{"id":41232,"date":"2022-09-02T11:56:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T09:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=41232"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:41:29","slug":"world-and-olympic-800m-champion-emmanuel-korir-joins-puma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/world-and-olympic-800m-champion-emmanuel-korir-joins-puma\/","title":{"rendered":"El campe\u00f3n mundial y ol\u00edmpico de 800 m Emmanuel Korir se une a PUMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/es\/\">Inicio<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/es\/category\/sports\/\">Deportes<\/a>El campe\u00f3n mundial y ol\u00edmpico de 800 metros Emmanuel Korir se une a PUMA.\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/korircatchupheader.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sports\/\">Deportes<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fworld-and-olympic-800m-champion-emmanuel-korir-joins-puma%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fworld-and-olympic-800m-champion-emmanuel-korir-joins-puma%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/world-and-olympic-800m-champion-emmanuel-korir-joins-puma\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fworld-and-olympic-800m-champion-emmanuel-korir-joins-puma%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >\u00a1Bienvenido a la familia PUMA, Emmanuel Korir!<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >El campe\u00f3n mundial y ol\u00edmpico de 800 m Emmanuel Korir se une a PUMA <\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">2 de septiembre de 2022 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;World and Olympic 800m Champion Emmanuel Korir joins PUMA&quot;, \"text\": &quot;We keep adding to our roster of international top athletes with the signing of the 800m Olympic and World Champion Emmanuel Korir from Kenya. He will compete in the our performance products starting at the Diamond League Meeting in Brussels on Friday.\\n\\u00a0\\nEmmanuel rose to fame in 2018, when he came in second at the African Championships in the 800m event and won the Gold in the 4x400m relay. He cemented his position as one of the best middle-distance runners of his generation with the Olympic Gold in Tokyo in 2021 and a Gold at the World Championships in Eugene this year.\\nHis personal best over 800m is 1:42.05 minutes, the 6th fastest performance of all time.\\n&quot;, \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/world-and-olympic-800m-champion-emmanuel-korir-joins-puma\/\" })'  target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/world-and-olympic-800m-champion-emmanuel-korir-joins-puma\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/world-and-olympic-800m-champion-emmanuel-korir-joins-puma\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fworld-and-olympic-800m-champion-emmanuel-korir-joins-puma%2F&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Fworld-and-olympic-800m-champion-emmanuel-korir-joins-puma%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">Seguimos ampliando nuestra lista de atletas internacionales de \u00e9lite con el fichaje del campe\u00f3n ol\u00edmpico y mundial de 800 m Emmanuel Korir, de Kenia. Competir\u00e1 con nuestros productos de alto rendimiento a partir del encuentro de la Diamond League que se celebrar\u00e1 el viernes en Bruselas.<\/span>\n<br\/>\u00a0<br\/>\n<br\/>Emmanuel salt\u00f3 a la fama en 2018, cuando qued\u00f3 segundo en el Campeonato Africano en la prueba de 800 m y gan\u00f3 la medalla de oro en el relevo 4x400 m. Consolid\u00f3 su posici\u00f3n como uno de los mejores corredores de media distancia de su generaci\u00f3n con la medalla de oro ol\u00edmpica en Tokio en 2021 y otra medalla de oro en el Campeonato Mundial de Eugene este a\u00f1o.<br\/>\n<br\/>Su mejor marca personal en <strong>800 m es 1:42,05 minutos.<\/strong>, el sexto mejor rendimiento de todos los tiempos.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/korirkipketer.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"descr\">Emmanuel se re\u00fane con Wilson Kipketer, atleta de PUMA y plusmarquista mundial en la prueba de 800 metros.<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_quote\" ><p>PUMA tiene una s\u00f3lida trayectoria en el mundo del atletismo, con r\u00e9cords mundiales en 100, 200 y 1000 metros a su nombre. Estamos muy contentos de que Emmanuel se una a nuestra familia PUMA, para que podamos seguir creando juntos grandes momentos en el mundo del atletismo.<\/p>\n<br\/><br\/>Pascal Rolling, director de marketing deportivo<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><br\/>Llevar\u00e1 las zapatillas con clavos Evospeed Distance Elite +2 de PUMA para la reuni\u00f3n de la Diamond League en Bruselas, unas zapatillas con clavos para pruebas de medio fondo dise\u00f1adas para distancias que van desde los 800 m hasta los 10 000 m. Las zapatillas cuentan con una placa de fibra de carbono en toda su longitud que ha sido especialmente dise\u00f1ada para estabilizar la entresuela de espuma inyectada con nitr\u00f3geno, lo que permite una transferencia de energ\u00eda m\u00e1xima.<br\/>\n<br\/>Durante los entrenamientos, Korir lleva las Deviate NITRO 2, que incorporan la espuma NITRO Elite para mejorar la capacidad de respuesta y un cuello redise\u00f1ado para reducir el deslizamiento del tal\u00f3n.<br\/>\n<br\/>El grupo de \u00e9lite de atletas de pista y campo de PUMA incluye al plusmarquista mundial de 400 m vallas Karsten Warholm, al plusmarquista mundial de salto con p\u00e9rtiga Armand \u201cMondo\u201d Duplantis y a las velocistas jamaicanas Shericka Jackson y Elaine Thompson-Herah. M\u00e1s recientemente, los saltadores de altura Mutaz Essa Barshim y Woo Sanghyeok tambi\u00e9n se han unido a la familia PUMA.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00a1Bienvenido a la familia PUMA, Emmanuel!<\/strong><br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><h2>Acerca de Emmanuel<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fecha de nacimiento:<\/strong> 15 de junio de 1995<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nacionalidad:\u00a0<\/strong>Kenia<\/p>\n<div><strong>Logros:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Juegos Ol\u00edmpicos<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\ud83e\udd47 Tokio 2020, 800 m<\/div>\n<div><strong>Campeonatos del Mundo<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\ud83e\udd47 2022 Eugene 800 m<\/div>\n<div><strong>Campeonatos Africanos<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\ud83e\udd47 2018 Asaba, relevo 4 \u00d7 400 m<\/div>\n<div>\ud83e\udd48 2018 Asaba 800 m<\/div>\n<div><strong>Copa Continental<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\ud83e\udd48 2018 Ostrava 800 m<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Mejor marca personal:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>800 m: 1:42,05 minutos<\/div>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row articleMulti1 spacing\">\n\t    <div class=\"col articleTeaser\" >\n\t\t\t<a class=\"hoverzooma  scrollAnim\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/puma-signs-mutaz-essa-barshim-one-of-the-most-successful-high-jumpers-of-all-time\/\" \n\t\t\t     tabindex=\"-1\" \n\t\t\t    id=\"40968\"\n\t\t\t     style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t\t\t    aspect-ratio:1\t\t\t    ;\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t\t\t    class=\"hoverZoom\"\n\t\t\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/barshimannouncement.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t\t\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sports\/\" class=\"secondary2\" style=\"margin-top: 17px;\">Deportes<\/a>\n\t        <h4>PUMA ficha a Mutaz Essa Barshim, uno de los saltadores de altura m\u00e1s exitosos de todos los tiempos.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"description shortExcerpt\">\n\t\t\t\tEs famoso por haber compartido su medalla de oro con el atleta de PUMA Gianmarco Tamberi en los Juegos Ol\u00edmpicos de Tokio del a\u00f1o pasado, \u00a1y ahora tambi\u00e9n forma parte de la familia PUMA! PUMA ha fichado al atleta qatar\u00ed Mutaz Essa Barshim, uno de los saltadores de altura m\u00e1s exitosos de todos los tiempos, que lucir\u00e1 los productos de alto rendimiento de la empresa a partir de la reuni\u00f3n de la Diamond League en Lausana.\nCon tres Campeonatos del Mundo y una medalla de oro ol\u00edmpica en su palmar\u00e9s, ya ha ganado todo lo que se puede ganar en su deporte. En el Campeonato del Mundo de Eugene de este a\u00f1o, defendi\u00f3 con \u00e9xito su t\u00edtulo y demostr\u00f3 que sigue estando en la cima de su carrera. Su mejor marca personal de 2,43 metros es el r\u00e9cord asi\u00e1tico y el segundo salto m\u00e1s alto de todos los tiempos.\n\u00a0\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/puma-signs-mutaz-essa-barshim-one-of-the-most-successful-high-jumpers-of-all-time\/\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-trp-gettext=\"\">leer la historia<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seguimos ampliando nuestra lista de atletas internacionales de \u00e9lite con el fichaje del campe\u00f3n ol\u00edmpico y mundial de 800 m Emmanuel Korir, de Kenia. Competir\u00e1 con nuestros productos de alto rendimiento a partir del encuentro de la Diamond League que se celebrar\u00e1 el viernes en Bruselas.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nEmmanuel salt\u00f3 a la fama en 2018, cuando qued\u00f3 segundo en el Campeonato Africano en la prueba de 800 m y gan\u00f3 la medalla de oro en el relevo 4x400 m. Consolid\u00f3 su posici\u00f3n como uno de los mejores corredores de media distancia de su generaci\u00f3n con la medalla de oro ol\u00edmpica en Tokio en 2021 y otra medalla de oro en el Campeonato Mundial de Eugene este a\u00f1o.<br \/>\nHis personal best over 800m is 1:42.05 minutes, the 6th fastest performance of all time.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":41233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":false,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":4709,"meta-headline":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"class_list":["post-41232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"fullData":{"ID":41232,"post_author":"5","post_date":"2022-09-02 11:56:18","post_date_gmt":"2022-09-02 09:56:18","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"width\":1140,\"height\":640,\"file\":\"2022\/09\/korircatchupheader.jpg\",\"filesize\":158853,\"sizes\":{\"medium\":{\"file\":\"korircatchupheader-300x168.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":168,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":12566},\"large\":{\"file\":\"korircatchupheader-1024x575.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":113039},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"korircatchupheader-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":6531},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"korircatchupheader-768x431.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":431,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":67135},\"trp-custom-language-flag\":{\"file\":\"korircatchupheader-18x10.jpg\",\"width\":18,\"height\":10,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":425}},\"image_meta\":{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\",\"keywords\":[]},\"id\":41233,\"alt\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/korircatchupheader.jpg\",\"title\":\"korircatchupheader\",\"aspect_ratio\":1.78125,\"focalPointLeft\":0.5,\"focalPointTop\":0},\"headline\":\"Welcome to the PUMA-Fam Emmanuel Korir!\",\"content\":\"World and Olympic 800m Champion Emmanuel Korir joins PUMA \"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u003cspan class=\\u0022textStyle_intro\\u0022\\u003eWe keep adding to our roster of international top athletes with the signing of the 800m Olympic and World Champion Emmanuel Korir from Kenya. 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