Felix Kibore
Qatari long-distance runner
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Felix Kikwai Kibore (Arabic: فيليكس كيبوري; born February 18, 1988, in Kenya) is a Qatari long-distance runner of Kenyan origin.[1] Kibore represented Qatar at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 10,000 metres, along with his compatriots Essa Ismail Rashed and Ahmad Hassan Abdullah. He finished the race in twenty-second place by nearly two seconds ahead of Spanish long-distance runners Carles Castillejo and Ayad Lamdassen, with a time of 28:11.92.[2]
Nationality
Qatar
QatarBornFelix Kikwai Kibore
18 February 1988
18 February 1988
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
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| Nationality | Qatar | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Felix Kikwai Kibore 18 February 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5000 m: 13:16.11 10,000 m: 27:35.12 | ||||||||||||||
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Kibore had also achieved his best result in long-distance running, when he finished ninth in the finals of the men's 5000 metres at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan.
