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Faith Kipyegon

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Born
1994 (32 years old)
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Middle Distance Runner

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1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)

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42 kg (93 lb)

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Player Team Badge Player positionPlayer team badge icon Player Country flag Womens 5000 metres Round 1 Heat 1 02 Aug 24
Player Team Badge Player positionPlayer team badge icon Player Country flag Womens 1500 metres Final at Meeting de Paris 07 Jul 24
Player Team Badge Player positionPlayer team badge icon Player Country flag Womens 5000 metres Final 26 Aug 23
Player Team Badge Player positionPlayer team badge icon Player Country flag Womens 1500 metres Final at Golden Gala 02 Jun 23
Player Team Badge Player positionPlayer team badge icon Player Country flag Womens 1500 metres at Doha Diamond League 05 May 23
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Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. Kipyegon is the current world record holder for the 1,500 metres and mile, set in 2024 and 2023 respectively, and the former world record holder for the 5,000 metres. Kipyegon won a gold medal each at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 1,500 m. She also won a gold medal in the 1,500 m at the 2017, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships and in the 5,000 m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

As a junior, Kipyegon won gold medals at the 2011 and 2013 World Cross Country Championships and in the 1500 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships and the 2012 World Junior Championships.

Kipyegon was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2017.
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Trophy icon World Athlete of the Year WomenTeam badge Kenya Athletics2023
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Trophy icon World Athletics ChampionshipsTeam badge Kenya Athletics2023
Trophy icon Diamond LeagueTeam badge Kenya Athletics2022
Trophy icon World Athletics ChampionshipsTeam badge Kenya Athletics2022
Trophy icon Diamond LeagueTeam badge Kenya Athletics2021
Trophy icon Olympics GoldTeam badge Kenya Athletics2020
Trophy icon World Athletics Championships SilverTeam badge Kenya Athletics2019
Trophy icon Diamond LeagueTeam badge Kenya Athletics2017
Trophy icon World Athletics ChampionshipsTeam badge Kenya Athletics2017
Trophy icon Olympics GoldTeam badge Kenya Athletics2016
Trophy icon World Athletics Championships SilverTeam badge Kenya Athletics2015
Trophy icon Commonwealth GamesTeam badge Kenya Athletics2014
Trophy icon World Athletics RelaysTeam badge Kenya Athletics2014


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Milestone icon World Record in 1500 metres WomenKenya Athletics2024-07-07
Milestone icon World Record in 1500 metres WomenKenya Athletics2023-06-02
Milestone icon Olympic Record in 1500 metres WomenKenya Athletics2021-08-06


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