Kelvin Loti
Kenyan athlete (born 1999)
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Kelvin Kimtai Loti (born 5 October 1999) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He was a semi-finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in the 800 metres.[1]
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| Full name | Kelvin Kimtai Loti | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 1:43.61 (Nairobi, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
He won the 800 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships in Nairobi in June 2025, running 1:43.61.[2] The following month, he placed second behind Nicholas Kebenei in 1:43.90 at the Athletics Kenya World Championship Trials.[3][4]
He was a semi-finalist competing for Kenya at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025 in the men's 800 metres.[5][6][7]
In April 2026, Loti won the men’s 800m in 1:43.63 ahead of Alex Kipngetich and Noah Kibet at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi.[8] In May, he won the gold medal in the 800 metres final at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics in Accra, Ghana, running 1:45.47 to win ahead of Imade Bouchejda of Morocco and home runner Alex Amankwah.[9] In June, he was runner-up over 800 metres to Wycliffe Kinyamal at the Kenyan Athletics Championships.[10][11] He was a finalist in the 800 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, placing eighth overall.[12]
