Misplaced Pages

Cornelius Kemboi

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Kenyan athlete (born 2000)
Cornelius Kemboi
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 24)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event1500 metres – 5000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500m: 3:41.3 (Nairobi, 2021)
3000m: 7:31.26 (Stockholm, 2022)
5000m: 13:00.68 (Heusden, 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kenya
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Accra 5000 m

Cornelius Kemboi (born 29 February 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

Early and personal life

Kemboi attended St Patrick's High School in Iten, in the west of Kenya, 350 kilometres north-west of Nairobi. His idol growing up was David Rudisha. He has two older brothers who both received athletics scholarships in the United States.

Career

Competing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, Kemboi finished eleventh in the final of the 5000m.

Kemboi ran a new personal best 5000m time of 13:00.68 at the Night of Athletics meeting in Heusden, Belgium in July 2023. He finished third in the 5000m at the Kenyan World Championship trials for the, held in Nairobi. He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest but diss not qualify for the 5000m final.

He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, and finished fifth in the men's 5 km race on 1 October 2023.

In January 2024, he won the Discovery Cross Country race in Eldoret in a time of 29:42. He won a bronze medal in the 5000m race at the 2023 African Games in Accra in March 2024.

References

  1. "Cornelius Kemboi". World Athletics. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  2. Kobborg, Tobias (28 December 2019). "The Kenyan Olympic hopeful who lives for running: A story in pictures". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. "Commonwealth Games: Athletics - Men's 5000m results". BBC Sport. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. Olobulu, Timothy (August 6, 2022). "Kimlemi, Krop clinch silver and bronze and Uganda's Kiplimo wins again". Capitalfm.co.ke. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. "Fay runs race of his life to break Irish 5000m record in Belgium". Irish Examiner. July 15, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  6. Vaselyne, John (July 8, 2023). "Jacob Krop, Ebenyo and Kemboi make it to Budapest". athletics.co.ke. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  7. "Krop, Kipkurui make 5000m final as Kimeli and Kemboi exit in Budapest". Nation.Africa. August 24, 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  8. "Kenya makes changes to squad ahead of Riga Championship". The Star. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  9. "Men's 5km result". World Athletics. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  10. "Cornelius kemboi wins Discovery Cross Country". Athletics.co.ke. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  11. "Bass-Bittaye completes sprint double and Meshesha breaks Games record in Accra". World Athletics. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
Categories:
Cornelius Kemboi Add topic