Gideon Chirchir

Gideon Chirchir

Personal information
Born	(1966-02-24) 24 February 1966 (age 59)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Athletics
Event	3000 metres steeplechase
Medal record Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria 3000 m steeplechase All-Africa Games 1995 Harare 3000 m steeplechase

Gideon Chirchir (born 24 February 1966) is a Kenya former steeplechase athlete.^[1][2]

Chirchir was a 3000 metres steeplechase silver medalist at both the 1994 Commonwealth Games and 1995 All-Africa Games. At the 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Durham, Chirchir was a member of the Kenyan team which claimed a gold medal in the senior men's race. He is now an athletics coach.^[3]

References

1. "Johnson Rebounds With Swift 200; Kennedy Breaks 13 Minutes In 10K". Deseret News. 9 July 1996.
2. "Kenya: Top Prisons Runners Skip Nairobi Meet". The Standard. AllAfrica. 3 June 2003.
3. "Team Kenya coaches: We've done our bit". Daily Nation. 4 July 2020.

External links

• Gideon Chirchir at World Athletics