Education
Born in Eldama Ravine, Matthew Birir started running, when he attended at the famous Saint Patrick"s High School in Iten, where many great Kenyan runners are rosen.
Born in Eldama Ravine, Matthew Birir started running, when he attended at the famous Saint Patrick"s High School in Iten, where many great Kenyan runners are rosen.
At the Barcelona Olympics, the main favourite was Patrick Sang. At the Olympic final, it was soon clear, that all the medals are going to Kenya. At the 1993 World Championships Birir was beaten to fourth by Italian Alessandro Lambruschini, who repeated this feat three years later at the 1996 Summer Olympics, so Birir had to settle again with fourth place.