Benson Seurei
{{short description|Bahraini middle-distance runner}}
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| name = Benson Kiplagat Seurei
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|27|df=yes}}
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| country = {{flagcountry|Bahrain}}
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| sport = Track and field
| event = 1500 metres
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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2016 Doha|1500 m}}
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Benson Kiplagat Seurei (born 27 March 1984) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres.{{World Athletics}}[https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/article/2000211463/kenyans-turn-against-kenyans-level-ground-for-all-to-deliver-for-new-home-countries KENYANS TURN AGAINST KENYANS: Level ground for all to deliver for new home countries]. Kenya Standard (10 August 2016). Retrieved on 2017-02-05. He represented his country in the 1500 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing from the first round. In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-MAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf|title=Marathon Men − Final − Results|publisher=IAAF|date=5 October 2019|accessdate=6 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627234043/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-MAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf|archive-date=27 June 2020}} He did not finish his race.
Competition record
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2013
|Doha, Qatar |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |3:40.07 |
rowspan=2|2014
|Incheon, South Korea |4th |1500 m |
Continental Cup
|Marrakech, Morocco |5th |1500 m |3:49.911 |
rowspan=2|2015
|Beijing, China |36th (h) |1500 m |
Military World Games
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |
rowspan=2|2016
|Doha, Qatar |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 m |
Olympic Games
|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |13th (sf) |1500 m |
rowspan=2|2017
|Baku, Azerbaijan |4th |1500 m |
World Championships
|London, United Kingdom |19th (sf) |1500 m |
2018
|Amman, Jordan |bgcolor=gold|1st |10,000 m |30:34.79 |
2019
|Doha, Qatar | – |Marathon |DNF |
1Representing Asia-Pacific
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 800 metres – 1:45.67 (Bottrop 2012)
- 1000 metres – 2:16.39 (Linz 2012)
- 1500 metres – 3:31.61 (Monaco 2012)
- One mile – 3:56.78 (Heidelberg 2013)
- 3000 metres – 7:40.56 (Zagreb 2013)
- 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:37.3 (Nairobi 2006)
Indoor
- 800 metres – 1:48.37 (Ludwigshafen 2012)
- 1000 metres – 2:20.14 (Prague 2009)
- 1500 metres – 3:37.08 (Doha 2016)
- 3000 metres – 7:48.96 (Linz 2012)
References
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Bahraini male middle-distance runners
Category:Kenyan male steeplechase runners
Category:Kenyan emigrants to Bahrain
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
Category:Kenyan male middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Bahrain
Category:Asian Games competitors for Bahrain
Category:Naturalized citizens of Bahrain
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Bahrain
Category:West Asian Athletics Championships winners
Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen
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