| Cornelius Kemboi | |
| Nationality: | Kenyan |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 1500 metres – 5000 metres |
| Birth Date: | 29 February 2000 |
| Pb: | 1500m 3:41.3 (Nairobi, 2021) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Cornelius Kemboi (born 29 February 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.[1]
Kemboi attended St Patrick's High School in Iten, in the west of Kenya, 350 kilometres north-west of Nairobi. His idol growing up was David Rudisha. He has two older brothers who both received athletics scholarships in the United States.[2]
Competing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, Kemboi finished eleventh in the final of the 5000m.[3] [4]
Kemboi ran a new personal best 5000m time of 13:00.68 at the Night of Athletics meeting in Heusden, Belgium in July 2023.[5] He finished third in the 5000m at the Kenyan World Championship trials for the, held in Nairobi.[6] He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest but diss not qualify for the 5000m final.[7]
He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, and finished fifth in the men's 5km race on 1 October 2023.[8] [9]
In January 2024, he won the Discovery Cross Country race in Eldoret in a time of 29:42.[10] He won a bronze medal in the 5000m race at the 2023 African Games in Accra in March 2024.[11]