Barnabas Kinyor
{{short description|Kenyan hurdler}}
Barnabas Agui Kinyor (born 3 August 1961 in Nandi Hills) is a retired Kenyan athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
He finished seventh at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, eighth at the 1993 World Championships and won the bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. He also competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games as well as the 1995 World Championships without reaching the final.
His personal best time was 48.90 seconds, achieved in the heats of the 1992 Olympics.[http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-m17.htm World men's all-time best 400m hurdles (last updated 2001)]
Private life
His son Job Kinyor is a professional middle-distance runner.{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Njenga |title=Kenyan Trials lead to squad of 23 selections for Bydgoszcz |url=http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=45365.html |work=IAAF.org |date=18 June 2008 |accessdate=2008-06-23 }}Sabuni, Emmanuel (2014-05-28). [http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co.ke/thepeople/79343/kinyor-comes-age-bahamas-relays Kinyor comes of age in Bahamas Relays] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531185426/http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co.ke/thepeople/79343/kinyor-comes-age-bahamas-relays |date=2014-05-31 }}. The People (Kenya). Retrieved on 2014-05-31. With his wife Salina Kosgei (also a runner) he has two children: Billy (born 1996) and Ruth (born 2001).[http://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/US/athletes/athlete/39/ World Majors Marathon profile for Salina Kosgei] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506101638/http://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/US/athletes/athlete/39/ |date=2009-05-06 }}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225845/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/barnabas-kinyor-1.html sports-reference]
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Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century Kenyan sportsmen
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