Felix Kibore
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| Nationality |  Qatar | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Felix Kikwai Kibore 18 February 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 5000 m: 13:16.11 10,000 m: 27:35.12 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Felix Kikwai Kibore (Arabic: فيليكس كيبوري; born February 18, 1988, in Kenya) is a Qatari long-distance runner of Kenyan origin.[1] Kibore represented Qatar at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 10,000 metres, along with his compatriots Essa Ismail Rashed and Ahmad Hassan Abdullah. He finished the race in twenty-second place by nearly two seconds ahead of Spanish long-distance runners Carles Castillejo and Ayad Lamdassen, with a time of 28:11.92.[2]
Kibore had also achieved his best result in long-distance running, when he finished ninth in the finals of the men's 5000 metres at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan.
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Felix Kibore". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ↑ "Men's 10,000m Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
External links
[edit]- Felix Kibore at World Athletics
- Felix Kibore at Olympics.com
- Felix Kibore at Olympedia
- Felix Kibore at InterSportStats
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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