Nicholas Kimeli

Kenyan long-distance runner

Outdoor
3000 m: 7:31.19 (Monaco 2022)
5000 m: 12:46.33 (Rome 2022)
10000 m: 26:58.97 (Leiden 2020)

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing Kenya
Diamond League
	2022	5000 m
World Cross Country Championships
	2023 Bathurst	Senior team
World Road Running Championships
	2023 Riga	5K

Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli (born 29 September 1998) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

In Hengelo, on 9 June 2019, he ran a 5000 metres personal best in under 13 minutes. At the 2019 London Grand Prix, at the same distance, he finished in third place. He qualified for the final at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, after being third at the Kenyan Trials.^[1]

Kimeli qualified to represent Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished in fourth place.^[2]

During the 2022 Brașov Running Festival, Kimeli won the 10K race with a time of 26:51, breaking the Romanian 10K all-comers record by nearly two minutes, and establishing himself as the fifth-fastest 10K runner ever.^[3]

References

^ "Kenyan duo barred from Doha after failing to meet anti-doping rules". euronews. September 25, 2019.
^ Olobulu, Timothy (2021-06-19). "Conseslus, Timothy Cheruiyot out as Kenya names team for Tokyo Olympics". Capital Sports. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
^ https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/kipkorir-chepkirui-brasov-running-festival