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Boaz Kiplagat Lalang
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Boaz Kiplagat Lalang

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Place of birth
Marakwet District
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35 years
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Biography

Boaz Kiplagat Lalang (born February 8, 1989) is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who specialises in the 800 metres.

Career

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Lalang barely missed running in the finals of the 800 m.

At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he won a silver medal in the 800 m. He ran a mile personal best of 3:56.14 at the Drake Relays, defeating training partner and race favourite Bernard Lagat in the process and went on to lower his time to 3:52.18 in Oslo, Norway.

On August 29, 2010 he ran a personal best of 1:42.95 at the Rieti meeting in second place behind the new world record set by David Rudisha.

He studies Business Administration at Rend Lake College in Illinois. He has been mentored by Kenyan-born American runner Bernard Lagat

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Kenya
2008Olympic GamesOlympic Games7th (sf)800 m1:45.87
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar2nd800 m1:46.39
Commonwealth GamesNew Delhi, India1st800 m1:46.60
2011All-Africa GamesMaputo, Mozambique2nd800 m1:46.40
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey12th (sf)800 m1:49.31

Personal Bests

  • 800 metres - 1:42.95 - Rieti, ITA, 29/08/2010
  • 1000 Metres - 2:14.83 - Eugene, OR, 03/07/2010
  • 1500 Metres - 3:35.80 - Rome, ITA, 10/06/2010
  • Mile - 3:52.18 - Oslo, NOR, 04/06/2010
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