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Leonard Kirwa Kosencha

Leonard Kirwa Kosencha

Kenyan middle-distance runner

Leonard Kirwa Kosencha (born 21 August 1994) is a Kenyan middle distance runner.

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He won a gold medal at the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[2][3] By running 1:44.08 at these Championships, he also broke Belal Mansoor Ali's old world youth best of 1:44.34, which had stood since June 17, 2005. Ethiopia's Mohammed Aman broke Kosencha's short-standing world youth best that September.[4] He won the silver medal at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games that season.

He began the 2012 season well as he was runner-up to Mohammed Aman at the Colorful Daegu Meeting, then won the first 2012 IAAF Diamond League race in Shanghai.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Leonard Kosencha at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. [2]
    "Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth record in 800m". Universal Sports. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth best". IAAF. 9 July 2011.
  4. [4]
    "David Rudisha suffers rare loss in Rieti". Universal Sports. 9 July 2011.
  5. [5]
    Johnson, Len (2012-05-19). Liu Xiang and G. Dibaba the standouts in rainy Shanghai – Samsung Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-20.
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