Essa Ismail Rashed, Date of Birth
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Kenyan-born long distance runner for Qatar
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About Essa Ismail Rashed
- Essa Ismail Rashed (Arabic: ???? ??????? ???? ; born Daniel Kipkosgei on 14 December 1986) is a long-distance runner now representing Qatar after his switch from Kenya in 2004.
- He represented his adopted country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the World Championships in Athletics in 2005 and 2007.
- He is coached by the Italian Renato Canova. In 10,000 metres he won a gold medal at the 2005 Asian Championships in Incheon and a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
- He came twentieth in the 10,000 metres at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- He was the 5000 m bronze medallist at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships and went on to claim another bronze over 3000 m at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games later that year.Rashed ran an Asian indoor record for the 5000 m at the PSD Bank Meeting in Düsseldorf in 2010, running a time of 13:19.10 minutes.
- Later that month he was just pipped to the gold in the 3000 m by teammate James Kwalia at the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.
- He gained selection for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and came ninth in the 3000 m final.
- He claimed a consecutive silver medal in the 10,000 m at the 2010 Asian Games. He ran a personal best in the marathon at the 2012 Amsterdam Marathon, coming eleventh with his run of 2:09:22 hours.
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