Sammy Lelei (born August 14, 1964) is a former long-distance runner from Kenya, who won the 1995 Berlin Marathon with a career best time of 2:07:02 hours.
This time stood as the Kenyan record for the event until 1998, when it was beaten by Ondoro Osoro.
In 1991 he competed in a high calibre one hour run contest and covered 19,820 m, while the winner Arturo Barrios set a world record.
[5] He came close to his personal best at the following year's New York race, coming fourth behind Arturo Barrios with a time of 2:12:24 hours.
He returned to defend his title at the 1996 Berlin Marathon and reached the podium with a third-place finish and his second sub-2:10 clocking of 2:09:49 hours.