Nicholas Kimeli

{{Short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}

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| birth_place = Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

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{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}

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{{Medal|Competition|Diamond League}}

{{Medal|1st|2022|5000 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Cross Country Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2023 Bathurst|Senior team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Road Running Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2023 Riga|5K}}

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/09/25/kenyan-duo-barred-from-doha-after-failing-to-meet-anti-doping-rules|title=Kenyan duo barred from Doha after failing to meet anti-doping rules|date=September 25, 2019|website=euronews}}

Kimeli qualified to represent Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished in fourth place.{{Cite web|last=Olobulu|first=Timothy|date=2021-06-19|title=Conseslus, Timothy Cheruiyot out as Kenya names team for Tokyo Olympics|url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2021/06/19/280500/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Capital Sports|language=en-US}}

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.{{r|brașov}}