{{short description|Kenyan middle-distance runner}} {{MedalTableTop|image=Collins Cheboi 2015.jpg|imagesize=150px|caption=Collins Cheboi in 2015|sport= Men's athletics|country_code=KEN|medals= {{Medal|Competition|All-Africa Games}} {{Medal|Silver |2011 Maputo|1500 metres}} {{Medal|Competition|IAAF World Relays}} {{Medal|Gold |2014 Nassau|4×1500 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|World University Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Bochum|5000 m}} }} '''Collins Cheboi Kiprotich'''<ref>[http://en.starafrica.com/sport/all-africa-games-kenya-stamp-dominance-190440.html All Africa Games : Kenya stamp dominance in long distance events] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530015948/http://en.starafrica.com/sport/all-africa-games-kenya-stamp-dominance-190440.html |date=2014-05-30 }}. ''Star Africa'' (2011-09-17). Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref> (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&nbsp;m at the Bislett Games that year,<ref>Turner, Chris (2009-07-03). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/richards-improves-seasons-lead-in-style-world Richards improves season’s lead in style; World Junior Mile record in Oslo - REPORT - ÅF Golden League]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref> 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.<ref name=Tilas>[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=95682&Season=2010&Odd=0 Collins Cheboi]. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref>

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.<ref>Gordon, Ed (2011-02-14). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/three-world-leads-in-karlsruhe Three world leads in Karlsruhe]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref> Outdoors, he set a personal best of 3:33.82 minutes to win at the Rabat Meeting before going on to win the 1600&nbsp;m race at the Stawell Gift.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/three-world-leads-in-rabat-powell-pulls-up-in Three world leads in Rabat, Powell pulls up in 100m – IAAF World Challenge]. IAAF (2011-06-05). Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref><ref>[http://www.runningtechniquetips.com/2011/06/collins-cheboi-stawell-gift-sub-4-minute-mile-on-grass/ Breaking 4 minutes for the mile on grass the Kenyan way]. Running Technique Tips. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref> 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.<ref name=Tilas/> He earned his first national selection that year and earned a silver medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games, coming 1500&nbsp;m runner-up behind fellow Kenyan Caleb Ndiku.<ref>Makori, Elias (2011-09-17). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/rare-medals-for-kenya-as-curtain-falls-on-10t Rare medals for Kenya as curtain falls on 10th All Africa Games]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref>

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.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kenya/collins-cheboi-247669#progression Collins Cheboi]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref> 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.<ref name=Tilas/><ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/middlelong/1500-metres/outdoor/men/senior/2013 Men's 1500 metres top lists 2013]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref>

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.<ref>[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/article/2000103876/jelimo-outsprinted-the-2008-olympics-champion-finishes-sixth-in-moscow-meet Jelimo outsprinted: The 2008 Olympics champion finishes sixth in Moscow meet]. ''Kenya Standard'' (2014-02-04). Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/world-relays-report-men-4x1500m-record Report: Men's 4x1500m – Nassau 2014 WORLD RECORD]. IAAF (2014-05-25). Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref>

==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== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- |2011 |All-Africa Games |Maputo, Mozambique |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1500 metres | |- |2014 |IAAF World Relays |Nassau, Bahamas |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 1500 m relay | |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{World Athletics}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheboi, Collins}} Category:Living people Category:1987 births Category:Kenyan men middle-distance runners Category:World Athletics record holders (relay) Category:African Games silver medalists for Kenya Category:African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:African Games athletes for Kenya Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen