Role Athlete Sport Athletics Height 1.87 m | Event(s) 3000m Steeplechase Weight 73 kg Name Abel Mutai | |
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Born October 2, 1988 (age 36) ( 1988-10-02 ) Similar People Ezekiel Kemboi, Mahiedine Mekhissi‑Benabbad, Asbel Kiprop | ||
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Abel Kiprop Mutai (born 2 October 1988) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
He was born in Nandi. He won the gold medal at the 2005 World Youth Championships, a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, seventh at the 2013 World Championship and finished ninth at the 2009 World Athletics Final.
As well as these, he won the 2000 m steeplechase at the 2007 African Junior championship. He suffered an Achilles tendon injury which kept him out of competition for all of 2010.
His personal best times are 8:05.16 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Lisbon; and 8:01.67 minutes in the 3000 metres steeplechase, achieved in May 2012 in Rome.
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