Richard Yator Explained

Richard Yator
Birth Date:	1998 4, df=yes
Country:	Kenya
Sport:	Long-distance running

Richard Yator (born 6 April 1998)^[1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

In 2015, he won the silver medal in the boys' 3000 metres at the 2015 African Youth Athletics Championships held in Reduit, Mauritius. In 2017, he won the bronze medal in the junior men's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Kampala, Uganda.^[2]

In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.^{[1] [3]} He finished in 13th place.^[3] A few months later, he competed in the men's 5000 metres event at the 2019 Diamond League Shanghai where he finished in 10th place with a time of 13:13.24.^[4] In the same year, he also represented Kenya at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.^[5] He competed in the men's 5000 metres and he won the bronze medal.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Richard Yator. 10 July 2020. World Athletics.
2. Web site: Junior men's race. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200705195713/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5837/AT-XJ-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1536639810. 5 July 2020. 1 November 2020. 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
3. Web site: Senior men's race. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200706223921/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6265/AT-XSE-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1530503012. 6 July 2020. 27 June 2020. 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
4. Web site: Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200329044331/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2019/shanghai/Results.pdf. 29 March 2020. 7 October 2020. 2019 Diamond League Shanghai.
5. Web site: 2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book . 7 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901063534/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf . 1 September 2019 . dead .