# Richard Yator

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{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}
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{{Medal|Competition| [African Games](/source/African_Games) }}
{{Medal|Bronze| [2019 Rabat](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_African_Games) | [5000 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_African_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_5000_metres) }}
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'''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](/source/Long-distance_running).

In 2015, he won the silver medal in the boys' 3000 metres at the [2015 African Youth Athletics Championships](/source/2015_African_Youth_Athletics_Championships) held in Reduit, Mauritius. In 2017, he won the bronze medal in the [junior men's race](/source/2017_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships_%E2%80%93_Junior_men's_race) at the [2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships](/source/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](/source/2019_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships_%E2%80%93_Senior_men's_race) at the [2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Kenya_at_the_2019_African_Games) at the [2019 African Games](/source/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](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_African_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_5000_metres) and he won the bronze medal.<ref name="athletics_results_book_african_games_2019"/>

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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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