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Faith Kipyegon

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Born
1994 (31 years old)

Birth Place
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Middle Distance Runner

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1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)

Weight
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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World Athletics Championships
2023

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World Athletics Championships
2023

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World Athlete of the Year Women
2023

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World Athletics Championships
2022

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Diamond League
2022

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Diamond League
2021

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Olympics Gold
2020

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World Athletics Championships Silver
2019

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World Athletics Championships
2017

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Diamond League
2017

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Olympics Gold
2016

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World Athletics Championships Silver
2015

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World Athletics Relays
2014

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Commonwealth Games
2014

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World Record in 1500 metres Women
2024-07-07
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World Record in 1500 metres Women
2023-06-02
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Olympic Record in 1500 metres Women
2021-08-06


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