Elijah Kiprono Kemboi (born 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. He has won marathons in Košice and Antwerp. His personal best for the event is 2:07:34 hours. He competed in Kenyan road races in his early twenties, and the Nairobi Marathon was his first experience of the distance (14th in 2008 and 21st in 2009). It was not until 2011 that he started racing at the top level in European marathons. That year saw him win the Antwerp Marathon in a course record time of 2:11:15 hours. He matched that time to win the Košice Peace Marathon in October. The following year he was tenth at the Barcelona Marathon (2:12:15), but was much improved on his return to Košice: although he failed to defend his title and ended the race in fourth, he set a new lifetime best of 2:07:51 hours for the distance.
In his first race of 2013, he placed third at the Mumbai Marathon with a run of 2:10:03 hours. The Porto Half Marathon saw him finish as runner-up in a personal best of 1:02:19 hours. This prepared him for the Frankfurt Marathon in October, where he was a comfortable third in a time of 2:07:34 hours – another personal best.
References
- Macharia, David (2004-10-10). Kipkemoi emerges as winner in Eldoret. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.
- Antwerp Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.
- Kemboi and Damantsevich beat the heat in Kosice. IAAF (2011-10-02). Retrieved on 2013-11-02.
- March 2012 Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.
- Juck, Alfons (2012-10-08). Course records tumble in Kosice. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.
- January 2013. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.
- September 2013 Archived 2016-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.
- Wenig, Jörg (2013-10-27). Kipruto and Kilel make it a Kenyan double at Frankfurt Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.
