Mercy Cherono
 Cherono at the 2013 World Championships |
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Kenya
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| World Championships | ||
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2013 Moscow | 5000 m |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2014 Glasgow | 5000 m |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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2008 Bydgoszcz | 3000 m |
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2010 Moncton | 3000 m |
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2010 Moncton | 5000 m |
| World Cross Country Championships | ||
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2010 Bydgoszcz | Junior race |
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2009 Amman | Junior race |
Mercy Cherono Koech (born 7 May 1991 in Kericho) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She was the silver medalist in the 5000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
She is a two-time world junior champion in the 3000 metres (2008, 2010) and has also won gold medals at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics and 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She has been a success junior athlete in cross country running, taking the silver medals in the junior team and individual competitions at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and improving to the gold medals at the 2010 edition.
Cherono made her first international appearance at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa and she finished 23rd in the junior race. She reached her first international podium at the 2007 World Youth Championships as she ran a championship record time of 8:53.94 to win the gold medal in the 3000 metres. She had a successful cross county season at the end of the year, taking 6 km junior race victories in three of the Athletics Kenya meetings. She had back-to-back wins in the junior race at the Tuskys Wareng Cross Country in 2007 and 2008.
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