Viola Kibiwot
Kibiwot at the 2012 Olympics | ||
Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics
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Representing Kenya | ||
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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2001 Ostend | Junior race | |
2002 Dublin | Junior race | |
2000 Vilamoura | Junior race | |
World Junior Championships
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2002 Kingston | 1500 m |
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot (born 22 December 1983 in Keiyo District) is a runner from Kenya who specialises in the 1500 metres.
Kibiwot won her first international medal as a junior runner at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she took the bronze medal for Kenya. Consecutive world junior cross country titles followed at the 2001 and 2002 editions of the event, and she also claimed the gold medal over 1500 m at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
After becoming a senior runner, she struggled to match her junior success. She was outside of the top twenty in the senior short race at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and again at the 2005 race. She was seventh on the track at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but appeared to make her breakthrough over 1500 m at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics with a fifth-place finish in a personal best time of 4:02.10 minutes in the final. She narrowly missed out on a medal at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, coming fourth.
She competed at the
She was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 1500 m at the
Achievements
Personal bests
- 1500 metres - 4:02.10 min (2007)
- 3000 metres - 8:40.14 min (2003)
- Two miles - 9:12.59 (2014)
- 5000 metres - 14:33.48 min (2013)
References
- ^ "Viola Kibiwot Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- IAAF Diamond League. Retrieved on 2011-03-07. Archived 2010-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-07.
- ^ Mulkeen, Jon (2013-10-13). Kibiwot sets 4 Mile World best in Groningen as Alamirew beats Gebrselassie. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-15.
- ^ WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") African Junior Championships 2001 Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine