Moses Kiyai

Moses Kiyai
Personal information
Born1962 (age 63–64)
Kapsabet, Kenya
Sport
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Representing  Kenya
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place1982 CairoLong jump

Moses Kiyai (born 1962) is a retired Kenyan long jumper and triple jumper.

Kiyai competed for the Iowa State Cyclones track and field team in the NCAA.[1][2]

Kiyai won a bronze medal at the 1982 African Championships.[3] He won the East African Championships in the long jump in 1981, 1982 and 1984 and became triple jump champion in 1982.[4] At the 1982 Commonwealth Games he finished sixth in the long jump and eighth in the triple jump. He also competed at the 1984 Olympic Games without reaching the final in neither long nor triple jump.[5]

His personal best jump was 8.08 metres, achieved in May 1984 in Lincoln, Nebraska.[6] In the triple jump he had 16.27 metres from 1986.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "#BlackHistoryMonth: 1984 Olympic Medalists in Men's Track". The Blog of Special Collections and University Archives at Iowa State University.
  2. ↑ "Track and Field Roundup : Joyner Tops U.S. Record in Heptathlon at Mt. SAC". latimes.com.
  3. ↑ "African Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "East and Central African Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Moses Kiayi". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Moses Kiyai at World Athletics
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