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Leonard Kirwa Kosencha

Personal information
Nationality	Kenyan
Born	(1994-08-21) 21 August 1994 (age 30)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best	800 m: 1:43.40 (Monaco 2012)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Kenya World Youth Championships 2011 Lille 800 m Commonwealth Youth Games 2011 Douglas 800 m

Leonard Kirwa Kosencha (born 21 August 1994) is a Kenyan middle distance runner.

He won a gold medal at the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. By running 1:44.08 at these Championships, he also broke Belal Mansoor Ali's old world youth best of 1:44.34, which had stood since June 17, 2005. Ethiopia's Mohammed Aman broke Kosencha's short-standing world youth best that September. He won the silver medal at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games that season.

He began the 2012 season well as he was runner-up to Mohammed Aman at the Colorful Daegu Meeting, then won the first 2012 IAAF Diamond League race in Shanghai.

Personal bests

References

1. Leonard Kosencha at Tilastopaja (registration required)
2. "Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth record in 800m". Universal Sports. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
3. "Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth best". IAAF. 9 July 2011.
4. "David Rudisha suffers rare loss in Rieti". Universal Sports. 9 July 2011.
5. Johnson, Len (2012-05-19). Liu Xiang and G. Dibaba the standouts in rainy Shanghai – Samsung Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-20.

External links

• Leonard Kirwa Kosencha at World Athletics

Records
Preceded by Belal Mansoor Ali	Boys' World Youth Best Holder, 800 metres 9 July 2011 – 10 September 2011	Succeeded by Mohammed Aman

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