Simon Kemboi
{{short description|Kenyan sprinter}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1993 Stuttgart|4×400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Competition|African Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1993|4×400 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|1996|400 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|IAAF World Cup}}
{{Medal|Gold|1992 Havana|4x400 m relay}}
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Simon Kemboi (born March 1, 1967) is a retired sprinter from Kenya. He specialised in 400 metres. He is a World Championships and African Championships medalist, and competed at the Olympics.
Career
Kemboi was part of the 4x400 relay team that finished fifth at the 1991 World Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1991/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|title=Men 4x400m Relay World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN) - Sunday 01.09|last=Krastev|first=Todor|website=todor66.com|access-date=2018-05-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824101702/http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/1991/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|archivedate=2011-08-24}} He competed at the Olympics for first time at the 1992 Summer Olympics, taking part in 400 metres, where he reached semifinal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/simon-kemboi-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080927/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/simon-kemboi-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Simon Kemboi Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-02}} He was also part of the Kenyan 4x400 relay team that advanced to the final, but did not finish it.{{Cite web|url=http://todor66.com/olim/1992/Athletics/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|title=Men 4x400m Relay Olympic Games Barcelona(ESP) 1992|last=Krastev|first=Todor|website=todor66.com|access-date=2018-05-02}} At the 1992 IAAF World Cup, he was part of the African 4 × 400 m team that won gold.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=7886/index.html|title=IAAF: Simon KEMBOI {{!}} Profile|website=iaaf.org|access-date=2018-05-02}}
At the 1993 World Championships, he won silver part of the Kenyan 4 × 400 m relay team. Other members of the team were Samson Kitur, Kennedy Ochieng and Abednego Matilu.{{Cite web|url=http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1993/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|title=Men 4x400m Relay World Championship 1993 Stuttgart (GER) - Sunday 22.08|last=Krastev|first=Todor|website=todor66.com|access-date=2018-05-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824105943/http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/1993/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|archivedate=2011-08-24}} In the 400 metres individual race he was 7th.{{Cite web|url=http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1993/Men_400m.html|title=Men World Championship 1993 Stuttgart (GER) - Tuesday 17.08|last=Krastev|first=Todor|website=todor66.com|access-date=2018-05-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824111821/http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/1993/Men_400m.html|archivedate=2011-08-24}} He won bronze over 400 metres at the 1993 African Championships in a race won by compatriot Kennedy Ochieng, and may have been part of the Kenyan 4 × 400 m team that won gold.gbrathletics.com: [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/afc.htm AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS]
The second of his two Olympics assignment was at the 1996 Summer Olympics, when he competed only at the 4x400 metres relay race, where Kenya reached the final again, but did not start it.{{Cite web|url=http://todor66.com/olim/1996/Athletics/Men_4x400m_Relay.html|title=Men 4x400m Relay Olympic Games Atlanta (USA) 1996|last=Krastev|first=Todor|website=todor66.com|access-date=2018-05-02}} He won silver over 400 metres at the 1996 African Championships in Athletics. The Kenyan 4 × 400 m team won also silver.
=Doping=
He was selected to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was suspended after testing positive for nandrolone in September 2000.The Guardian September 20, 2009: [https://www.theguardian.com/sydney/story/0,,370708,00.html Gold rush on after Jones rival falls]
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080927/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/simon-kemboi-1.html Sports-reference.com - Simon Kemboi]
{{Footer IAAF World Cup Champions 4x400 m Men}}
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Category:Kenyan male sprinters
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya
Category:Doping cases in athletics
Category:Kenyan sportspeople in doping cases