Elijah Motonei Manangoi (born 5 January 1993) is a Kenyan

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

. He competed in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

in Beijing winning the silver medal and at the 2017 World Championships, where he won the gold medal. Manangoi was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by

New African ''New African'' is an English-language monthly news magazine based in London. Published since 1966, it is read by many people across the African continent and the African diaspora. It claims to be the oldest pan-African monthly in English, as well ...

magazine in 2017.

International competitions

¹Did not start in the semifinals

Personal bests

Outdoor *

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

– 1:44.15 (Birmingham 2018) *

– 3:28.80 (Monaco 2017) Indoor *

1000 metres The 1000 metres, 1 kilometer run, or 1K run is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. It consists of two and a half laps around an outdoor 400 m track, or five laps around an indoor 200 m track. The 1000 ...

– 2:17.09 (Stockholm 2017) *

– 3:37.62 (Düsseldorf 2017)

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* 1993 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya People from Narok County Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kenya Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships winners African Championships in Athletics winners IAAF Continental Cup winners Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Diamond League winners 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub