Kyle Langford (born 2 February 1996) is a British
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 ...
competing primarily 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 ...
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He was the 2015 European Junior Champion and represented his country at the
2015 World Championships. At the
2017 World Championships in London he was placed 4th, narrowly missing out on a bronze medal. Earlier he won a bronze medal at the
2013 World Youth Championships. In August 2022 he set his personal best time of 1.44.49 winning in Rovereto.
Semi Finalist World Athletics Championships Eugene 2022
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
*800 metres – 1:44.49 Rovereto 2022
*1500 metres – 3:52.06 (Hendon 2013)
Indoor
*800 metres – 1:46.79 (Birmingham 2017)
References
Living people
1996 births
Sportspeople from Watford
English male middle-distance runners
British male middle-distance runners
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
British Athletics Championships winners
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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