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About Nixon Chepseba
- Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba (born 12 December 1990) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.
- He was the 2011 Diamond League series winner of that event and has a personal best of 3:29.90 minutes. Chepseba gained his first international selection for the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships via a trial event at Nyayo National Stadium.
- At the competitions he took the silver medal in the 1500 m behind fellow Kenyan James Magut (who ran a championship record).
- He made his European debut later that year, winning at the Antwerp Gala and setting a meet record of 2:18.61 min for the 1000 m at the Athletics Bridge in Slovakia.
- He trains in Kaptagat.He moved up to the senior ranks the year after and ran an indoor best of 3:35.82 min for the 1500 m in Leipzig in February 2010.
- Another personal best (3:33.99 min) came at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in his first Diamond League appearance.
- He also ran at the Golden Gala and Memorial van Damme meetings that year and finished his season with a personal best run of 3:32.42 min for third at the Rieti Meeting.Chepseba established himself as a top level competitor during the 2011 indoor season.
- He defeated Deresse Mekonnen and Silas Kiplagat at the Meeting Pas de Calais with a world-leading time, then improved further at the PSD Bank Meeting to defeat Augustine Choge with a world-leading and meet record time of 3:34.63 min.
- He continued his winning streak outdoors with consecutive 2011 Diamond League victories in Doha and Shanghai, setting a meet record of 3:31.42 min to beat the Olympic champion Asbel Kiprop at the latter event.
- He came sixth in the Oslo Dream Mile and was fifth at the Kenyan Championships, missing out on a place for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.
- He turned his attention to the Diamond League circuit instead and a win at the Weltklasse Zurich meet saw him top the rankings to become the 2011 Diamond League winner over 1500 m.
- He ended his year on a high, setting a meet record and personal best of 3:30.94 min to win at the Hanžekovic Memorial.In May 2012, he won the 1500m at the Hengelo meeting in a new personal best time of 3:29.90, making him only the 22nd runner in history to better the 3:30 barrier, and making him the 8th fastest Kenyan 1500m runner in history.
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