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Name
  
Boaz Lalang

Parents
  
Mary Tanui, Harun Lalang

Siblings
  
Lawi Lalang


Boaz Kiplagat Lalang

Born
  
February 8, 1989 (age 35) (
1989-02-08
)

Education
  
University of Arizona, Rend Lake College

Istanbul 2012 Mixed Zone: Boaz Kiplagat Lalang KEN


Boaz Kiplagat Lalang (born February 8, 1989) is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who specialises in the 800 metres.

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Career

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Lalang barely missed running in the finals of the 800 m.

At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he won a silver medal in the 800 m. He ran a mile personal best of 3:56.14 at the Drake Relays, defeating training partner and race favourite Bernard Lagat in the process and went on to lower his time to 3:52.18 in Oslo, Norway.

On August 29, 2010 he ran a personal best of 1:42.95 at the Rieti meeting in second place behind the new world record set by David Rudisha.

He studies Business Administration at Rend Lake College in Illinois. He has been mentored by Kenyan-born American runner Bernard Lagat

Personal Bests

  • 800 metres - 1:42.95 - Rieti, ITA, 29/08/2010
  • 1000 Metres - 2:14.83 - Eugene, OR, 03/07/2010
  • 1500 Metres - 3:35.80 - Rome, ITA, 10/06/2010
  • Mile - 3:52.18 - Oslo, NOR, 04/06/2010

    • References

    Boaz Kiplagat Lalang Wikipedia
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