Collins Cheboi

Collins Cheboi

Collins Cheboi in 2015
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

• 1500 metres – 3:31.53 minutes (2013)
• 1500 metres (indoor) – 3:36.41 minutes (2014)
• Mile run – 3:51.44 minutes (2012)
• 3000 metres – 7:45.32 minutes (2016)
• 5000 metres – 13:51.3 minutes (2013)

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 Archived 2014-05-30 at the Wayback Machine. 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. 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.

External links

• Collins Cheboi at World Athletics