Collins Cheboi Kiprotich (born 25 September 1987) is a Kenyan

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who specialises in the

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. His personal best for the event is 3:31.53 minutes. He was a silver medallist at the

2011 All-Africa Games The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent. Host awarding In April 2005, Lusaka, Zambia was named t ...

and was part of the

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-setting Kenyan

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team at the 2014 IAAF World Relays.

Career

Cheboi competed abroad for the first time in 2009. He won the 1500 m at the

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that year, and also placed sixth at the

Shanghai Golden Grand Prix The Diamond League Shanghai is an annual athletics event at the Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai, China as part of the Diamond League. The meeting was founded as the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in 2005. The meet assumed its current name in 2010. From ...

. In 2010 he came sixth at the

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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

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.Collins Cheboi
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-05-26. He acted as a

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around this period but, still determined to compete, he continued after pacing at the

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to place third overall. Outdoors, he set a personal best of 3:33.82 minutes to win at the

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before going on to win the 1600 m race at the

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. 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. He earned his first national selection that year and earned a silver medal at the

, coming 1500 m runner-up behind fellow Kenyan

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. 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

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. 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. Cheboi set a new indoor best of 3:36.41 minutes to come third at the

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at the start of the following year. He was chosen to be part of the Kenyan

team for the inaugural 2014 IAAF World Relays and the team (comprising Cheboi,

Silas Kiplagat Silas Kiplagat (born 20 August 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. He has a personal best of 3:27.64 minutes, which makes him the fifth fastest of all-time over the distance. Born in Siboh Village, Mar ...

James Magut James Kiplagat Magut (born 20 July 1990) is a Kenyan from Nandi County Kosirai ward middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. He has a personal best of 3:30.61 minutes for the event as well as a best of 3:50.68 minutes for the m ...

and

Asbel Kiprop Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (born 30 June 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, who specialises in the 1500 metres. He was awarded the 1500 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics after the original winner, Rashid Ramzi, tested positive for ...

) fulfilled their favourite status and set a

time of 14:22.22 minutes, knocking fourteen seconds off the previous mark.Report: Men's 4x1500m – Nassau 2014 WORLD RECORD
IAAF (2014-05-25). Retrieved on 2014-05-26.

Personal bests

– 3:31.53 minutes (2013) *1500 metres (indoor) – 3:36.41 minutes (2014) *

Mile run The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to ...

– 3:51.44 minutes (2012) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 7:45.32 minutes (2016) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

– 13:51.3 minutes (2013)

International competition record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheboi, Collins Living people 1987 births Kenyan male middle-distance runners World Athletics record holders (relay) African Games silver medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games