TUNTIVATE Kieran

Thailand
Athletics
16 Feb 1997
26
Male
1.71/5'7''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's 5000m  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
Men's 5000m Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Asian Games
3Men's 10000m2018Indonesia30:29.04
DNSMen's 5000m2018IndonesiaDNS
Olympic Games
23Men's 10000m2020Tokyo, JPN29:01.92
World Championships
HeatsMen's 5000m2022Eugene, OR, USA14:19.28
South East Asian Games
1Men's 1500m2023Phnom Penh, CAM3:58.51
1Men's 5000m2023Phnom Penh, CAM14:34.77
1Men's 5000m2019Capas, PHI14:31.15
1Men's 10000m2019Capas, PHI30:19.28
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Athlete
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Economics - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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English, Thai
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Bowerman Track Club [Portland, OR, USA]
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Jerry Schumacher [club], USA
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An injury to his right Achilles tendon meant he was unable to compete in the 10,000m at the 2023 South East Asian Games in Cambodia. (pptvhd36, 11 May 2023)

He withdrew from the 2021 South East Asian Games in Vietnam due to a coccygeal injury. (today, 22 Jul 2022; sanook, 15 May 2022; Facebook page, 15 May 2022)

In 2019 he sustained an ankle injury. (bostonherald, 27 Dec 2019)

In February 2019 he ran the 3000m event at the Ivy League Indoor Championships in Cambridge, MA, United States of America, with one shoe after a competitor stepped on the back heel of his left shoe. He ended up winning the race with a severe blister and went on to win the 5000m event the next day. (thecrimson, 30 May 2019; harvardmagazine, 01 May 2019; runnersworld, 28 Feb 2019)
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He began running as a child. He also played baseball, football, basketball, and lacrosse while he was growing up. (bvmsports, 16 Nov 2021)
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He followed his older brother Charon into the sport. (bostonherald, 27 Dec 2019)
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To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (bvmsports, 16 Nov 2021)
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"At Bowerman, we have four types of training. Tempo means 10 to 15km run, and then fartlek, interval and speed workout. I don't like to practise alone. When I'm at my parents' house, I would have my dad cycling with me every day. Normally, I lift weights two times a week." (Out Run Facebook page, 25 Oct 2022; Running Insider Facebook page, 17 Aug 2022)
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Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge. (Out Run Facebook page, 25 Oct 2022)
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His family, and his coaches. (thestar, 10 Dec 2019)
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While representing Harvard University, he was named the 2019/20 Northeast Region Male Track Athlete of the Year by the United States Track and Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA]. (gocrimson, 14 Jul 2020)

He was named Most Outstanding Track Performer at the 2019 Ivy League Indoor Championships in Cambridge, MA, United States of America. (ivyleague, 26 Feb 2019)

He was named the 2014/15 Delaware State Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year in the United States of America. (usatodayhss, 19 Jun 2015)

Additional Information

General
NEW CLUB
In October 2020 he began training with Bowerman Track Club in Portland, OR, United States of America. "Physically, I feel the training was more intense than in college, so it took some time to get the body used to that. I felt like every week I was working a little harder to stay healthy. Every coach I talk to seems to only say good things about [coach] Jerry Schumacher and the group. He seems to know exactly what we need at what time in terms of workouts. He knows when to hold me back and when to take me out of a workout. He's not too intense that he's screaming and yelling at you. The teammates here are so kind as well." (runblogrun, 03 Mar 2021)

DUAL CITIZENSHIP
Born in Washington, DC, United States of America, to a Thai father and US mother, he was raised in Thailand and went to school there between the ages of four and eight before moving back to the United States of America. He chose to represent Thailand in international competition due to his early memories in the country. "It's where I first went to school and made all of my friends. It was the first place I considered home. I want to see the sport expand in Thailand, and I want to be a part of it. Not just to represent the growing running scene, but also the competitive side of running." (royalcoastreview男子棍术, 30 Jul 2021; runblogrun, 03 Mar 2021; bostonherald男子棍术, 27 Dec 2019; thestar男子棍术.my, 10 Dec 2019; harvardmagazine男子棍术, 01 May 2019)

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