Abraham Kibiwot Explained

Abraham Kibiwot
Birth Date:4 June 1996
Birth Place:Uasin Gishu, Kenya
Sport:Track and field
Event:3000 metres steeplechase

Abraham Kibiwot (born 4 June 1996) is a Kenyan steeplechase runner. He won bronze medals in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2023 World Championships, and 2016 African Championships. His personal best is 8:05.51 minutes, set in 2023.

Career

Kibiwot made his international debut at the 2013 African Youth Athletics Championships, taking fifth in the 2000 m steeplechase event.[1]

He raised his profile in 2015 first by winning the Kenyan junior trials and the gold medal at the 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships, seeing off Ethiopia's reigning Youth Olympic champion Wogene Sebisibe Sidamo in Addis Ababa.[2] [3] Kibiwot capped that season with a personal best of 8:22.10 at the London Diamond League meet and ranked as the second-fastest under-20 athlete that year behind another Kenyan, Nicholas Kiptanui Bett.[4]

Kibiwot made his breakthrough into the senior ranks in the 2016 season. That year he was prominent on the 2016 Diamond League, starting with a personal best of 8:09.25 to place third in Doha. He finished second behind Ezekiel Kemboi in Beijing and won his first race at Athletissima in Lausanne.[5] [6] [7] He also took fifth place at the Herculis and Memorial Van Damme meets.[8] Kibiwot ran at the 2016 Athletics Kenya Olympic Trials but withdrew from the final.[9] He was selected for the 2016 African Championships in Athletics, where he won his first major medal – a bronze behind Ethiopia's Chala Beyo and Tolosa Nurgi.[10]

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Kibiwot earned a bronze medal in the 3000 m steeplechase. At 8:06.47, he finished six hundredths of a second behind American Kenneth Rooks.[11]

Personal bests

Information from All-Athletics profile[12]

International competitions

2013African Youth ChampionshipsWarri, Nigeria5th2000 m s'chase5:53.90
2015African Junior ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopiabgcolor=gold1st3000 m s'chase8:47.43
2016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa3rd3000 m s'chase8:24.19
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australiabgcolor=silver2nd3000 m s'chase8:10.62
2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar7th3000 m s'chase8:08.52
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan10th3000 m s'chase8:19.41
2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States5th3000 m s'chase8:28.95
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rd3000 m s'chase8:11.98
2024Olympic GamesSaint Denis, France3rd3000 m s'chase8:06.47

Circuit wins

2016

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20130605082940/http://www.webcaa.org/eng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1031&Itemid=35 31/03/2013 Full results of the 1st African Youth Championships
  2. Negash, Elshadai (2015-03-07). Hamza and Cheptegei highlight opening days of African Junior Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.
  3. http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Abraham-Kibiwot-bags-gold-in-Junior-Championships-in-Addis-/1100-2644954-hp16sdz/index.html Kibiwot bags gold in Junior Championships in Addis
  4. https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/middle-long/3000-metres-steeplechase/outdoor/men/u20/2015 u20 outdoor 2015 3000 Metres Steeplechase men
  5. Mutuota, Mutwiri (2016-05-06). Kiprop, Kipruto sparkle in Doha IAAF DL opener. CitizenTV. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.
  6. Johnson, Len (2016-05-18). Ghazal surprises with high jump world lead in Beijing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.
  7. Ramsak, Bob (2016-08-25). Souleiman sets 1000m series record in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.
  8. https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/middle-long/3000-metres-steeplechase/outdoor/men/senior/2016 senior outdoor 2016 3000 Metres Steeplechase men
  9. http://www.letsrun.com/news/2016/07/2016-kenyan-olympic-trials-results/ 2016 Kenyan Olympic Trials Results
  10. Botton, Wesley (2016-06-24). Semenya wins 1500m at African Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.
  11. Web site: PARIS 2024 ATHLETICS: MOROCCO'S SOUFIANE EL BAKKALI WINS HISTORIC SECOND STRAIGHT OLYMPIC GOLD IN MEN'S 3,000M STEEPLECHASE .
  12. http://www.all-athletics.com/node/1001817 Abraham Kibiwot