Augustine Kiprono Choge
- January 11, 2024
- Kenyan Long-distance Runner
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Augustine Kiprono Choge Biography
| Birthday | Jan 21 |
| Birth Year | 1987 |
Augustine Kiprono Choge is one of the most popular and richest Kenyan long-distance runner who was born on January 21, 1987 in Kapsabet, Kenya. Choge was born in 1987 to a family of small-scale farmers at Kipsigak, near Kapsabet in the Nandi District of Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
Choge graduated from Kabikwen Secondary School in 2004. At the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics he won 5000 metres race. At the 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final he was third in 5000 metres. At the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships he won the junior race and junior team race. At the 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final he finished third in 3000 metres.
Augustine Choge competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and finished tenth in the 1500 m final. He came fifth over 1500 m on his debut at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in August. In 2009 he was part of the Kenyan team that set a new the 4 x 1500 metres relay world record, 14:36.23 minutes. Other members of the team were William Biwott Tanui, Gideon Gathimba and Geoffrey Rono. The previous record in this rarely competed event was set by West Germany in 1977, making it the oldest world record when it was broken.
In October 2019, Choge joined the pacemaker team for the Ineos 1:59 Challenge to help fellow Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge run a sub-two hour marathon distance.
He won world youth and junior titles on the track in 2003 and 2004, eventually going on to set a world junior record for the 3000 metres in 2005. In his final year as a junior he won the World Cross Country Junior title.
Augustine Kiprono Choge Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Kenyan long-distance runner |
| House | Living in own house. |
Augustine Kiprono Choge is one of the richest Kenyan long-distance runner from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Augustine Kiprono Choge 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Augustine Kiprono Choge (born 21 January 1987) is a Kenyan middle distance and long distance runner.
He won national secondary schools 10,000 metres in 2002. At the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships he finished fourth in the Junior race and won gold medal as a part of the junior team. He competed at the 2003 East African Youth Championships in May in Addis Ababa and won three gold medals, in 800, 1500 and 3000 metres. At the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics he won the 3000 metres race. He holds the 3000 metres world junior record set in May 2005 in Doha, the previous record (7:30.67) was held by Kenenisa Bekele, set in 2001.
On 20 March 2006, he won the men’s 5000 metres event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games with a time of 12 minutes, 56.41 seconds. This is the current Commonwealth Games record.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 1.62 m |
Augustine Kiprono Choge height 1.62 m Austin weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
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Austin Ranked on the list of most popular Kenyan long-distance runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Augustine Kiprono Choge celebrates birthday on January 21 of every year.