Cornelius Tuwei
_09_(cropped).jpg) Tuwei at the 2019 ISTAF Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Cornelius Kipkoech Tuwei | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1993 Nandi County, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Events | 800 metres, 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | 6 (800m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 1:43;76 800m
2:16:89 1000m3:35;24 1500m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cornelius Kipkoech Tuwei (born 24 May 1993) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.[1]
Athletic career
[edit]Cornelius Tuwei gained his first experience at international championships in 2018 at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, where he was eliminated in the first round of the 800-meter event with a time of 1:47.10 min. The following year, he took part in the African Games in Rabat for the first time, winning the silver medal there in 1:45.41 min behind the Tunisian Abdessalem Ayouni. He then also won the silver medal at the Military World Games in Wuhan in 1:49.20 min, this time finishing behind Michał Rozmys of Poland.
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 400 metres – 46.94 (Nairobi 2016)
- 600 metres – 1:15.40 (Liège 2023)
- 800 metres – 1:43.76 (Heusden-Zolder 2021)
- 1000 metres – 2:16.89 (Székesfehérvár 2018)
- 1500 metres – 3:35.34 (Berlin 2019)
Indoor
- 800 metres – 1:46.47 (Toruń 2021)
- 1500 metres – 3:38.91 (Luxembourg 2021)
References
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Kenyan men middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya
- Athletes from Nandi County
- African Games silver medalists for Kenya
- African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games athletes for Kenya
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- Military World Games silver medalists for Kenya
- Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen
- Medalists at the 2019 African Games
- Kenyan athletics biography stubs