Vivian Cheruiyot
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Full name | Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Keiyo, Rift Valley, Kenya[1] | 11 September 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 40 kg (88 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (born 11 September 1983)
She is a three-time Diamond League champion, having also won the
Career
Vivian Cheruiyot is trained by Ricky Simms.
Her breakthrough year came in 1999: at the age of fifteen she took the junior silver medal at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships behind Werknesh Kidane. At the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics she won the bronze medal in the 3000 metres. Cheruiyot earned a senior call-up for the 1999 All-Africa Games, where she managed a bronze medal in the 5000 metres. She became the junior champion at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Cheruiyot gained selection for the 2000 Olympic Games and reached the 5000 m final after setting personal bests in the qualifying rounds. She was much slower in the final and was the last runner to finish.[5]
Cheruiyot won the silver medal at the 5000 m final of the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan with a time of 14:58.50, behind Meseret Defar in 14:57.91.[6]
In early 2009 she broke the Kenyan indoor 3000 m record with a time of 8:30.53 in
Cheruiyot retained her World's Best 10K title in 2010.
Cheruiyot began preparing for the
She started 2012 with a win at the World's Best 10K and improved her best on the roads to 30:47 minutes.[20] She opened the Diamond League circuit with narrow wins ahead of Meseret Defar, first in the 3000 m in Doha and then over 5000 m in Rome.[21] Cheruiyot guaranteed her place at the Olympics by winning the 10,000 m trial in Nairobi in June.[22] At the Olympics, she won the silver medal in the 5000 metres and a bronze at the 10,000 metres.[1]
In 2018, she won the 2018 London Marathon with a time of 2:18:31.[2]
She took second place in the
Achievements
All information taken from World Athletics profile.[2]
Personal bests
Type | Event | Time (m:s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
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Track | 1500 metres | 4:06.6h | Nairobi, Kenya | 18 May 2012 | |
2000 metres | 5:31.52 | Eugene, OR, United States | 7 June 2009 | NR | |
3000 metres | 8:28.66 | Stuttgart, Germany | 23 September 2007 | ||
3000 metres indoor | 8:30.53 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 21 February 2009 | ||
Two miles indoor | 9:12.35 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 20 February 2010 | ||
5000 metres | 14:20.87 | Stockholm, Sweden | 29 July 2011 | ||
10,000 metres | 29:32.53 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 August 2016 | NR | |
Road | 5 kilometres | 15:11 | London, United Kingdom | 6 September 2009 | |
10 kilometres | 30:47 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 26 February 2012 | ||
10 miles | 51:17 | Portsmouth, United Kingdom | 25 October 2015 | ||
Half marathon | 1:06:34 | Lisbon, Portugal | 17 March 2019 | ||
Marathon | 2:18:31 | London, United Kingdom | 22 April 2018 |
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
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1998 | World Cross Country Championships | Marrakech , Morocco
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5th | Junior race (6 km) | 19:47 |
1999 | World Cross Country Championships | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 2nd | Junior race (6.124 km) | 21:37 |
All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 3rd | 5000 m | 15:42.79 | |
World Youth Championships
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Bydgoszcz, Poland | 3rd | 3000 m | 9:04.42 | |
2000 | World Cross Country Championships | Vilamoura, Portugal | 1st | Junior race (6.29 km) | 20:34 |
2001 | World Cross Country Championships | Ostend, Belgium | 4th | Junior race (5.9 km) | 20:22 |
African Junior Championships | Réduit , Mauritius
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1st | 5000 m | 16:19.54 | |
2002 | World Cross Country Championships | Dublin, Ireland | 3rd | Junior race (5.962 km) | 20:22 |
World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 3rd | 5000 m | 15:56.04 | |
2004 | World Cross Country Championships | Brussels, Belgium | 8th | Short race (4 km) | 13:23 |
2006 | World Cross Country Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 8th | Short race (4 km) | 13:10 |
World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 3rd | 3000 m | 8:38.86 | |
5th | 5000 m | 16:07.95 | |||
2007 | World Cross Country Championships | Mombasa, Kenya | 8th | Long race (8 km) | 28:10 |
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 2nd | 5000 m | 14:58.50 | |
World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:28.66 PB | |
1st | 5000 m | 14:56.94 | |||
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 4th | 5000 m | 15:46.32 |
World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:44.64 | |
2nd | 5000 m | 14:54.60 | |||
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st | 5000 m | 14:57.97 |
World Athletics Final | Thessaloniki, Greece | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:30.61 | |
3rd | 5000 m | 15:26.21 | |||
2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 3000 m | 8:51.85 |
African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | 5000 m | 16:18.73 | |
Continental Cup | Split, Croatia | 1st | 5000 m | 16:05.74 | |
Commonwealth Games | New Delhi, India | 1st | 5000 m | 15:55.12 | |
2011 | World Cross Country Championships | Punta Umbría, Spain | 1st | Senior race (8 km) | 24:58 |
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 1st | 5000 m | 14:55.36 | |
1st | 10,000 m | 30:48.98 | |||
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | 5000 m | 15:04.73 |
3rd | 10,000 m | 30:30.44 | |||
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 1st | 10,000 m | 31:41.31 |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | 5000 m | 14:26.17 OR |
2nd | 10,000 m | 29:32.53 NR |
Marathon competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Time | Notes |
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2003 | Vitoria Marathon | Vittoria, Spain | 1st | 2:41:09 | 13 April |
2017 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 4th | 2:23:50 | 23 April |
Frankfurt Marathon | Frankfurt, Germany | 1st | 2:23:35 | 29 October | |
2018 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 1st | 2:18:31 | 22 April |
New York Marathon | New York, NY, United States | 2nd | 2:26:02 | 4 November | |
2019 | London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | 2:20:14 | 28 April |
Valencia Marathon | Valencia, Spain | 4th | 2:18:52 | 1 December |
Circuit wins and titles
- 5000 metres wins, other events specified in parentheses
- Paris Meeting Areva) (WL MR), Brussels Memorial Van Damme
- Stockholm DN Galan (WL NR), Zürich Weltklasse(MR)
- London Grand Prix, Brussels
- 2016 (1): Birmingham British Grand Prix
National titles
- Kenyan Athletics Championships
- 1500 metres: 2009, 2015
- 5000 metres: 1999, 2010
- 10,000 metres: 2011, 2012
Recognition
References
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vivian Cheruiyot". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "Vivian Jepkemoi CHERUIYOT – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ The Standard, 28 January 2007:Back with a ‘killer kick’
- ^ Daily Nation, 11 August 1999: No changes expected in squad
- ^ Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 5,000 metres. Sports-Reference. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- IAAF. Archived from the originalon 26 April 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
- ^ "Kitwara and Cheruiyot, new champions and men's record at World's Best 10K". IAAF. 1 March 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "favourite roles, Masai and Cheruiyot prevail in Madrid". IAAF. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Negash, Elshadai (29 July 2010). "Meite, Okagbare take 100m titles, Cheruiyot over Defar again in the 5000m – African champs Day 2". IAAF. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- ^ Tyson Gay wraps up Diamond League title in Brussels. BBC Sport (27 August 2010). Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 27 November 2010.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (13 October 2010). "Women's relay team crowns Indian glory – Commonwealth Games, Day Seven". IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Macharia, David (22 November 2010). "Cheruiyot and Rotich prevail at Tuskys Cross Country". IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (1 January 2011). "Merga and Cheruiyot take dramatic victories in Bolzano". IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Valiente, Emeterio (16 January 2011). "Komon defends, Cheruiyot edges Masai in Seville". IAAF. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Mutuota, Mutwiri (19 February 2011). "Mutai and Masai take hard fought wins in Nairobi". IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Len (20 March 2011). "Cheruiyot wins race of champions – Women's Senior Race Report – Punta Umbria 2011". IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Martin, David (31 May 2012). "Bolt's blazing 9.76 one of seven world leads on electric night in Rome – Samsung Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Mutwiri, Mutuota (15 June 2012). "Cheruiyot takes Kenyan 10,000m Olympic Trials race in Nairobi". IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "New York Road Runners".
- IAAF. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
External links
- Vivian Cheruiyot at World Athletics
- Vivian Cheruiyot at Diamond League
- Vivian Cheruiyot at Olympedia
- Vivian Cheruiyot at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Vivian Cheruiyot at The-Sports.org
- Read Vivian Cheruiyot's Rising Star Profile on spikesmag.com