Abraham Rotich
{{Short description|Kenyan-born Bahraini middle-distance runner}}
Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich (born 26 June 1993) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini middle-distance runner. Rotich won the 800 metres at the 2012 Diamond League meeting in Monaco.
Career
=2012=
Rotich opened his 2012 season at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting on 25 May, placing third in the 800 metres in 1:45.52. He then improved to 1:44.46 in Rehlingen three days later; both times were inside the Olympic qualification standards.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8453553/London-2012-Olympics-Athletics-qualification.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419050208/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8453553/London-2012-Olympics-Athletics-qualification.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2011 |title=Olympic Qualifying Procedures for Athletics |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=5 June 2011 |date=15 April 2011}} However, he only placed fourth at the 2012 Kenyan Olympic trials, missing out on an Olympic berth as the top three were selected.
He then clocked a new personal best of 1:43.62 at Liège on 5 July.{{cite web|url=http://www.golazo.com/en/nieuws/?Article_ID=594372 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629093242/http://www.golazo.com/en/nieuws/?Article_ID=594372 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |title=Jelimo improves own world-leading 800m mark in Heusden-Zolder |publisher=GOLAZO |accessdate=11 May 2013 }}
He improved further to 1:43.15 two days later at the Heusden-Zolder Night of Athletics,{{cite news|url=http://www.kenyanstar.co.ke/more-athletics/jelimo-runs-world-leading-time-in-belgium |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130702223445/http://www.kenyanstar.co.ke/more-athletics/jelimo-runs-world-leading-time-in-belgium |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 July 2013 |publisher=Kenyanstar |date=9 July 2012 |accessdate=11 May 2013 |title=Jelimo runs world leading time in Belgium }} breaking the Kenyan junior record previously held by 2011 World Youth Champion Leonard Kosencha.{{Tilastopaja |id=125171 |name=Abraham Rotich}} Only two other athletes had run faster in 2012. Nevertheless, Rotich said he wasn't satisfied with the time.
Rotich made his Diamond League debut on 20 July at Monaco. He won the race in another new personal best of 1:43.13, beating Kosencha in a close finish.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-21/watt-takes-second-in-monaco/4145362 |title=Watt takes second in Monaco |date=21 July 2012 |accessdate=11 May 2013 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}} The field also included American Duane Solomon, who went on to place fourth at the Olympics three weeks later,{{Tilastopaja |id=50683 |name=Duane Solomon}} and Sudan's 2011 World Championship silver medallist Abubaker Kaki.{{cite web |url=http://www.flotrack.org/article/13631-Asbel-Kiprop-Makes-World-Leading-32888-Look-Easy-in-Monaco |title=Asbel Kiprop Makes World Leading 3:28.88 Look Easy in Monaco |author=Monti, David |publisher=Flotrack |date=20 July 2012 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.all-athletics.com/2012-07-21/monaco-kiprop-32888-and-aries-merritt-1293-display-olympic-credentials |publisher=All-Athletics |date=21 July 2012 |accessdate=11 May 2013 |title=Monaco: Kiprop 3:28.88 and Aries Merritt 12.93 display Olympic credentials}} Rotich made another Diamond League appearance four weeks later at the Stockholm DN Galan, placing third behind Mohammed Aman and Taoufik Makhloufi. In his last race in 2012, he beat Olympic bronze medallist Timothy Kitum over 1000 metres at Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia.{{cite web|url=http://www.atletikadubnica.sk/AM/AM_index_en.htm |title=Carter very close with 10.01 |publisher=AK Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom |accessdate=11 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426001536/http://www.atletikadubnica.sk/AM/AM_index_en.htm |archivedate=26 April 2013 }}
Track & Field News ranked Rotich #6 in the world at 800 m.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/Rankings/04-m800rank.pdf |magazine=Track & Field News |title=World Rankings — Men's 800 |accessdate=11 May 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.diamondleague.com/News/NewsArticles/Eugene-WR-Holder-Rudisha-Comes-to-Pre/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629003539/http://www.diamondleague.com/News/NewsArticles/Eugene-WR-Holder-Rudisha-Comes-to-Pre/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |title=Eugene: WR Holder Rudisha Comes to Pre |publisher=IAAF Diamond League |date=15 April 2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013 }}
=Doping violation and ban=
In 2021, Rotich was issued with a four year competition ban for a doping violation due to the use of 19-noretiocholanolone and Norandrosterone.{{cite web |url=https://b-nado.bh/list-of-suspended/ |title=List of Suspended |publisher=Bahrain National Anti Doping Organisation |access-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520194159/https://b-nado.bh/list-of-suspended/ |archive-date=20 May 2024}}
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- {{SR/Olympics profile|ro/abraham-rotich-1}}
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Category:Kenyan male middle-distance runners
Category:Bahraini male middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Bahrain
Category:Asian Games athletes for Bahrain
Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners