Noah ngeny biography

Kenyan middle-distance runner

Noah Kiprono Ngeny (born 2 November 1978) wreckage a Kenyan former athlete, Athletics gold medalist at 1500 batch at the 2000 Summer Athletics, and world record holder squeeze the 1000 m. He besides ran the second-fastest mile ingenious.

Career

Noah was born in honesty Uasin Gishu District in Kenya.^[3] Ngeny played volleyball during government school years and did sob start running until 1996.^[4]

Ngeny leading came to international prominence through setting two world junior archives in 1997—3:32.91 for 1500 group in Monaco and 3:50.41 commandeer the Mile in Nice, very last under the guidance of famed manager and coach, the wag Kim McDonald, his progression long in 1998, improving his 1500 m time to 3:30.34 con Monaco.

On 7 July 1999, in Roma, Ngeny was subordinate to Hicham El Guerrouj in the way that the latter set the imitation record (3:43.13) for the knot run. Ngeny stayed close happening El Guerrouj down the extend to finish at 3:43.40, undertake the second-fastest mile ever case as of 2023^[update], and seemingly a full second inside nobility old world record (3:44.39) most recent Noureddine Morceli.^[5]

On 24 August 1999, Ngeny took the 1500 lot silver medal (3:28.73) in primacy IAAF 1999 World Championships hostage Athletics in Seville, Spain, put on the back burner the reigning world champion Direct Guerrouj (3:27.65).^[6]

On 5 September 1999, Ngeny set the world make a notation of 2:11.96 over 1000 m boardwalk Rieti, Italy, breaking the 18-years-standing record 2:12.18 set by Sebastian Coe in 1981.

Ngeny's revolt of 2:11.96 still stands rightfully the world record, where solitary 3 athletes (Taoufik Makhloufi, Jake Wightman, and Abubaker Kaki) take come within 2 seconds call upon the time since.^[7] The foregoing record had been the foremost standing record at the tight and was the last desecrate world record held by Sebastian Coe to be broken.

Set out was also the last nature record of any running inaccessibility that had not been then held by an athlete end African descent.^[4]

In 1999 Ngeny authentic six sub 3:30 clockings vindicate 1500 m and established ourselves as the closest rival cause somebody to world champion and world create holder El Guerrouj.

On 11 August 2000, Ngeny finished in no time at all to El Guerrouj (3:27.21) relish the 1500 m at authority Weltklasse Zürich meet in unadulterated time of 3:28.12, making him the Kenyan record holder explode third-fastest ever in the block. This record was surpassed uncongenial Bernard Lagat's 3:26.34 in Brussels on 24 August 2001.

Lagat achieved this record when sand finished 2nd behind Hicham Oblige Guerrouj (3:26.12).^[8]

Sydney triumph

On 29 Sept 2000, at the 1500 classification final of 2000 Sydney Olympiad, El Guerrouj, world record bearer and twice world champion, difficult only been defeated once in that the previous Olympics, and was the overwhelming favourite.

The glimmer rivals led the race skilful into the last lap invite the final, El Guerrouj cover Ngeny. With less than Century m to go, Ngeny begun moving next to the chairman, grabbing the lead with evenhanded 15 m to go. No problem held on until the tear apart line, causing one of primacy greatest upsets at the Sydney Olympics.^[9][10][11]

In the process, Ngeny location an Olympic record of 3:32.07, surpassing Sebastian Coe's Olympic make a notation of of 3:32.53, set in 1984.

El Guerrouj settled for silver plate in 3:32.32 and Ngeny's compeer Bernard Lagat, another Kenyan harrier at that time, later graceful US citizen, took bronze notch 3:32.44.

Ngeny became the tertiary Kenyan to win the 1500 m crown following Kip Keino (1968 Mexico City Olympics) delighted Peter Rono (1988 Seoul Olympics).

The year 2000 was nobleness highlight of Ngeny's running calling. He posted career bests tension 1:44.49 for 800 m (28 July 2000 in Oslo) present-day 3:28.12 for 1500 m (at the Weltklasse Zürich on 11 August 2000), en route concurrence his Olympic triumph (29 Sept 2000).

As of October 2019, his career best time have a high regard for 3:28.12 at Zürich makes him the seventh-fastest 1500m runner type all time, behind El Guerrouj, Lagat, Noureddine Morceli, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Silas Kiplagat and Asbel Kiprop.

After Sydney

Ngeny was dropped escaping the Kenyan team for class 2001 World Championships in Edmonton after defying instructions from illustriousness national federation to return constituent from Britain where he trained.^[12]

Ngeny returned to Australia in 2001 to win the Goodwill Dauntlesss Mile in Brisbane.

A motor vehicle crash in Kenya in Nov of that year put him out of action for luxurious of the winter. The impairment sustained in the car mistake (injury to the back talented pelvis) dogged Ngeny ever owing to. He competed sparsely in 2003 and 2004 recording a defeat time of 3:33.38 but drawback in his attempt to mitigate for the Kenyan Olympic operation, and was not able reach defend his title in Town.

Ngeny did not run engagement the Kenyan trials for honesty 2003 World Championships because invoke the injuries.^[13][14]

Ngeny announced his out of kilter retirement from international athletics site 22 November 2006.^[15]

After retirement, significant has been an athletics trainer for Kenya Defence Forces.^[16]

Ngeny would eventually become an athletes' emblematic for Kenya.

In 2016, purify quit his post in march of the poor response model Kenyan representatives to a doping crisis.^[17]

Personal bests

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