Tirop with her bronze medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha
Personal information
Birth name
Agnes Jebet Tirop
Born
(1995-10-23)23 October 1995 Uasin Gishu County, Kenya[1]
Died
13 October 2021(2021-10-13) (aged 25) Iten, Kenya
Sport
Country
Kenya
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
5000 metres, 10,000 metres; Cross country
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2020 Tokyo
5000 m - 4th
World finals
2017 London
10,000 m - Bronze
2019 Doha
10,000 m - Bronze
Personal bests
3000 m: 8:22.92 (Doha 2020)
5000 m: 14:20.68 (London 2019)
10,000 m: 30:25.20 (Doha 2019)
10 km: 30:01 WR(Wo) (Herzogenaurach 2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Kenya
World Championships
2017 London
10,000 m
2019 Doha
10,000 m
World Junior Championships
2012 Barcelona
5000 m
2014 Eugene
5000 m
World Cross Country Championships
2013 Bydgoszcz
Junior team
2015 Guiyang
Senior race
2017 Kampala
Senior team
2013 Bydgoszcz
Junior race
2015 Guiyang
Senior team
African Cross Country Championships
2014 Kampala
Junior race
2012 Cape Town
Junior race
Agnes Jebet Tirop (23 October 1995 – 13 October 2021) was a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She won bronze medals in the 10,000 metres at the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships. At the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Tirop became the second-youngest ever gold medallist in the women's race, after Zola Budd. At the time of her death in 2021, she was the world-record holder in the 10 kilometres women's-only event.[2]
At junior level, she was a bronze medallist at the 2012 and 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics as well as the silver medallist at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She won a silver and a gold at the 2012 and 2014 African Cross Country Championships, respectively.
Tirop died at age 25 after being stabbed by her husband. She was buried in her hometown in the Kenyan highlands at a funeral attended by over 1,000 mourners.[3]
^Eurosport.com. Agnes Jebet Tirop. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^"World record-holder Tirop dies". World Athletics. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^Okeowo, Alexis (10 April 2023). "Why Were Two Female Running Champions Killed in Kenya?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
Agnes Jebet Tirop (23 October 1995 – 13 October 2021) was a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She won bronze medals in the 10,000 metres at the...
Tirop is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: AgnesTirop (1995–2021), Kenyan long-distance runner Amos Tirop Matui (born 1976), Kenyan...
ran the 10 km road race in Bengaluru, India. She placed second, with AgnesTirop the winner and Senbere Teferi in third place. All three women finished...
with a time of 29:24. This surpassed the previous mark of 30:01 set by AgnesTirop in Herzogenaurach in 2021. Ngetich completed the first 5km in 14:25,...
brother of New Zealand national marathon record holder Jake Robertson. AgnesTirop - Olympic world record holder killed in Iten in 2021. St. Patrick's High...
Athletics. Retrieved 21 January 2023. Phil Minshull (12 September 2021). "Tirop and Teferi smash world records in Herzogenaurach". World Athletics. Retrieved...
halfway point in 15:32.70. Letesenbet Gidey finished in 30:21.23, with AgnesTirop (Kenya) coming in third place in 30:25.50. The second half of the run...
at AgnesTirop Memorial Cross Country | REPORTS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-02-04. "Tuwei explains why they changed Agnes Tirop...
2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023. Phil Minshull (12 September 2021). "Tirop and Teferi smash world records in Herzogenaurach". World Athletics. Retrieved...
Burrell United States 26 100 metres, long jump Suicide. 13 Oct 2021 AgnesTirop Kenya 25 10,000 metres, cross country Stabbing. 22 Oct 2021 Álex Quiñónez...
Athletics. Retrieved 3 March 2020. Phil Minshull (12 September 2021). "Tirop and Teferi smash world records in Herzogenaurach". World Athletics. Retrieved...
14:19.45 Alicia Monson United States 23 July 2023 London 15 14:20.68 AgnesTirop Kenya 21 July 2019 London 16 14:20.87 Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya 29 July...
Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union 26 August 1984 Leningrad 20 8:22.92 AgnesTirop Kenya 25 September 2020 Doha 8:22.92 Beatrice Chepkoech Kenya 25 September...
Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 3 May 2021. Phil Minshull (12 September 2021). "Tirop and Teferi smash world records in Herzogenaurach". World Athletics. Retrieved...
on to back of the lead pack, headed by Kenya's Rosemary Wanjiru and AgnesTirop. Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia surged with four laps remaining with Hassan...
(1963–1975), member (1975–1981) and president of the senate (1979–1981). AgnesTirop, 25, Kenyan Olympic long-distance runner (2020), stabbed. Zafar Usmanov...
Pidluzhny, long jumper from Soviet Union and Ukraine, aged 69 13 October: AgnesTirop, distance runner from Kenya, aged 25 22 October: Álex Quiñónez, sprinter...
5000m Place Athlete Country Time Points Hellen Obiri Kenya 14:20.36 8 AgnesTirop Kenya 14:20.68 7 Sifan Hassan Netherlands 14:22.12 6 4 Margaret Kipkemboi...
Championships. At the World Championships she teamed up with compatriots Agnes Jebet Tirop and Hellen Obiri to lead the pace. She fell away from the leaders...
Kerubo makes history in Rabat". Daily Nation. "2019 Kenyan Trials Diary: AgnesTirop and Geoffrey Kamworor secure places in the Kenyan 10,000m team to the...
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