Nicholas Kimeli
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Born | 29 September 1998 Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya |
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| Country | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya |
| Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 3000 meters, 5000 meters, 10000 meters |
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Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli (born 29 September 1998) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.
In Hengelo, on 9 June 2019, he ran a 5000 metres personal best in under 13 minutes. At the 2019 London Grand Prix, at the same distance, he finished in third place. He qualified for the final at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, after being third at the Kenyan Trials.[1]
Kimeli qualified to represent Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished in fourth place.[2]
During the 2022 Brașov Running Festival, Kimeli won the 10K race with a time of 26:51, breaking the Romanian 10K all-comers record by nearly two minutes, and establishing himself as the fifth-fastest 10K runner ever.[3]
Personal bests
[edit | edit source]Outdoor
- 3000 metres – 7:31.19 (Monaco 2022)
- 5000 metres – 12:46.33 (Rome 2022)
- 10,000 metres – 26:50.94 (Eugene 2024)
Road
- 5K – 12:55 (Herzogenaurach 2022) NR
- 10K – 26:51 (Brasov 2022)
- Half marathon – 58:23 (Copenhagen 2025)
References
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External links
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- Diamond League, London
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- Kenyan men long-distance runners
- Living people
- 1998 births
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Kenya
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes from Eldoret
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Diamond League winners
- 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
- Kenyan athletics biography stubs