Cornelius Tuwei

Cornelius Tuwei
Full name	Cornelius Kipkoech Tuwei
nation	Kenya
birthday	24th May 1993 (age 27)
place of birth	Nandi County , Kenya
Career
discipline	800 meter run
Best performance	1: 43.82 min
status	active
Medal table
Africa Games 0 × 1 × 0 × Military world games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Africa Games silver Rabat 2019 800 m Military world games silver Wuhan 2019 800 m
last change: March 11, 2020

Cornelius Kipkoech Tuwei (born May 24, 1993 in Nandi County ) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800-meter run .

Athletic career

Cornelius Tuwei gained his first experience in international championships in 2018 at the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast , where he was eliminated in the 800-meter run with 1: 47.10 min in the first round. The following year he took part in the Africa Games in Rabat for the first time and won the silver medal there in 1: 45.41 minutes behind the Tunisian Abdessalem Ayouni . Then he also won the silver medal at the Military World Games in Wuhan in 1: 49.20 minutes, this time he had to admit defeat to the Pole Michał Rozmys .

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 1: 43.82 min, July 20, 2018 in Monaco
  • 800 meters (hall): 1: 46.47 min, February 8, 2020 in Toruń
• 1500 meters: 3: 35.34 min, September 1, 2019 in Berlin

Web links

• Cornelius Tuwei in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete profile at the CG2018