Fancy Cherono

Fancy Cherono

nation

Kenya

birthday

2nd August 2001 (age 19)

place of birth

Kericho , Kenya

size

165 cm

Weight

45 kg

Career

discipline

Obstacle course

Best performance

9: 23.92 min

status

active

Medal table

African Championships
bronze	Asaba 2018	3000 m obstacle
Junior African Championships
gold	Abidjan 2019	3000 m obstacle
Youth Olympic Games
gold	Buenos Aires 2018	2000 m obstacle

last change: June 7, 2019

Fancy Cherono (born August 2, 2001 in Kericho ) is a Kenyan obstacle runner .

Athletic career

Fancy Cherono gained her first international experience at the Junior African Championships 2017 in Tlemcen , where she finished fifth in the 3000 meter run in 9: 38.16 minutes . The following year she was sixth at the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast in 9: 46.27 min and won over 2000 m obstacle in 6: 17.68 min at the African Youth Games in Algiers . Then she won the bronze medal at the African Championships in Asaba in 9: 23.92 minutes behind her compatriots Beatrice Chepkoech and Celliphine Chepteek Chespol . In October she won the combination of obstacle course and cross-country running at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires . In 2019 she won the Junior African Championships in Abidjan with a new championship record of 9: 48.56 min. She also qualified for the World Championships in Doha , where she did not reach the final with 9: 32.34 min .

In 2019 Cherono became the Kenyan obstacle course champion.