Vivian Cheruiyot

Vivian Cheruiyot

Cheruiyot at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot
Nationality	Kenyan
Born	(1983-09-11) 11 September 1983 (age 33) Keiyo, Rift Valley, Kenya
Height	5 ft 2 1⁄2 in (1.59 m)
Weight	89 lb (40 kg)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	10,000 metres, 5000 metres
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 World Cross Country Championships 2011 Punta Umbría Senior race African Championships 2010 Nairobi 5000 m All-Africa Games 1999 Johannesburg 5000 m Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 5000 m
Updated on 24 August 2015.

Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (born 11 September 1983) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in track and cross country running, olympic champion in 5000 metres event. She represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal at the 5000 m and bronze medal at the 10000 m at the 2012 Olympics, silver medal at the 10000 m and gold medal at the 5000 m at the 2016 Olympics, setting the new Olympic record in 5000 m event. Cheruiyot won a silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and became the world champion in the event at the 2009 edition, repeating this achievement at the 2011 World Championships, where she doubled up by winning the 10000 m.