Name
Faith Kipyegon

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Born
1994 (30 years old)

Birth Place
Bomet, Kenya

Position
Middle Distance Runner

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Black

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Height
1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)

Weight
42 kg (93 lb)

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Sport
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Team
Kenya Athletics

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League
Olympics Athletics

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Latest Results
Womens 5000 metres Round 1 Heat 1 02 Aug 24
Womens 1500 metres Final at Meeting de Paris 07 Jul 24
Womens 5000 metres Final 26 Aug 23
Womens 1500 metres Final at Golden Gala 02 Jun 23
Womens 1500 metres at Doha Diamond League 05 May 23
Womens 1500 metres Final 18 Jul 22
Womens 1500 metres Final 06 Aug 21
Womens 1500 metres Semi Final 1 04 Aug 21
Womens 1500 metres Round 1 Heat 3 02 Aug 21
Womens 1500 metres Final 07 Aug 17
Womens 1500 metres Semi Final 1 05 Aug 17
Womens 1500 metres Round 1 Heat 3 04 Aug 17
Womens 4 x 1500 metres Relay Final 24 May 14

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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.



Career Honours

World Athletics Championships
2023

Kenya Athletics

World Athletics Championships
2023

Kenya Athletics

World Athlete of the Year Women
2023

Kenya Athletics

World Athletics Championships
2022

Kenya Athletics

Diamond League
2022

Kenya Athletics

Diamond League
2021

Kenya Athletics

Olympics Gold
2020

Kenya Athletics

World Athletics Championships Silver
2019

Kenya Athletics

World Athletics Championships
2017

Kenya Athletics

Diamond League
2017

Kenya Athletics

Olympics Gold
2016

Kenya Athletics

World Athletics Championships Silver
2015

Kenya Athletics

World Athletics Relays
2014

Kenya Athletics

Commonwealth Games
2014

Kenya Athletics


Career Milestones


World Record in 1500 metres Women
2024-07-07


World Record in 1500 metres Women
2023-06-02


Olympic Record in 1500 metres Women
2021-08-06


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