{{short description|Kenyan middle-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = James Maina Boi | image = | caption = | nationality = Kenyan | sport = Athletics | event = middle-distance | club = | birth_date = 4 April 1954 | birth_place = | death_date = 15 July 2004 (aged 50) | death_place = | height = | weight = | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{KEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|African Championships}} {{MedalGold|1979 Dakar|800 m}} {{MedalGold|1982 Cairo|4×400 m}} {{MedalSilver|1982 Cairo|800 m}} {{MedalBronze|1984 Rabat|4×400 m}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1982 Brisbane | 800m}} }}
'''James Maina Boi''' (4 April 1954 – 15 July 2004) was a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He is best known for winning the 800 metres distance at the 1978 All-Africa Games and a silver medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.
He also competed in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships with the Kenyan team that was eliminated in the semi-finals. He finished second behind Omer Khalifa in the 800 metres event at the British 1980 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref>
Boi died in 2004 following long-term illness.<ref name=IAAF>IAAF: ''[http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/james-maina-boi-dies James Maina Boi dies].'' 16 July 2004</ref>
== Achievements == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}} |- |1978 |All-Africa Games |Algiers, Algeria |bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st |800m |- |rowspan=2|1979 |World Cup |Montreal, Canada |bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st |800m | |- |African Championships |Dakar, Senegal |bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st |800m | |- |rowspan=2|1982 |Commonwealth Games |Brisbane, Australia |bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd |800m | |- |African Championships |Cairo, Egypt |bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd |800m | |}
Boi also won two gold medals at the East African Championships in 1977 and 1979.
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==External links== *{{World Athletics||name=James Maina Boi}}
{{Footer African Champions men's 800 metres}} {{Footer All-Africa Champions 800 m Men}} {{Footer IAAF World Cup Champions 800m Men}}
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