Isaac Kimeli

Isaac Kimeli
Kimeli in 2013
Personal information
NationalityKenyan-Belgian
Born (1994-03-09) 9 March 1994
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Spouse
Jelien Wouters
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportAthletics
Event(s)
Middle-, Long-distance running
Coached byTim Moriau (–2024)
Ivo Roelandt (2024-)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Belgium
World Athletics Championships
2025 Tokyo 5000 m
European Running Championships
2025 Brussels 10000 m
European Indoor Championships
2021 Toruń 3000 m
European U23 Championships
2015 Tallinn 5000 m
European Cross Country Championships
2016 Chia U23 men
2013 Belgrade Junior men
2018 Tilburg Senior men
2019 Lisbon Senior team
2024 Antalya Senior team
2022 Turin Senior men

Isaac Kimeli (born 9 March 1994 in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya) is a Kenyan born Belgian middle- and long-distance runner.

Kimeli is a 5000m silver medal winner at the World Athletics Championships.

Kimeli won two Diamond League meetings, securing victory in the 5000 m at the 2019 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels (promotional event) with a then personal best of 13:13.02 and six years later at the very rainy 2025 Athletissima meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland also in the 5000m.