{{Short description|Kenyan hurdler (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Aron Kipchumba Koech | image = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|01|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Uasin Gishu County, Kenya<ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6017786-aron-kipchumba-koech.htm|title=2018 CWG bio|accessdate=26 April 2018}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | country = Kenya | height = 1.90 m<ref>[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/haron-koech Rio 2016 bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116163416/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/haron-koech |date=16 November 2016 }}</ref> | weight = 76 kg | sport = Athletics | event = 400 metres hurdles | club = Kenya Police | coach = Vincent Mumo<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=koech-haron-1055686/index.html |title=NBC Rio 2016 bio |access-date=16 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116165536/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=koech-haron-1055686/index.html |archive-date=16 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{KEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|African Championships}} {{MedalGold|2018 Asaba|4×400 m}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Durban|4×400 m}} {{MedalBronze|2016 Durban|400 m hurdles}} | updated = 27 August 2016 }}
'''Aron Kipchumba Koech''' (also known as '''Haron Koech'''; born 27 January 1990) is a Kenyan hurdler. At the 2015 Athletics Kenya World Championship Trials he finished third in the 400 metres hurdles event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2015/08/01/fergie-topples-king-david-kiprop-sum-soar/|title='Fergie' topples 'King David', Kiprop, Sum soar - Capital Sports|date=2015-08-01|work=Capital Sports|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}</ref> Later that year he represented Kenya in the 400 metres hurdles event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-400H-M-h----.RS6.pdf|title=Men's 400 metres hurdles heats results|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=29 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060032/http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-400H-M-h----.RS6.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> With a personal best, in a time of 49.38, he finished 22nd in the heats. He was qualified for the semi-finals where he finished 19th in a time of 49.54. Again in 2016 he finished third at the 2016 Athletics Kenya Olympic Trials behind his brother and Boniface Mucheru Tumuti. At the Olympics, Koech made the final while his brother was disqualified in the heats. Tumuti went on to capture the silver medal in National Record time, while Koech finished seventh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/rio-2016/athletics/400m-hurdles-men|title=Rio 2016 400m hurdles men - Olympic Athletics|date=2017-06-03|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en}}</ref> His 48.49 in the semi-final round is his personal record.
His late twin brother, Nicholas Bett, was also a 400 metres hurdler.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://citizentv.co.ke/sports/champion-bett-out-as-twin-brother-koech-mucheru-sail-through-137238/|title=Champion Bett out as twin brother Koech, Mucheru sail through|work=Citizentv.co.ke|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}} |- |2015 |World Championships |Beijing, China |19th (sf) |400 m hurdles |49.54 |- |rowspan=3|2016 |rowspan=2|African Championships |rowspan=2|Durban, South Africa |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |400 m hurdles |49.41 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |4 × 400 m relay |3:04.25 |- |Olympic Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |7th |400 m hurdles |49.09 |- |2017 |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |18th (sf) |400 m hurdles |50.40 |- |rowspan=4|2018 |rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=2|Gold Coast, Australia |6th |400 m hurdles |50.02 |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 400 m relay |DQ |- |rowspan=2|African Championships |rowspan=2|Asaba, Nigeria |4th |400 m hurdles |49.94 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m relay |3:00.92 |- |rowspan=2|2019 |rowspan=2|African Games |rowspan=2|Rabat, Morocco |6th |400 m hurdles |50.58 |- |4th |4 × 400 m relay |3:05.71 |}
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==External links== *{{World Athletics}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koech, Aron Kipchumba}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Kenyan men hurdlers Category:Athletes from Uasin Gishu County Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Category:African Games athletes for Kenya Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen
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