Albert Rop

Albert Rop

Rop at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	17 July 1992 (1992-07-17) (age 32)
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	1500–5000 m

Albert Kibichii Rop (born 17 July 1992) is a Kenyan athlete specialising in the long-distance events.^[2] He represents Bahrain in international competitions. In July 2013 at a meeting in Monaco, he set a new 5000 metres Asian record of 12:51.96.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Bahrain
2013	Arab Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	5000 m	13:52.54
2014	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	4th	5000 m	13:36.62[3]
	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	3rd	5000 m	13:28.08
2015	Arab Championships	Isa Town, Bahrain	2nd	5000 m	13:18.55
	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	2nd	5000 m	13:35.26
	World Championships	Beijing, China	11th	5000 m	14:00.12
	Military World Games	Mungyeong, South Korea	1st	5000 m	13:23.70
2016	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	3000 m	7:40.27
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	5000 m	13:08.79
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	28th (h)	5000 m	13:32.40
2018	West Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	1st	5000 m	13:42.94
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	5000 m	13:43.76
2019	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	2nd	5000 m	13:35.79
			1st	10,000 m	28:21.08
	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	5000 m	13:37.57
2022	GCC Games	Kuwait City, Kuwait	1st	5000 m	13:44.70
			1st	10,000 m	29:15.97
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	7th	5000 m	14:02.09
			5th	10,000 m	28:45.66

Outdoor

• 1500 metres – 3:45.7 (Nairobi 2013)
• 3000 metres – 7:32.02 (Paris 2016)
• 5000 metres – 12:51.96 (Monaco 2013)
• 10,000 metres – 28:21.08 (Cairo 2019)
• 10k (road) – 27:44 (Utrecht 2018)
• Half marathon – 1:01:21 (Valencia 2018)

Indoor

• 3000 metres – 7:38.77 (Ghent 2014)
• 5000 metres – 13:09.43 (Birmingham 2017)

• List of Asian Games medalists in athletics

• Albert Kibichii Rop at World Athletics
• Albert Kibichii Rop at Diamond League
• Albert Kibichii Rop at Olympedia

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• Albert Rop at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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