Donald Cabral (born December 12, 1989) is an American cross country and track runner from Connecticut who went on to star at Princeton University.

[3] In his first Manchester Road Race at age 12, Cabral's parents placed him in the starting position with the runners who run at an 8–9 minute per mile pace, but he complained, "How am I going to win from back here?

[6] By the end of the spring, he broke 10 minutes in the 2 mile and was considering joining the cross country team instead of participating in his usual fall sport, soccer.

[5] He also won the 72nd New England Cross Country Championships at Ponaganset High School with a 5K race time of 15:29.

[8] In his senior season, Cabral won the 2007 boys CIAC State Open Cross Country Championships.

[17] As a junior in 2010–11, he placed 34th at the November 22, 2010 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship, earning All-American recognition for his top-40 finish.

[20] During his senior season, Cabral purchased a high-altitude tent on craigslist that he used in his dormitory room for five months leading up to the 2012 Olympic Trials.

This enabled him to sleep and study at a simulated altitude of 12,000 feet (3,700 m) with the goal of making his body more efficient by depriving himself of oxygen.

[22] At the November 21, 2011, NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship, he placed 19th, again earning All-American status.

[17] On May 18, 2012, while running in the OXY High Performance meet in California, Cabral completed the 3000 m steeplechase in 8:19.14, surpassing Farley Gerber's American Collegiate record of 8:19.27, set for Weber State University in 1984 and smashing his own personal best time of 8:32.

[13] Cabral became the 2012 NCAA steeplechase champion on June 8, 2012, winning by five seconds and capping an undefeated season in the event.

[16] Cabral is Princeton's first individual track event NCAA champion since William Bonthron's 1934 championship in the mile run in 1934.

[16] When combined with the men's squash team and epeeist Jonathan Yergler, it marked the first academic year that Princeton had three national champions since 2003.

As a result, he intended to enroll in business school at the University of Colorado, where he would continue training with Billy Nelson coach Mark Wetmore.

After graduating from Princeton University in 2012, he signed with Nike;[34] Following the 2012 Olympics and a little time off, Cabral moved to Bellingham, Washington, where he trained with former coach Peter Oviatt.

[37] Donn Cabral placed third in the steeplechase in a time of 8:26.37 at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials behind Team USA teammates Hillary Bor and Evan Jager to qualify to represent the United States at Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.