Simon Koech

Simon Kiprop Koech is a Kenyan track and field athlete. In 2023 and 2025 he won Kenyan Athletics Championships in the 3000m Steeplechase.

Career

Koech won a bronze medal at the 2021 [World Athletics U20 Championships] in the 2021 [World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000m Steeplechase] behind compatriot Amos Serem who won gold. In May 2023, he surprised five-time champion Benjamin Kigen to win the Kenyan Defence Forces Championship in the 3000m Steeplechase.
In July 2023, Koech won the 3000m
Steeplechase at the Kenyan national trials, running 8:22.55 aged just 20 years-old, to finish ahead of Abraham Kibiwott and Leonard Bett.
On 21 July 2023, he made his debut in the Diamond League event in Monaco. He won the 3000m Steeplechase in a time of 8:04.19, a new personal best time. The time also met the qualification standard for the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.
He competed in the 2023 [World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 metres steeplechase] at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 and qualified for the final, in which he finished seventh.
In March 2024, he won bronze in the 3000m steeplechase at the African Games.
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|2024 Summer Olympics] in Paris in the 3000 metres steeplechase, placing seventh in the final.
He finished third in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025. He also finished third in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025. He won the 3000m steeplechase title at the Kenyan Athletics Championships in June 2025.
In September 2025, he competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.