Simon Kemboi

Simon Tirop Kemboi ( born March 1, 1967 in Nandi ) is a former Kenyan sprinter who specialized in the 400 -meter run.

With the Kenyan 4 x 400 - meter relay team he finished fifth at the World Athletics Championships 1991 in Tokyo. 1992 Kemboi was Kenyan champion in the 400 -meter run, reaching over this distance at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​the semifinal round. With the squadron he stood there in the final. This does not, however, reached the goal. The following year, he finished at the Track Championships Africa in Durban in third place in the 400m.

The most significant success of his career, he scored in the 4 x 400 meters relay at the IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart in 1993. Together with Kennedy Ochieng, Abednego Matilu and Samson Kitur he brought in 2:59,82 min the silver medal behind the season of the United States, a world record in this race ( 2:54,29 min). In the 400 -meter run Ochieng was seventh in Stuttgart.

At the Track - Africa Championships in 1996 in Yaounde, he won the silver medal in the 400 -meter run. In the same year he qualified for the finals in the relay at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. However, due to injury, the Kenyan team was without a start. Kembois athletic career ended when he was tested in the run-up to the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney positive for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone.

Simon Kemboi is 1,78 m tall and had a competition weight of 74 kg.

Bests

  • 400 m: 44.94 s, August 16, 1993, Stuttgart
  • 800 -meter run: 1:47,03 min, July 26, 1998, Paint
1993 World Championships in Athletics 1993 African Championships in Athletics 400 metres 4 × 400 metres relay 1991 World Championships in Athletics
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