# Abraham Rotich > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Abraham_Rotich > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Abraham_Rotich.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Rotich > Source revision: 1317490608 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Kenyan-born Bahraini middle-distance runner}} '''Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich''' (born 26 June 1993) is a [Kenya](/source/Kenya)n-born [Bahrain](/source/Bahrain)i [middle-distance runner](/source/middle-distance_running). Rotich won the [800 metres](/source/800_metres) at the 2012 [Diamond League](/source/IAAF_Diamond_League) [meeting](/source/Herculis) in [Monaco](/source/Monaco). ==Career== ===2012=== Rotich opened his 2012 season at the [Ostrava Golden Spike](/source/Golden_Spike_Ostrava) meeting on 25 May, placing third in the 800 metres in 1:45.52. He then improved to 1:44.46 in [Rehlingen](/source/Rehlingen) three days later; both times were inside the Olympic qualification standards.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8453553/London-2012-Olympics-Athletics-qualification.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419050208/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8453553/London-2012-Olympics-Athletics-qualification.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2011 |title=Olympic Qualifying Procedures for Athletics |newspaper=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |accessdate=5 June 2011 |date=15 April 2011}} However, he only placed fourth at the 2012 Kenyan Olympic trials, missing out on an Olympic berth as the top three were selected. He then clocked a new personal best of 1:43.62 at [Liège](/source/Li%C3%A8ge) on 5 July.{{cite web|url=http://www.golazo.com/en/nieuws/?Article_ID=594372 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629093242/http://www.golazo.com/en/nieuws/?Article_ID=594372 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |title=Jelimo improves own world-leading 800m mark in Heusden-Zolder |publisher=GOLAZO |accessdate=11 May 2013 }} He improved further to 1:43.15 two days later at the [Heusden-Zolder](/source/Heusden-Zolder) [Night of Athletics](/source/KBC_Night_of_Athletics),{{cite news|url=http://www.kenyanstar.co.ke/more-athletics/jelimo-runs-world-leading-time-in-belgium |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130702223445/http://www.kenyanstar.co.ke/more-athletics/jelimo-runs-world-leading-time-in-belgium |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 July 2013 |publisher=Kenyanstar |date=9 July 2012 |accessdate=11 May 2013 |title=Jelimo runs world leading time in Belgium }} breaking the Kenyan [junior](/source/Junior_(athletics)) record previously held by 2011 [World Youth Champion](/source/2011_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Boys'_800_metres) [Leonard Kosencha](/source/Leonard_Kosencha).{{Tilastopaja |id=125171 |name=Abraham Rotich}} Only two other athletes had run faster in 2012. Nevertheless, Rotich said he wasn't satisfied with the time. Rotich made his [Diamond League](/source/IAAF_Diamond_League) debut on 20 July at [Monaco](/source/Monaco). He won the race in another new personal best of 1:43.13, beating Kosencha in a close finish.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-21/watt-takes-second-in-monaco/4145362 |title=Watt takes second in Monaco |date=21 July 2012 |accessdate=11 May 2013 |publisher=[Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)}} The field also included [American](/source/United_States) [Duane Solomon](/source/Duane_Solomon), who went on to place fourth at the Olympics three weeks later,{{Tilastopaja |id=50683 |name=Duane Solomon}} and [Sudan](/source/Sudan)'s [2011 World Championship](/source/2011_IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics) silver medallist [Abubaker Kaki](/source/Abubaker_Kaki).{{cite web |url=http://www.flotrack.org/article/13631-Asbel-Kiprop-Makes-World-Leading-32888-Look-Easy-in-Monaco |title=Asbel Kiprop Makes World Leading 3:28.88 Look Easy in Monaco |author=Monti, David |publisher=Flotrack |date=20 July 2012 |accessdate=11 May 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.all-athletics.com/2012-07-21/monaco-kiprop-32888-and-aries-merritt-1293-display-olympic-credentials |publisher=All-Athletics |date=21 July 2012 |accessdate=11 May 2013 |title=Monaco: Kiprop 3:28.88 and Aries Merritt 12.93 display Olympic credentials}} Rotich made another Diamond League appearance four weeks later at the [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm) [DN Galan](/source/DN_Galan), placing third behind [Mohammed Aman](/source/Mohammed_Aman_(athlete)) and [Taoufik Makhloufi](/source/Taoufik_Makhloufi). In his last race in 2012, he beat Olympic bronze medallist [Timothy Kitum](/source/Timothy_Kitum) over 1000 metres at [Dubnica nad Váhom](/source/Dubnica_nad_V%C3%A1hom), [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia).{{cite web|url=http://www.atletikadubnica.sk/AM/AM_index_en.htm |title=Carter very close with 10.01 |publisher=AK Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom |accessdate=11 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426001536/http://www.atletikadubnica.sk/AM/AM_index_en.htm |archivedate=26 April 2013 }} ''[Track & Field News](/source/Track_%26_Field_News)'' ranked Rotich #6 in the world at 800 m.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/Rankings/04-m800rank.pdf |magazine=Track & Field News |title=World Rankings — Men's 800 |accessdate=11 May 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.diamondleague.com/News/NewsArticles/Eugene-WR-Holder-Rudisha-Comes-to-Pre/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629003539/http://www.diamondleague.com/News/NewsArticles/Eugene-WR-Holder-Rudisha-Comes-to-Pre/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |title=Eugene: WR Holder Rudisha Comes to Pre |publisher=[IAAF Diamond League](/source/IAAF_Diamond_League) |date=15 April 2013 |accessdate=11 May 2013 }} ===Doping violation and ban=== In 2021, Rotich was issued with a four year competition ban for a doping violation due to the use of 19-noretiocholanolone and Norandrosterone.{{cite web |url=https://b-nado.bh/list-of-suspended/ |title=List of Suspended |publisher=Bahrain National Anti Doping Organisation |access-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520194159/https://b-nado.bh/list-of-suspended/ |archive-date=20 May 2024}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{sports links}} * {{Tilastopaja|id=125171}} * {{SR/Olympics profile|ro/abraham-rotich-1}} {{Footer Asian Champions men's 1500 metres}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rotich, Abraham Kipchirchir}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Kenyan men middle-distance runners Category:Bahraini men middle-distance runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Bahrain Category:Asian Games athletes for Bahrain Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners Category:West Asian Athletics Championships winners Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Abraham Rotich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Rotich) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Rotich?action=history)). 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