Beatrice Chepkoech

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Beatrice Chepkoech (2016)
Beatrice Chepkoech 2016 in Rio de Janeiro

Full name Beatrice Chepkoech Sitonik
nation KenyaKenya Kenya
birthday 6th July 1991 (age 29)
place of birth Kabarnet , Kenya
size 170 cm
Weight 54 kg
Career
discipline Obstacle course
Best performance 8: 44.32 min World record icon 2.svg
status active
Medal table
World championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cross Country Championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Commonwealth Games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Africa Games 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
African Championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
IAAF logo World championships
gold Doha 2019 3000 m obstacle
IAAF logo World Cross Country Championships
silver Aarhus 2019 team
Commonwealth Games Federation logo Commonwealth Games
silver Gold Coast 2018 1500 m
Africa Games logo Africa Games
bronze Brazzaville 2015 1500 m
 African Championships
gold Asaba 2018 3000 m obstacle
last change: March 30, 2019

Beatrice Chepkoech Sitonik (born July 6, 1991 ) is a Kenyan middle and long distance runner who specializes in the obstacle course . She has held the world record in this discipline since July 20, 2018 with a time of 8: 44.32 minutes.

Athletic career

At the beginning of her sporting career, Chepkoech mostly competed in the middle-distance run at national level. From 2014 she gained international experience in smaller road races in Europe. She celebrated her first significant success when she won the bronze medal in the 1,500 meter run at the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville. Starting in 2016, she increasingly focused on the obstacle course and achieved several top placements at meetings of the IAAF Diamond League . She qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she finished fourth in the final .

In 2017 Chepkoech took part in the Cross Country World Championships in Kampala , where she won the mixed relay race together with Asbel Kiprop , Winfred Nzisa Mbithe and Bernard Kipkorir Koros . In the same year, she became the Kenyan champion in the 1,500 meter run and won the obstacle race at the Meeting de Paris . At the World Championships in London , she competed in the obstacle course. After initially missing the first water hazard and thus having to cover an additional distance of at least 30 meters, she finally finished the race in fourth place. At the end of the season she was second behind the world record holder Ruth Jebet at Weltklasse Zürich . At 8: 59.84 minutes, she stayed below the 9-minute mark for the first time in her career and as the fourth woman in history.

In the 2018 season, Chepkoech started in several indoor races over 1500 meters and won in Düsseldorf and Glasgow. At the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham , however, she only reached seventh place in the final. Over the same distance she was second behind the South African Caster Semenya at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Goast . In the further course of the year she then almost exclusively competed in the 3000-meter obstacle course and dominated this discipline almost at will. Among other things, she celebrated victories at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix , the Kenyan championships in Nairobi and the Meeting de Paris. On July 20, she improved the world record at the Herculis in Monaco by over 8 seconds to 8: 44.32 minutes. A good two weeks later, she won the gold medal by a large margin at the African Championships in Asaba . In addition, she won the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels and the Continental Cup in Ostrava .

At the 2019 World Cross Country Championships , the 27-year-old finished seventh in Aarhus in March and came second in the team standings. In the obstacle course she won the races at the British Athletics Birmingham Grand Prix and the Weltklasse Zürich . At the World Championships in Doha , she lived up to her role as a favorite and ran in 8: 57.84 minutes to her first world title.

Personal best

  • 1500 meters: 4: 03.09 min, April 10, 2018 in Gold Coast
    • 1500 meters (hall): 4: 02.21 min, February 25, 2018 in Glasgow
  • 3000 meters: 8: 28.66 min, July 21, 2017 in Monaco
    • 3000 meters (hall): 8: 39.15 min, January 25, 2018 in Ostrava
  • 5000 meters: 14: 39.33 min, September 1, 2017 in Brussels
  • 3000 m obstacle: 8: 44.32 min, July 20, 2018 in Monaco ( world record )

Web links

Commons : Beatrice Chepkoech  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Phil Minshull: Kenya's 4x400m men finish off the All-Africa Games in style. In: iaaf.org. September 17, 2015, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Michelle Sammet: Kenya prevails in inaugural mixed relay - IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017. In: iaaf.org. March 26, 2017, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Mike Rowbottom: Report: women's 3000m steeplechase final - IAAF World Championships London 2017. In: iaaf.org. August 11, 2017, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Bob Ramsak: Jebet threatens world steeplechase record in Zurich - IAAF Diamond League. In: iaaf.org. August 24, 2017, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Finalists announced for Female World Athlete of the Year 2018. In: iaaf.org. November 19, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Mike Rowbottom: Chepkoech breaks steeplechase world record in Monaco - IAAF Diamond League. In: iaaf.org. July 20, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Bob Ramsak: Kenya takes six more titles as African Championships conclude in Asaba. In: iaaf.org. August 5, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Report: women's 3000m steeplechase - IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 In: iaaf.org. September 30, 2019, accessed October 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Chepkoech, Beatrice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chepkoech Sitonik, Beatrice (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan middle and long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Cabarnet