Denis Kipkoech
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| Full name | Denis Kipkoech Kemboi[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 June 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | long distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 3000m: 7:48.48 (Nairobi, 2024) 5000m: 13:03.17 (Zagreb, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Denis Kipkoech Kemboi (born 5 June 2006) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He was a silver medalist at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships over 3000 metres.[2]
Career
He ran a personal best 7:48.48 for the 3000 metres to finish runner-up to Clinton Kimutai Ngetich at the Kenyan U20 Championships national trials in June 2024.[3] He won the silver medal behind Norwegian Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen in the 3000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024, finishing in a time of 8:20.79, after leading the race on the final lap.[4][5][6]
He ran a personal best 13:03.17 to win the 5000 metres at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb on 24 May 2025, finishing ahead of compatriot Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi and Ethiopia’s Biniam Mehary, moving from third to first place in the last 100 metres.[7][8] He finished in sixth place over 5000 metres in Stockholm at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event, part of the 2025 Diamond League.[9] In June 2025, he won the Kenyan under-20 trials over 5000 metres.[10] He subsequently won the gold medal in the 5000 metres at the African U20 Championships the following month.[11][12] He had a top-ten finish over 5000 metres at the 2025 Athletissima in wet conditions in Lausanne, Switzerland, in August 1025.[13]
He placed third behind Daniel Ebenyo and Kevin Chesang at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships over 10km in Eldoret on 25 October 2025.[14][15] He was subsequently selected to represent Kenya at the 2026 World Cross Country Championships in the United States.[16] He finished third behind Rodrigue Kwizera and Andrew Alamisi at the Cross Internacional de Itálica in Spain, in November 2025, a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold race.[17]
References
- ^ "Kipkoech And Chepkirui Cruise To Victory At Athletics Kenya U18/20 Trials". Dailysport.co.ke. June 20, 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Denis Kipkoech". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Kenyan team to this year's World U20 Athletics Championships unveiled". Mozzart Sport. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Almayew sets steeplechase championship record to win world U20 title in Lima". World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ Chuma, Festus (30 August 2024). "Kenya's Denis Kipkoech wins silver in 3,000m at World U20 Championships". Pulse Sports. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ Omotto, Joel (30 August 2024). "Kenya's Denis Kipkoech reveals how poor strategy cost him gold at World U20 Championships". Pulse Sports. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Ceh dominates discus as meeting records fall in Zagreb". World Athletics. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ Vaselyne, John (25 May 2025). "Denis Kipkoech stuns Andrew Alamisi and Biniam Mehary in Zagreb". Athletics.co.ke. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "Results - Stockholm Diamond League Bauhaus Galan 2025". Watch Athletics. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Kipkoech, Chepkirui dazzle at Africa U-20 trials in Nakuru". The Star. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Denis Kemboi Claims Gold as Kenya Reignites Long-Distance Dominance". akyouthdevelopment. July 19, 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Four Athletes To Double As Athletics Kenya Name CAA Under 18/20 Team". Daily Sport. June 21, 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Results - Athletissima Lausanne Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "Ebenyo and Chebor triumph at Kenyan Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "Red hot Chebor eases to victory in 10km at National Cross Country in Eldoret". kbc.co.ke. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "Chebet,Ngetich named in team Kenya of 30 for World Cross". kbc.co.ke. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "Yavi and Kwizera win in Seville". World Athletics. 9 Nov 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.