{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Richard Yator | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|4|6}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = <!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = Kenya | sport = Long-distance running | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's long-distance running }} {{Medal|Country| {{KEN}} }} {{Medal|Competition| African Games }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2019 Rabat | 5000 m }} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Richard Yator''' (born 6 April 1998)<ref name="world_athletics_profile">{{Cite web|title=Richard Yator|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/richard-yator-14708970|access-date=10 July 2020|website=World Athletics}}</ref> is a Kenyan long-distance runner.
In 2015, he won the silver medal in the boys' 3000 metres at the 2015 African Youth Athletics Championships held in Reduit, Mauritius. In 2017, he won the bronze medal in the junior men's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Kampala, Uganda.<ref name="junior_men_race_world_cross_country_championships_2017">{{Cite web|title=Junior men's race|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5837/AT-XJ-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1536639810|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705195713/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5837/AT-XJ-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1536639810|archive-date=5 July 2020|access-date=1 November 2020|website=2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships}}</ref>
In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.<ref name="world_athletics_profile"/><ref name="senior_men_race_iaaf_world_cross_country_2019">{{Cite web|title=Senior men's race|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6265/AT-XSE-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1530503012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706223921/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6265/AT-XSE-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1530503012|archive-date=6 July 2020|access-date=27 June 2020|website=2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships}}</ref> He finished in 13th place.<ref name="senior_men_race_iaaf_world_cross_country_2019"/> A few months later, he competed in the men's 5000 metres event at the 2019 Diamond League Shanghai where he finished in 10th place with a time of 13:13.24.<ref name="results_book_diamond_league_shanghai_2019">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2019/shanghai/Results.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329044331/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2019/shanghai/Results.pdf|archive-date=29 March 2020|access-date=7 October 2020|website=2019 Diamond League Shanghai}}</ref> In the same year, he also represented Kenya at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.<ref name="athletics_results_book_african_games_2019">{{Cite web |url=https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf |title=2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book |access-date=7 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901063534/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He competed in the men's 5000 metres and he won the bronze medal.<ref name="athletics_results_book_african_games_2019"/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yator, Richard}} Category:Living people Category:1998 births Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Kenyan men long-distance runners Category:Kenyan men cross country runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Category:African Games bronze medalists for Kenya Category:African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:African Games athletes for Kenya Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen
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