03.90 Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat (MAR) 22 MAY 2016
2015 7:58.83 Paris (FRA) 04 JUL 2015
2014 7:58.41 Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 05 SEP 2014
2013 8:08.72 Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) 29 AUG 2013
2012 8:03.43 Paris (FRA) 06 JUL 2012
2011 8:11.31 Paris (FRA) 08 JUL 2011
2010 8:50.0h Nairobi (KEN) 17 JUN 2010
2009 9:08.1h Nairobi (KEN) 16 JUN 2009

Honours - World Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
4. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:12.62 National Stadium, Beijing (CHN) 24 AUG 2015

Honours - World (Continental) Cup

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:13.18 Le Grande Stade, Marrakesh (MAR) 14 SEP 2014

Honours - African Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:34.79 Le Grande Stade, Marrakesh (MAR) 12 AUG 2014

Honours - All-African Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
4. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:21.30 Maputo (MOZ) 11 SEP 2011

Honours - Diamond League

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 7:58.83 Paris (FRA) 04 JUL 2015
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:05.63 Bislett, Oslo (NOR) 11 JUN 2015
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:05.36 SS, Shanghai (CHN) 17 MAY 2015
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 7:58.41 Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 05 SEP 2014
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:07.80 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 24 AUG 2014
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:03.33 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 18 JUL 2014
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:03.34 Pontaise, Lausanne (SUI) 03 JUL 2014
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:02.37 Bislett, Oslo (NOR) 11 JUN 2014
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:06.20 Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 05 JUN 2014
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:20.27 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 26 AUG 2012

Honours - Commonwealth Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:12.68 Hampden Park, Glasgow (GBR) 01 AUG 2014

Honours - African U20 Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:28.08 Gaborone (BOT) 12 MAY 2011

Honours - National Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:18.0h Nairobi (KEN) 07 JUN 2014
Results in:

10 Kilometres

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
20 APR 2019 Crescent City Classic, New Orleans, LA USAUSA E F 1. 27:52
30 JUN 2019 Le 10KM de Port-Gentil, Port Gentil GABGAB C F 6. 28:47
03 AUG 2019 TD Beach to Beacon 10K, Cape Elizabeth, ME USAUSA E F 2. 28:28

Half Marathon

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
24 MAR 2019 Stramilano, Milano ITAITA E F 2. 1:00:33
18 MAY 2019 Göteborgsvarvet, Göteborg SWESWE E F 2. 1:00:48
15 SEP 2019 Copenhagen Half Marathon, København DENDEN A F 13. 1:00:50
27 OCT 2019 Standard Chartered Nairobi Half-Marathon & 10-K, Nairobi KENKEN F F 11. 1:03:50

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