Faith Kipyegon

Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon
Personal information
Full name Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon
Nationality Kenyan
Born (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994
Bomet, Kenya
Residence Iten, Kenya
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
Country  Kenya
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 1500 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 1500 meters: 3:56.41 NR
  • 3000 meters: 8:23.25
  • 5000 meters: 14:31.95
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Kenya Kenya
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro1500 m
World Championships
2017 London1500 m
2015 Beijing1500 m
World Relays
2014 Nassau4x1500 m relay
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow1500 m
World Junior Championships
2012 Barcelona1500 m
World Youth Championships
2011 Lille1500 m
World Cross Country Championships
2011 Punta UmbriaJunior Race
2013 BydgoszczJunior Race

Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner and the current Olympic and World champion in the 1500 m women's having won the Rio Olympics on 16 August 2016.[1] and the 2017 World Championships on 7 August 2017. She is also the Commonwealth champion having won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland with a time of 4 minutes 08.94 seconds. She won the gold medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, and a gold medal the next year at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. [2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 1500 metres but got 9th in the 3rd heat and failed to qualify for the finals. She won the women's junior race in the World Cross Country Championships in 2013. She competed in the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and Came in 5th place in the final with a time of 4:05.08.

Career

At 16, Faith Kipyegon ran in the 2010 World Cross Country Championships women's junior race and came in 5th place individually, but won the gold with her team. In 2011, she won the gold medal in the junior race both with her team and individually.

2011

She participated in the 2011 World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria and won the gold medal in the junior race both with her team and individually. A few months afterward, she competed at the World Youth Championships in the women's 1500 m winning the gold medal ahead of three Ethiopian runners with a time of 4:09.48.

2012

In the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona, she won the gold medal way ahead of the field with a time of 4:04.96; the Serbian Amela Terzić and Ethiopian Teferi Senbere took 2nd and 3rd. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 1500 m, in London, but failed to qualify for the finals.

2013

At the beginning of the 2013 season, Faith Kipyegon won the junior race individual at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz Poland. On May 10, at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha, she established a new Kenyan Record in the women's 1500 m in a time of 3:56.98, facing the Swedish runner Abeba Aregawi. In August 2013, at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Faith Kipyegon came in fifth in the final of the women's 1500 m in a time of 4:05.08.

2014

In 2014, she won the gold medal in the 4 × 1500 m Relay at the first IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, along with Mercy Cherono, Irene Jelagat and Hellen Obiri. The Kenya team, ahead of the United States and Australia, improved the World Record time to 16:33.58. She also won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

2015

On August 25, 2015, Kipyegon won silver at World Championships in Beijing, finishing second to world record holder Genzebe Dibaba in the 1500 m.

On September 11, 2015, at Diamond League finale in Brussels, Kipyegon won the mile in 4:16.71, beating Sifan Hassan, who finished in 4:18.20.,[3] in the final stretch.

2016

In August 2016, Kipyegon competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, where she won the 1500 meters in 4:08.92 with a 56.8-second final lap.[4]

2017

In 2017, she won two Diamond League races in Shanghai and Eugene. Her best success of this year was the first place at the 2017 World Championships, becoming only the third woman in history to win both the Olympic and World Championships 1500m race.

Major competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Kenya
2010 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th Junior Race 19:02
2011 World Cross Country Championships Punta Umbria, Spain 1st Junior Race 18:53
World Youth Championships Lille, France 1st 1500 m 4:09.48
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 1500 m 4:04.96
2012 Summer Olympics London, England 25th (h) 1500 m 4:08.78
2013 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st Junior Race 17:51
World Championships Moscow, Russia 5th 1500 m 4:05.08
2014 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 1st 4 × 1500 m 16:33.58 WR
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland 1st 1500 m 4:08.94
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 2nd 1500 m 4:08.96
2016 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 1500 m 4:08.92
2017 World Cross Country Championship Kampala, Uganda 6th Senior Race 32:49
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 1st 1500 m 4:02.59

Personal bests

Year Event Location Time date
2015 800 m Rieti, Italy 1:58.02 September 13, 2015
2016 1500 m Eugene, USA 3:56.41 NR May 28, 2016
2014 3000 m Doha, Qatar 8:23.55 May 9, 2014
2014 4 × 1500 m Nassau, Bahamas 16:33.58 WR May 24, 2014

References

  1. ↑ Koech, B. M. "Faith Chepngetich: Gold Medalist | Athletes of Kenya". Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  2. ↑ "Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/display-article?arId=117105
  4. ↑ Phillips, Mitch. "Kenyan Kipyegon in late charge for 1,500m gold". U.S. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
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