Job Koech Kinyor (born 2 September 1990) is a Kenyan

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who competes in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

. His personal best for the distance is 1:43.76 minutes. He was a bronze medallist at the 2011 and

2015 All-Africa Games The 11th African Games took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965. Host awar ...

, and he was part of the gold medal-winning team in the 4×800 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays. He is the son of former Olympic hurdler Barnabas Kinyor and has two children.

Career

He first began competing abroad in 2008 and set a personal best of 1:47.00 minutes to take third at the Folksam Grand Prix. He did not compete in 2009, but returned an improved athlete the following year. He won a number of low-level European meets in 2010, with the highlights being a win at the Notturna di Milano and a personal best run of 1:45.86 minutes for third at the Hanžeković Memorial. A fourth-place finish at the 2011 Kenyan Athletics Championships in a new best of 1:45.07 minutes brought him his first international selection. At the 2011 All-Africa Games he finished behind future Olympic champion

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and fellow Kenyan

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to take the 800 m bronze medal.Job Koech Kinyor
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-05-31. At the start of the 2012 season Kinyor made a big improvement to 1:43.76 minutes at the

Doha Diamond League The Doha Diamond League is an annual one-day track and field meeting held at the Suheim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar. It is part of the Diamond League – the top level international circuit for the sport. It is typically held in May as the ...

race, finishing as runner-up to

David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic champion from the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, a two-time World champion from t ...

. He came third at the

FBK Games The FBK Games is an annual track and field event at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion in Hengelo, Netherlands as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1981. Its name honours Fanny Blankers-Koen, who won four gold med ...

, seventh at the

Prefontaine Classic The Prefontaine Classic, an Oregon Track Club event, is one of the premier track and field meets in the United States, held in Eugene, Oregon. Every year it draws a world caliber field to compete at Hayward Field on the campus of the University ...

and second at the

London Grand Prix The London Diamond League, formerly known as the London Grand Prix and subsequently as the Anniversary Games, is an annual athletics event held in London, England. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the Di ...

. However, he failed to make the Kenyan team for the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing fifth at the trials. He began the next season in similar fashion, running his season's best of 1:44.24 minutes to finish third on the Doha leg of the 2013 IAAF Diamond League, placing behind Rudisha and Mohamed Aman. He came in the top five in the Prefontaine Classic,

Golden Gala Golden Gala is an annual track and field event normally held at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the Diamond League. Following the 2013 death of Italian sprinting legend Piet ...

and London Grand Prix meets that year. He won at the national championships, but was fourth at the Kenyan trials for the

2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013) () was an international athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10–18 August 2013. Initially, Russia won the most gold medals to top the table for the first time since 200 ...

, missing selection again. Kinyor was chosen for the 2014 IAAF World Relays to represent Kenya in the 4×800 metres relay and the team (featuring

Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (born 30 November 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He has a personal best of 1:42.54 minutes for the event. He represented Kenya at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and wa ...

, Sammy Kibet Kirongo, and

Alfred Kipketer Career He won his first international medal at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics, taking the 800 m gold medal. He completed the first lap in a time of 48.63 seconds – faster than the first lap of David Rudisha's 800 metres w ...

) went on to win the gold medal in a time of 7:08.40 minutes. He served as a pacemaker on the

2017 IAAF Diamond League The 2017 Diamond League was the eighth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It is the first to feature the new championship-style system in wh ...

, but was some distance away from the pack.Job Kinyor’s epic pacemaker fail at Diamond League
''Daily Telegraph'' (2017-06-14). Retrieved 2018-05-24.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinyor, Job Koech Living people 1990 births Kenyan male middle-distance runners African Games bronze medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Pacemakers 21st-century Kenyan people