Lydia Rotich

Lydia Rotich
Lydia Rotich at the 2012 Bislett Games
Personal information
Born (1988-08-08) August 8, 1988
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Country  Kenya
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 3000m steeplechase

Lydia Chebet Rotich (born 8 August 1988, Keiyo, Rift Valley Province[1]) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

She finished fifth at the 2009 World Athletics Final and fourth at the 2011 World Championships.[2] Her personal best time is 9:18.03 minutes, achieved in June 2010 in Oslo.[2] She competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][3]

She works as a police traffic officer.[4] Her uncle Fred Chesengor is a physiotherapist for the Kenyan national team, particularly the Paralympic team.[4]

She competed in the 5000 m at the 2005 National Secondary Schools competition but did not perform well. She switched to the steeplechase hoping to do better. In 2006, she reached the final of the National Secondary Schools competition in the steeplechase, but did not make the Kenyan team for the World Juniors.[4]

She missed the second half of 2007 due to malaria.[4]

In 2008 she won the Kenyan trials for the 16th CAA Africa Athletics Championships, beating Ruth Bosibori. Unfortunately, when she travelled to Addis Ababa for the African Athletics Championships, she had a massive allergic reaction, preventing her from competing.[4] That year, she also broke the 10 minute barrier for the first time. However, she missed out on selection for the 2008 Olympics at the Kenyan national trials.[4]

She came third in 2009 Kenyan championships, and second at the 2010 Kenyan championships.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lydia Rotich Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  2. 1 2 Lydia Rotich at IAAF
  3. ↑ "ROTICH Lydia Chebet". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wokabi, James; Mutuota, Mutwiri (29 July 2010). "IAAF: Lydia Chebet Rotich | Focus on Athletes biography". iaaf.org. Retrieved 31 August 2017.


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