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Faith Kipyegon
Kipyegon at the 2017 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameFaith Chepngetich Kipyegon
Born (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30)
Bomet, Kenya
Home townIten, Kenya
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
CountryKenya
SportAthletics
Event1500 metres
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 1500 m
  • 2012: 21st (h)
  • 2016:  Gold
  • 2020:  Gold
World finals
  • 1500 m
  • 2013: 5th
  • 2015:  Silver
  • 2017:  Gold
  • 2019:  Silver
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Kenya Kenya
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 1500 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Beijing 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Doha 1500 m
World Relays
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nassau 4x1500 m
Diamond League
First place 2017 1500 m
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 1500 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Barcelona 1500 m
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Lille 1500 m
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Bydgoszcz Junior team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Punta Umbria Junior race
Silver medal – second place 2011 Punta Umbria Junior Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bydgoszcz Junior race
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bydgoszcz Junior team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kampala Senior team

Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 1500 metres. A 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion, she has won or finished second in every major championships since she was 20 in 2014. Competing at the World Championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019, Kipyegon took a silver medal, a gold and a silver respectively. She was the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion. In July 2021, she achieved the 4th fastest time in history, setting her consecutive Kenyan record.[1]

In her signature event, Kipyegon took gold medals at the 2011 World U18 Championships, and the 2012 World U20 Championships. Aged 18, she did not reach semifinals of the 2012 London Olympics, but won the junior races at the 2011 and 2013 World Cross Country Championships, and finished 5th at the 2013 World Championships.

Kipyegon was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2017.[2]

Career

Junior career

Kipyegon at the 2012 World Junior Championships

At age 16, Faith Kipyegon ran in the 2010 World Cross Country Championships women's junior race. She came in 5th place individually and won the gold medal with her team.

She participated in the 2011 World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria and won the gold medal in the junior race both with her team and individually. A few months afterward, she competed at the World Youth Championships in the 1500 m winning a gold medal ahead of three Ethiopian runners with a time of 4m 9.48s.[3]

At the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona, she won a gold medal in her signature event way ahead of the field with a time of 4:04.96; the Serbian Amela Terzić and Ethiopian Senbere Teferi took 2nd and 3rd respectively.[4] The 18-year-old qualified for the London Olympics, but at the event failed to advance to the semi-finals.[5]

At the beginning of the 2013 season, Kipyegon won the junior individual race at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. On 10 May, at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha, she established a new Kenyan Record in the 1500 m with a time of 3:56.98, facing the Swedish runner Abeba Aregawi. In August, at the World Championships in Moscow, she came fifth in the final in a time of 4:05.08.

Senior career

In 2014, she won a gold medal in the 4×1500 m relay at the first IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, along with Mercy Cherono, Irene Jelagat and Hellen Obiri. The Kenyan team, ahead of the United States and Australia, improved the World Record time to 16:33.58. The same year, she added a gold in her specialist event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

On 25 August 2015, Kipyegon won a silver at the World Championships in Beijing, finishing second to world record holder Genzebe Dibaba in the 1500 m event. On 11 September, at the Diamond League finale in Brussels, she won the mile in 4:16.71, beating Sifan Hassan, who finished in 4:18.20,[6] in the final stretch.

In August 2016, she competed at the Rio Olympic Games, where she won her event in 4:08.92 with a 56.8-second final lap.[7][8]

In 2017, she earned the Diamond League 1500 m title, winning three races in Shanghai, Eugene, and Brussels. Her best success of this year was the first place at the London World Championships, becoming only the third woman in history to win both the Olympic and World Championships 1500 m race. She clocked 4:02.59 while three next women also recorded times below 4m 3s.

Kipyegon gave birth to her first child in 2018, returning in 2019 to win silver medal in her signature event at the World Championships, where she set a Kenyan record of 3:54.22. Sifan Hassan came first in 3:51.95.

In 2021, she improved her national record twice at the Diamond League meetings. On 10 June, she ran 3:53.91 at the Rome Golden Gala meet, staged exceptionally in Florence, to finish second just behind Sifan Hassan, who timed 3:53.63. On 9 July at the Monaco Herculis, Kipyegon stopped the clock at a world-leading 3:51.07 – the 4th fastest time in history – outsprinting Hassan in the home straight by 2.5 s.[1]

Achievements

Kipyegon (left) with Genzebe Dibaba and Sifan Hassan on a 1500 m podium at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing

All information taken from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests

Event Time Venue Date Notes
800 metres 1:57.68 Doha, Qatar 25 September 2020
1000 metres 2:29.15 Monaco, Monaco 14 August 2020 African record
1500 metres 3:51.07 Monaco, Monaco 9 July 2021 NR #4 all-time [9]
One mile 4:16.71 Brussels, Belgium 11 September 2015
3000 metres 8:23.55 Doha, Qatar 9 May 2014
5000 metres 14:31.95 Eugene, OR, United States 30 May 2015
4×1500 m relay 16:33.58 Nassau, Bahamas 24 May 2014 African record

International competitions

Representing  Kenya
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result Notes
2010 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th Junior race 19:02
1st Junior team 10 pts
2011 World Cross Country Championships Punta Umbria, Spain 1st Junior race 18:53
2nd Junior team 19 pts
World Youth Championships Lille, France 1st 1500 m 4:09.48 CR
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 1500 m 4:04.96 CR
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 21st (h) 1500 m 4:08.78
2013 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st Junior race 17:51
1st Junior team 14 pts
World Championships Moscow, Russia 5th 1500 m 4:05.08
2014 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 1st 4×1500 m 16:33.58 WR
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st 1500 m 4:08.94
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 2nd 1500 m 4:08.96
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 1500 m 4:08.92
2017 World Cross Country Championship Kampala, Uganda 6th Senior race 32:49
1st Senior team 10 pts
World Championships London, United Kingdom 1st 1500 m 4:02.59
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 2nd 1500 m 3:54.22 NR

Circuit wins and titles

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Jeffery, Nicole (9 July 2021). "Kipyegon cruises to Kenyan 1500m record in Monaco". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "100 Most Influential Africans: Ten Kenyans Including CJ David Maraga Listed". Answers Africa. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ^ "2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships", Wikipedia, 27 December 2019, retrieved 29 May 2020
  4. ^ "Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  5. ^ "1500m women - Olympic Athletics". International Olympic Committee. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Koech, B. M. "Faith Chepngetich: Gold Medalist | Athletes of Kenya". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  8. ^ Phillips, Mitch (17 August 2016). "Kenyan Kipyegon in late charge for 1,500m gold". Reuters. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  9. ^ "All time Top lists – 1500 m Women – Senior Outdoor | until 2021-07-09". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 July 2021. Change filters for other age / territorial / time range{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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