Boaz Kiplagat Lalang
Lalang taking World Indoor silver behind Abubaker Kaki
Personal information
Born8 February 1989 (1989-02-08) (age 34)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kenya
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi800 m
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Doha 800 m
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place2011 Maputo800 m

Boaz Kiplagat Lalang (born 8 February 1989) is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who specialises in the 800 metres. His younger brother, Lawi Lalang, ran for the University of Arizona.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

On 29 August 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[4]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Kenya
2008 Olympic Games Olympic Games 7th (sf) 800 m 1:45.87
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd 800 m 1:46.39
Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India 1st 800 m 1:46.60
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 2nd 800 m 1:46.40
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 12th (sf) 800 m 1:49.31

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

References

  1. ↑ From Dust to Dominance. Runner's World.
  2. ↑ "World Indoor Championships Results". Taiwan News Online. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
  3. ↑ Dunaway, James (2010-04-25). Cantwell opens with 21.69m effort in Des Moines - Drake Relays report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-25.
  4. ↑ The Standard, 11 October 2010: Kenya's 800m game plan worked to the letter
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