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).[1] 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.[2] He matched that time to win the Košice Peace Marathon in October.[3] The following year he was tenth at the Barcelona Marathon (2:12:15),[4] 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.[5]
In his first race of 2013, he placed third at the Mumbai Marathon with a run of 2:10:03 hours.[6] The Porto Half Marathon saw him finish as runner-up in a personal best of 1:02:19 hours.[7] 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.[8]
