(1983-09-11) 11 September 1983 (age 40) Keiyo, Rift Valley, Kenya[1]
Height
1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight
40 kg (88 lb)[1]
Sport
Country
Kenya
Sport
Athletics
Event
Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2000 Sydney
5000 m, 14th
2008 Beijing
5000 m, 4th
2012 London
5000 m, Silver
10,000 m, Bronze
2016 Rio
5000 m, Gold
10,000 m, Silver
World finals
2007 Osaka
5000 m, Silver
2009 Berlin
5000 m, Gold
2011 Daegu
5000 m, Gold
10,000 m, Gold
2015 Beijing
10,000 m, Gold
Personal bests
5000 m: 14:20.87 (Stockholm 2011)
10,000 m: 29:32.53 NR (Rio de Janeiro 2016)
Marathon: 2:18:31 (London 2018)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Kenya
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
5000 m
2012 London
5000 m
2016 Rio de Janeiro
10,000 m
2012 London
10,000 m
World Championships
2009 Berlin
5000 m
2011 Daegu
5000 m
2011 Daegu
10,000 m
2015 Beijing
10,000 m
2007 Osaka
5000 m
World Indoor Championships
2010 Doha
3000 m
Diamond League
2010
5000 m
2011
5000 m
2012
5000 m
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi
5000 m
All-Africa Games
1999 Johannesburg
5000 m
African Championships
2010 Nairobi
5000 m
World Junior Championships
2002 Kingston
5000 m
African Junior Championships
2001 Réduit
5000 m
World Youth Championships
1999 Bydgoszcz
3000 m
World Marathon Majors
2018 London
Marathon
2018 New York
Marathon
2019 London
Marathon
World Cross Country Championships
2000 Vilamoura
Junior race
2011 Punta Umbría
Senior race
2011 Punta Umbría
Senior team
1999 Belfast
Junior race
2007 Mombasa
Senior team
2002 Dublin
Junior race
Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (born 11 September 1983)[2] is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She represented Kenya at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2008, 2012, and 2016, winning the silver medal in the 5,000 metres and bronze in the 10,000 metres at the 2012 London Olympics as well as gold in the 5,000 m and silver in the 10,000 m at the 2016 Rio Olympics, setting a new Olympic record in the former. Cheruiyot won the silver medal in the 5,000 m at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and became the world champion in the event at the 2009 edition, repeating this achievement in 2011, when she also won the 10,000 m. She added gold for the latter event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics. After taking a silver in the 3,000 metres at the 2010 World Indoor Championships, Cheruiyot won a number of outdoor 5,000 m titles that year, becoming Commonwealth Games, African and Continental Cup champion, as well as winning the Diamond League title.
She is a three-time Diamond League champion, having also won the 2011 and 2012 editions. She is the Kenyan record holder for the 2,000 m and 10,000 m. In 2012, Cheruiyot was voted Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year.
^ abEvans, 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.
^"Vivian Jepkemoi CHERUIYOT – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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