Leonard Kirwa Kosencha (born 21 August 1994) is a Kenyan middle distance runner. He won a gold medal at the

800 m 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 the ...

at the

2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the seventh edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held in Lille Métropole, France, with stadium-based events at Stadium Lille-Métropole in Villeneuve d'Ascq, on 6� ...

. By running 1:44.08 at these Championships, he also broke

Belal Mansoor Ali Belal Mansoor Ali ( ar, بلال منصور علي; born 17 October 1988) is a middle distance runner now representing Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya. He was born John Yego on 17 October 1988 in Kenya. Works with Bahrain Defence ...

's old world youth best of 1:44.34, which had stood since June 17, 2005. Ethiopia's

Mohammed Aman Mohammed Aman Geleto (Amharic: መሀመድ አማን; born 10 January 1994) is an Ethiopian Middle distance running, middle-distance runner. Born in Asella, he is the winner of the 800-meter final at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in th ...

broke Kosencha's short-standing world youth best that September. He won the silver medal at the

2011 Commonwealth Youth Games The 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the IV Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Isle Of Man 2011, is a multi-sport event which took place from 7 to 13 September 2011 in the British Crown Dependency of Isle of Man. As ...

that season. He began the 2012 season well as he was runner-up to Mohammed Aman at the

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, then won the first

2012 IAAF Diamond League The 2012 IAAF Diamond League (also known as the 2012 Samsung Diamond League for sponsorship purposes) was the third edition of the Diamond League, an annual series of fourteen one-day track and field meetings. The series began on 11 May in Doha, Q ...

race in Shanghai.Johnson, Len (2012-05-19)
Liu Xiang and G. Dibaba the standouts in rainy Shanghai – Samsung Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-20.

Personal records

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* 1994 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub