Lydia Jeruto Lagat

Lydia Jeruto Lagat
nation	Kenya
birthday	23rd November 2000 (age 19)
place of birth	Kenya
Career
discipline	800 meter run
Best performance	2: 01.58 min
status	active
Medal table
World Cross Country Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × U20 African Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U18 world championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
World Cross Country Championships silver Aarhus 2019 U20 team Junior African Championships bronze Abidjan 2019 800 m  Youth World Championships silver Nairobi 2017 800 m
last change: August 26, 2019

Lydia Jeruto Lagat (born November 23, 2000 ) is a Kenyan medium and long distance runner who specializes in distances between 800 m and 5000 m .

Athletic career

Lydia Jeruto Lagat gained her first international experience at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Nairobi , where she won the silver medal behind her compatriot Jackline Wambui in 2: 02.06 min . The following year she reached the semi-finals at the U20 World Championships in Tampere , where she was eliminated with 2: 04.59 min. At the 2019 World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus , she finished tenth in the U20 classification in 21:44 minutes and secured the silver medal behind the Ethiopians with the team. Then won the bronze medal at the Junior African Championships in Abidjan in 2: 04.78 min. In August, she finished sixth in the 5000 meter run at the Africa Games in Rabat in 15: 43.56 minutes .

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 2: 01.58 min, September 2, 2018 in Padua
• 1500 meters: 4: 13.16 min, February 17, 2018 in Nairobi
• 5000 meters: 15: 28.1 min, June 22, 2019 in Nairobi

Web links

• Lydia Jeruto Lagat in the database of World Athletics (English)