Vivian Cheruiyot

Vivian Cheruiyot

Cheruiyot at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot
Born	(1983-09-11) 11 September 1983 (age 41) 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 2024 New York 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.