Abraham Rotich
Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich (born 26 June 1993) is a Kenyan-born runner who later competed for Bahrain in middle-distance events. He is best known for the 800 metres.
In 2012, Rotich made a big impact in the 800m. He won the Monaco Diamond League 800m that year. Earlier, he ran 1:45.52 in Ostrava and 1:44.46 in Rehlingen, both fast enough to meet Olympic qualifying standards, but he finished fourth at the Kenyan Olympic trials and did not go to the Olympics. He then set personal bests of 1:43.62 in Liège on July 5 and 1:43.15 on July 7 at Heusden-Zolder, breaking the Kenyan junior record previously held by Leonard Kosencha. Only two other athletes were faster than 1:43.15 in 2012. Rotich made his Diamond League debut on July 20 in Monaco, winning in 1:43.13 and beating Kosencha.
Four weeks later he finished third at the Stockholm DN Galan, behind Mohammed Aman and Taoufik Makhloufi. His last race of 2012 was a 1000 metres win over Olympic bronze medallist Timothy Kitum at Dubnica nad Váhom. Track & Field News ranked Rotich as the world No. 6 at 800m for 2012.
In 2021, Rotich received a four-year competition ban for a doping violation involving 19-noretiocholanolone and Norandrosterone.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 10:45 (CET).