Collins Cheboi

Collins Cheboi
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kenya
All-Africa Games
2011 Maputo 1500 metres
IAAF World Relays
2014 Nassau 4×1500 m relay

Collins Cheboi Kiprotich[1] (born 25 September 1987) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. His personal best for the event is 3:31.53 minutes.

He was a silver medallist at the 2011 All-Africa Games and was part of the world record-setting Kenyan 4 × 1500 metres relay team at the 2014 IAAF World Relays.

Career

Cheboi competed abroad for the first time in 2009. He won the 1500 m at the Bislett Games that year,[2] and also placed sixth at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. In 2010 he came sixth at the Kenyan Athletics Championships and ran a personal best of 3:34.17 minutes for fifth at the high-profile Athletissima meeting. On the circuit, he had one victory that year, at the Josef Odložil Memorial.[3]

He acted as a pacemaker around this period but, still determined to compete, he continued after pacing at the Weltklasse in Karlsruhe to place third overall.[4] Outdoors, he set a personal best of 3:33.82 minutes to win at the Rabat Meeting before going on to win the 1600 m race at the Stawell Gift.[5][6] He came fourth at the national championships, then set a new best of 3:32.45 minutes to take fifth place at the Herculis meeting.[3] He earned his first national selection that year and earned a silver medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games, coming 1500 m runner-up behind fellow Kenyan Caleb Ndiku.[7]

In the 2012 season Cheboi set three personal bests: 3:36.43 minutes indoors, 3:32.08 minutes outdoors, and 3:51.44 minutes for the mile run.[8] He ran frequently on the 2012 IAAF Diamond League circuit, but failed to make the top three in any race. An eighth place finish at the Kenyan Olympic trials meant he was not chosen for the Kenyan Olympic team. The 2013 held similar results, although he managed a third place finish at the Shanghai Diamond League meet. His best run that season was 3:31.53 minutes at the Herculis race – this time ranked him the seventh fastest athlete in the world that year, but such as the calibre of the race he finished only sixth.[3][9]

Cheboi set a new indoor best of 3:36.41 minutes to come third at the Russian Winter Meeting at the start of the following year.[10] He was chosen to be part of the Kenyan 4 × 1500 metres relay team for the inaugural 2014 IAAF World Relays and the team (comprising Cheboi, Silas Kiplagat, James Magut and Asbel Kiprop) fulfilled their favourite status and set a world record time of 14:22.22 minutes, knocking fourteen seconds off the previous mark.[11]

Personal bests

International competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 2nd 1500 metres
2014 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 1st 4 × 1500 m relay

References

  1. ↑ All Africa Games : Kenya stamp dominance in long distance events. Star Africa (2011-09-17). Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  2. ↑ Turner, Chris (2009-07-03). Richards improves season’s lead in style; World Junior Mile record in Oslo - REPORT - ÅF Golden League. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  3. 1 2 3 Collins Cheboi. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  4. ↑ Gordon, Ed (2011-02-14). Three world leads in Karlsruhe. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  5. ↑ Three world leads in Rabat, Powell pulls up in 100m – IAAF World Challenge. IAAF (2011-06-05). Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  6. ↑ Breaking 4 minutes for the mile on grass the Kenyan way. Running Technique Tips. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  7. ↑ Makori, Elias (2011-09-17). Rare medals for Kenya as curtain falls on 10th All Africa Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  8. ↑ Collins Cheboi. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  9. ↑ Men's 1500 metres top lists 2013. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  10. ↑ Jelimo outsprinted: The 2008 Olympics champion finishes sixth in Moscow meet. Kenya Standard (2014-02-04). Retrieved on 2014-05-26.
  11. ↑ Report: Men's 4x1500m – Nassau 2014 WORLD RECORD. IAAF (2014-05-25). Retrieved on 2014-05-26.

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