Justus Soget

Justus Soget
Soget at the 2018 World U20 Championships
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (1999-10-22) 22 October 1999 (age 25)[1]
Home townNakuru, Kenya[2]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)1500 metres, 3000 metres, 10,000 metres
Coached byBarnabas Kitili[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tampere 1500 m

Justus Soget (born 22 October 1999) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. He was the bronze medalist at the 2018 World U20 Championships in the men's 1500 metres.

Biography

Soget grew up in Nakuru, Kenya where he attended Kirobon High School.[2] Soget was a star prep athlete in Kenya, finishing second representing his high school at the Rift Valley Secondary Schools Sports Association National Games.[3] While in high school his roommate was Bethwell Birgen, World Indoor 3000 m bronze medalist for Kenya.[2]

At the 2018 World U20 Championships in the men's 1500 metres, Soget finished 3rd, only losing to countryman George Manangoi and future Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[4]

At the 2022 Hokuren Distance Challenge organized by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, Soget won the men's 5000 m despite being employed as a pacemaker. He won in a time of 13:12.90, under the 2022 World Athletics Championships qualification standard.[5]

Soget's father is Christopher Soget, who was part of the gold medal-winning Kenyan team at the 1999 World Cross Country Championships U20 race.[6]

Statistics

Personal bests

Event Mark Competition Venue Date
1500 metres 3:32.97 A Kenyan Athletics Championships Nairobi, Kenya 24 June 2017
10,000 metres 27:30.31 Nippon Sport Science University Long Distance Competition Yokohama, Japan 4 June 2022

References

  1. ^ Justus Soget at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. ^ a b c d "Kenya's Soget back to rousing reception". Nation. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Justus Soget beaten in Kitale". Athletics Kenya. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Report: men's 1500m – IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Justus Soget and Benard Koech Clear Worlds Standards at Hokuren Distance Challenge". Japan Running News. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  6. ^ "16 athletes who followed in their fathers footsteps". Athletics Kenya. Retrieved 27 October 2023.