Albert Rop
{{Short description|Kenyan-Bahraini long-distance runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|17 July 1992}}
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| weight = 63 kg
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| sport = Athletics
| event = 1500–5000 m
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Albert Kibichii Rop (born 17 July 1992) is a Kenyan athlete specialising in the long-distance events.{{World Athletics}} He represents Bahrain in international competitions. In July 2013 at a meeting in Monaco, he set a new 5000 metres Asian record of 12:51.96.
Competition record
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2013
|bgcolor=gold|1st |5000 m |13:52.54 |
rowspan=2|2014
|4th |5000 m |
Asian Games
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |5000 m |
rowspan=4|2015
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |5000 m |13:18.55 |
Asian Championships
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |5000 m |
World Championships
|11th |5000 m |
Military World Games
|bgcolor=gold|1st |5000 m |
rowspan=2|2016
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |3000 m |
Olympic Games
|7th |5000 m |
2017
|28th (h) |5000 m |
rowspan=2|2018
|bgcolor=gold|1st |5000 m |13:42.94 |
Asian Games
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |5000 m |
rowspan=3|2019
|rowspan=2|Arab Championships |rowspan=2|Cairo, Egypt |bgcolor=silver|2nd |5000 m |13:35.79 |
bgcolor=gold|1st
|10,000 m |28:21.08 |
Asian Championships
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |5000 m |
rowspan=4|2022
|rowspan=2|GCC Games |rowspan=2|Kuwait City, Kuwait |bgcolor=gold|1st |5000 m |13:44.70 |
bgcolor=gold|1st
|10,000 m |29:15.97 |
rowspan=2|Islamic Solidarity Games
|rowspan=2|Konya, Turkey |7th |5000 m |
5th
|10,000 m |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 1500 metres – 3:45.7 (Nairobi 2013)
- 3000 metres – 7:32.02 (Paris 2016)
- 5000 metres – 12:51.96 (Monaco 2013)
- 10,000 metres – 28:21.08 (Cairo 2019)
- 10k (road) – 27:44 (Utrecht 2018)
- Half marathon – 1:01:21 (Valencia 2018)
Indoor
- 3000 metres – 7:38.77 (Ghent 2014)
- 5000 metres – 13:09.43 (Birmingham 2017)
See also
References
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External links
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{{Commons category|Albert Kibichii Rop}}
- {{SR/Olympics profile|ro/albert-rop-1|Albert Rop}}
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Category:Bahraini male long-distance runners
Category:Kenyan male long-distance runners
Category:Bahraini male cross country runners
Category:Kenyan male cross country runners
Category:Olympic male long-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Bahrain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Bahrain
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Bahrain
Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain
Category:Asian Cross Country Championships winners
Category:Naturalized citizens of Bahrain
Category:Kenyan emigrants to Bahrain
Category:Foreign-born athletes of Bahrain
Category:Competitors at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Category:Arab Athletics Championships winners
Category:West Asian Athletics Championships winners
Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen
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