Faith Kipyegon

Faith Kipyegon
Kipyegon (left) alongside Genzebe Dibaba and Sifan Hassan with 1500 m silver at the 2015 World Championships
Full name	Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon
nation	Kenya
birthday	10th January 1994 (age 26)
place of birth	Bomet ,  Kenya
size	157 cm
Weight	43 kg
Career
discipline	Medium and long distance running
status	active
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 × World championships 1 × 2 × 0 × Commonwealth Games 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U18 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 × World Cross Country Championships 4 × 1 × 0 × African cross-country championships 3 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold Rio de Janeiro 2016 1500 m  World championships silver Beijing 2015 1500 m gold London 2017 1500 m silver Doha 2019 1500 m  Commonwealth Games gold Glasgow 2014 1500 m  Junior World Championships gold Barcelona 2012 1500 m  Youth World Championships gold Lille 2011 1500 m  World Cross Country Championships gold Bydgoszcz 2010 U20 team gold Punta Umbría 2011 U20 singles silver Punta Umbría 2011 U20 team gold Bydgoszcz 2013 U20 singles gold Bydgoszcz 2013 U20 team  African cross-country championships gold Cape Town 2012 U20 singles gold Kampala 2014 singles gold Kampala 2014 team
last change: October 11, 2019

Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born January 10, 1994 in Bomet ) is a Kenyan middle and long distance runner .

In 2010 she was fourth at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz . The following year she won the World Cross Country Championships in Punta and over 1500 meters at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Lille .

In 2012 he won the 1500 meters at the Junior World Championships in Barcelona . She had previously qualified for the Olympic Games in London over this distance , where she reached the semifinals.

In 2013, she defended her title in the junior women's race at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz and was fifth over 1500 meters at the World Championships in Moscow . In the following year she set a world record with the Kenyan quartet at the IAAF World Relays 2014 with 16: 33.58 min in the 4 x 1500 meter relay and won over 1500 meters at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow .

In 2015 she won the silver medal over this route at the World Championships in Beijing . A year later she won the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

Personal bests

• 800 m : 1: 58.02 min, September 13, 2015, Rieti
• 1500 m: 3: 56.41 min, May 28, 2016, Eugene
• 3000 m : 8: 23.55 min, May 9, 2014, Doha
• 5000 m : 14: 31.95 min, May 30, 2015, Eugene

Web links

• Faith Kipyegon in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Faith Kipyegon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )