Job Koech Kinyor (born 2 September 1990) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who competes in the

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

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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 The 2014 IAAF World Relays were held in May 2014 in Nassau, Bahamas. The event was the first edition of the IAAF World Relays. There were five events for each gender. In men's and women's 4 x 100 metres and 4 x 400 metres, the event served as a qu ...

. He is the son of former Olympic hurdler

Barnabas Kinyor Barnabas Agui Kinyor (born 3 August 1961 in Nandi Hills) is a retired Kenyan athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. He finished seventh at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, eighth at the 1993 World Championships and won the bronze medal a ...

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

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. 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

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and a personal best run of 1:45.86 minutes for third at the

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. A fourth-place finish at the 2011

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in a new best of 1:45.07 minutes brought him his first international selection. At the

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he finished behind future Olympic champion

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and fellow Kenyan Boaz Lalang 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

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race, finishing as runner-up to

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. He came third at the

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, seventh at the

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and second at the London Grand Prix. However, he failed to make the Kenyan team for the

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, 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

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, placing behind Rudisha and

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. He came in the top five in the Prefontaine Classic,

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

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, missing selection again. Kinyor was chosen for the

to represent Kenya in the 4×800 metres relay and the team (featuring Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich, 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 wor ...

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

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on the

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, 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