Ruth Bosibori

Kenyan middle-distance runner (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ruth Bosibori

Ruth Bosibori Nyangau (also written Ruth Bisibori; born 2 January 1988 in Bosiango) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

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Bosibori in 2009

Career

In July 2007, she became the first All-Africa Games champion in the event, as it was staged for the first time. In August the same year she finished fourth at the World Championships in a world junior record time of 9:25.25 minutes. The old record was 9:30.70 and belonged to Melissa Rollison.[1] At the 2008 African Championships in Athletics she finished third.[2]

Bosibori was born in Bosiango village near Kisii.[3] She started running in 2003 while at Kebirichi Secondary School. She was recruited by Kenya Police after winning provincial championships in 2007.[4] She is used to competing barefoot.[5]

She won the Most Promising Sportswoman of the Year category at the 2007 Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year awards.[6] She was coached by Dan Muchoki until 2007, after started to be followed by the Italian coach Renato Canova, when went under the management of Gianni Demadonna.[7]

In 2009, she improved her personal best to 9:13.16, winning at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final by a margin of seven seconds.

In September 2010, she gave birth to her daughter Glory.

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Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Kenya
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 1st 3000 m s'chase 9:31.99
World Championships Osaka, Japan 4th 3000 m s'chase 9:25.25
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3rd 3000 m s'chase 10:00.18
Olympic Games Beijing, China 6th 3000 m s'chase 9:17.35
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 3rd 3000 m s'chase 9:24.38
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 7th 3000 m s'chase 9:13.16
World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 1st 3000 m s'chase 9:13.43
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