Amos Kirui (born 9 February 1998) is a Kenyan distance runner who competes in the

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...

. He was the gold medallist at the

2016 IAAF World U20 Championships The 2016 World U20 Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1997) which was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 19–24 Ju ...

, extending his nation's grip on the event since 1988.Ramsak, Bob (2016-07-24)
Report: men’s 3000m steeplechase – IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016
IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-10. Kirui was a silver medallist in the steeplechase at the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

and a bronze medallist at the

2014 African Youth Games The 2nd African Youth Games took place in Gaborone, Botswana's capital city from 22 to 31 May 2014. The Games featured approximately 2000 athletes from 51 African countries competing in 21 sports. Gambia, Eritrea and Mauritania were the only Afri ...

. He shared in a junior team silver at the

2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was hosted in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital. This 42nd edition was held on 26 March 2017. The venue was Kampala Airport, commonly known as Kololo airstrip, or officially, the Kololo Ceremoni ...

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Amos Kirui
at OmRiyadat English * 1998 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Kenyan male cross country runners Kenyan male steeplechase runners Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub