Reuben Seroney Kosgei (born 2 August 1979 in Kapcherop, Kenya), is a middle and long distance athlete mostly famous for 3000 m steeplechase in which he became the youngest ever winner of an Olympic gold medal in the event when at the age of 21 he ran to victory in Sydney 2000 with a winning time of 8 minutes 21.43 seconds. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in the steeplechase race. He made his marathon debut at the 2009 Vienna Marathon, but did not finish the race. He finished 2nd at the 2009 Florence Marathon A regular visitor to Australia, Kosgei won the 2009 Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon in 64:18 and returned in 2010 to place 3rd in Perth's City to Surf Marathon. He won the 2011 Perth City to Surf 12 km event, the 2011 Bridge to Brisbane fun run, the 2011 Adelaide City-Bay fun run and most recently, came second in the 2015 Adelaide City-Bay fun run. As of 2013, Kosgei intends on making Australia his home. Major achievements (all 3000 m steeplechase) 2000 2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia gold medal 1998 1998 IAAF World Junior Championships – Annecy, France gold medal 2001 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Edmonton, Canada gold medal Goodwill Games – Brisbane, Australia silver medal References External links 1979 births Living people People from Nandi County Kenyan male middle-distance runners Kenyan male steeplechase runners Kenyan male marathon runners Kenyan male long-distance runners Olympic male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes of Kenya Olympic gold medalists for Kenya Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games