# Collins Cheboi

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{{short description|Kenyan middle-distance runner}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[All-Africa Games](/source/All-Africa_Games)}}
{{Medal|Silver |[2011 Maputo](/source/2011_All-Africa_Games)|[1500 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_2011_All-Africa_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_1500_metres)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[IAAF World Relays](/source/IAAF_World_Relays)}}
{{Medal|Gold |[2014 Nassau](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Relays)|[4×1500 m relay](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Relays_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_1500_metres_relay)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[World University Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_Summer_World_University_Games)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[2025 Bochum](/source/2025_Summer_World_University_Games)|[5000 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2025_Summer_World_University_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_5000_metres)}}
}}
'''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](/source/middle-distance_runner) who specialises in the [1500 metres](/source/1500_metres). His personal best for the event is 3:31.53 minutes.

He was a silver medallist at the [2011 All-Africa Games](/source/2011_All-Africa_Games) and was part of the [world record](/source/List_of_world_records_in_athletics)-setting Kenyan [4 × 1500 metres relay](/source/4_%C3%97_1500_metres_relay) team at the [2014 IAAF World Relays](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Relays).

==Career==
Cheboi competed abroad for the first time in 2009. He won the 1500&nbsp;m at the [Bislett Games](/source/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](/source/Shanghai_Golden_Grand_Prix). In 2010 he came sixth at the [Kenyan Athletics Championships](/source/Kenyan_Athletics_Championships) and ran a personal best of 3:34.17 minutes for fifth at the high-profile [Athletissima](/source/Athletissima) meeting. On the circuit, he had one victory that year, at the [Josef Odložil Memorial](/source/Josef_Odlo%C5%BEil_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](/source/pacemaker_(running)) around this period but, still determined to compete, he continued after pacing at the [Weltklasse in Karlsruhe](/source/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](/source/Meeting_International_Mohammed_VI_d'Athl%C3%A9tisme_de_Rabat) before going on to win the 1600&nbsp;m race at the [Stawell Gift](/source/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](/source/Herculis) meeting.<ref name=Tilas/> He earned his first national selection that year and earned a silver medal at the [2011 All-Africa Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2011_All-Africa_Games), coming 1500&nbsp;m runner-up behind fellow Kenyan [Caleb Ndiku](/source/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](/source/mile_run).<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kenya/collins-cheboi-247669#progression Collins Cheboi]. [IAAF](/source/IAAF). Retrieved on 2014-05-26.</ref> He ran frequently on the [2012 IAAF Diamond League](/source/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](/source/Kenya_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics). 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/4_%C3%97_1500_metres_relay) team for the inaugural [2014 IAAF World Relays](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Relays) and the team (comprising Cheboi, [Silas Kiplagat](/source/Silas_Kiplagat), [James Magut](/source/James_Magut) and [Asbel Kiprop](/source/Asbel_Kiprop)) fulfilled their favourite status and set a [world record](/source/List_of_world_records_in_athletics) 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](/source/1500_metres) – 3:31.53 minutes (2013)
*1500 metres (indoor) – 3:36.41 minutes (2014)
*[Mile run](/source/Mile_run) – 3:51.44 minutes (2012)
*[3000 metres](/source/3000_metres) – 7:45.32 minutes (2016)
*[5000 metres](/source/5000_metres) – 13:51.3 minutes (2013)

==International competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|2011
|[All-Africa Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2011_All-Africa_Games)
|[Maputo](/source/Maputo), Mozambique
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[1500 metres](/source/Athletics_at_the_2011_All-Africa_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_1500_metres)
|
|-
|2014
|[IAAF World Relays](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Relays)
|[Nassau, Bahamas](/source/Nassau%2C_Bahamas)
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[4 × 1500 m relay](/source/2014_IAAF_World_Relays_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_1500_metres_relay)
|
|}

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

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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

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