Background
Choge was born in 1987 to a family of small-scale famers at Kipsigak, near Kapsabet in the Nandi District of Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
Choge was born in 1987 to a family of small-scale famers at Kipsigak, near Kapsabet in the Nandi District of Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
He claimed the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2006, but began to focus more on the 1500 metres from then on. He reached the 1500 m finals at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Choge broke the long-standing 4×1500 metres relay world record with a Kenyan team of runners in September 2009.
He holds the 3000 metres world junior record set in May 2005 in Doha, the previous record (7:3067) was held by Kenenisa Bekele, set in 2001.
Choge graduated from Kabikwen Secondary School in 2004. At the 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final he was third in 5000 metres.
At the 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final he finished third in 3000 metres. Augustine Choge competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and finished tenth in the 1500 m final.
He came fifth over 1500 m on his debut at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in August.
In 2009 he was part of the Kenyan team that set a new the 4 x 1500 metres relay world record, 14:36.23 minutes. The previous record in this rarely competed event was set by West Germany in 1977, making it the oldest world record when it was broken. He ran the fastest qualifying time in the 3000 m at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but failed to repeat his form in the final and finished in eleventh place.
Choge is managed by James Templeton and coached by Colm O"Connell.
All information taken from IAAF profile.
Other members of the team were William Biwott Tanui, Gideon Gathimba and Geoffrey Rono.