Boris Berian
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Born |
December 19, 1992 Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Residence | Big Bear Lake, California |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 157 lb (71 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event(s) | Middle distance |
| College team | Adams State University |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
400 meters: 46.93 800 meters: 1:43.34 |
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Medal record
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| Updated on August 14, 2016. | |
Boris Berian (born December 19, 1992) is an American middle distance runner. He was the 2016 National champion and represented the United States at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 800 meters where he won the gold medal. He set his indoor best winning the world championships at 1:45.87, boldly front running a sub-50 first 400. Outdoors he set his personal best 1:43.34 at the 2015 Herculis meet. In his collegiate career, Berian ran for Adams State University, where he was coached by Joe Vigil. Barely a year before the Hercules meet, Berian was working in a Colorado Springs McDonald's as a college dropout, still trying to train after working the morning shift.
Berian, a Colorado Springs native, attended Widefield High School, where he graduated in 2011. During high school, he ran all the sprinting events, and also occasionally ran the 800 meters. Berian was the Colorado state champion two years a row at 400 meters and recorded high school personal bests of 46.9 for 400 meters and 1:52 for 800 meters.
". . . the kid had run a 46.9 400 in high school. That’s pretty much professional. I liked his speed, because you have to be born with speed. We can develop strength. Boris was born at altitude, 6,100 feet, and went to school at Adams State which is at 7,500 feet, Big Bear is at 6,700 feet. He’s lived his whole life at altitude. I saw this as a huge positive. No other 800 runner in this country lives and trains at altitude. People think altitude makes you slow, but 99.9% of the World and Olympic champions live and train at altitude. It gives you an advantage like the East Africans."
While running at Adams State, he won both the 2012 NCAA Men's Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships and NCAA Men's Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships at 800 meters. His wins helped the team win the outdoor championship and was runner up indoors. Adams State coach Joe Vigil recommended Berian to the Big Bear Track Club, a small track club formed by Carlos Handler around another aspiring unheralded former collegiate athlete, his wife, Brenda Martinez. In that year of training he improved to become the #5 American 800 meter runner of all time.
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