Hyvin Jepkemoi

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Hyvin Jepkemoi
Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi Beijing 2015.jpg
Hyvin Jepkemoi in 2015
Personal information
Born (1992-01-13) 13 January 1992 (age 32)
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Sport Athletics
Event 3000 metres steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 3000 m s’chase
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 3000 m s’chase
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Beijing 3000 m s’chase
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 London 3000 m s’chase
All-Africa Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Maputo 3000 m s’chase
African Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Porto Novo 3000 m s’chase

Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi (born 13 January 1992) is a Kenyan steeplechase runner. She won gold at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics and 2011 All-Africa Games, and bronze at the 2017 World Championships and 2012 African Championships in Athletics. At the Olympic Games, she won silver in Rio de Janeiro and bronze in Tokyo. As of August 2021, her personal best time of 9:00.01 ranks her 6th on the world all-time list. [1]

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Career

Early in her career, Jepkemoi competed in a variety of events; her main event was the 5,000 metres, in which she placed fifth at the 2011 Kenyan Championships. [2] [3] At the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo she competed in both the 5,000 metres and an event completely new to her, the 3,000 metres steeplechase; [2] she placed fourth in her main event but won an unexpected gold in the steeplechase, running 10:00.50 and outkicking Ethiopia's Hiwot Ayalew to win Kenya's first athletics gold medal at the Games. [2] [3]

In 2012 Jepkemoi started concentrating on the steeplechase and her times improved; her best time that year was 9:23.53, which she ran at the Gugl Games in Linz. [3] She scored her first IAAF Diamond Race points with a third place at Weltklasse Zürich after Sofia Assefa, the original winner, was disqualified for a lane violation. [4] [5] At the Kenyan Championships, Jepkemoi placed second and gained selection for the African Championships in Porto Novo, where she won bronze despite falling at the water jump. [6] [7] At the Kenyan Olympic Trials, however, she only placed fifth and failed to qualify for the Olympic team. [8] Track & Field News ranked Jepkemoi ninth in the world for 2012, her first top ten ranking. [9]

In 2013, Jepkemoi only placed fourth at the Kenyan Championships but third at the World Championships Trials, qualifying for the Kenyan team to the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow. [3] [10] At the World Championships, she placed sixth with a new personal best time of 9:22.05; [3] she ended the year ranked seventh in the world, up two places from the previous year. [9] In 2014, Jepkemoi's best race was at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting, where she ran 9:22.58 and narrowly won ahead of Morocco's Salima Alami. [3] [11]

Jepkemoi opened 2015 with a near-personal-best of 9:22.11 at the Doha Diamond League meeting, placing third behind Ethiopian runners Virginia Nyambura and Ayalew. [12] In her next Diamond League meeting, the Golden Gala in Rome, she improved her personal best by almost seven seconds and won in a meeting record 9:15.08, defeating both Nyambura and Ayalew. [13] Three days later she was runner-up to Nyambura at the British Grand Prix in Birmingham, her third consecutive Diamond Race points finish. [3]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she secured the silver medal with a time of 9:07.12, where only Ruth Jebet ran faster than her. She won the bronze medal five years later in Tokyo finishing behind Peruth Chemutai and Courtney Frerichs.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 4th5000 m 15:42.64
1st3000 m s'chase 10:00.50
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 3rd3000 m s'chase 9:45.95
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 6th3000 m s'chase 9:22.05
2015 World Championships Peking, China 1st3000 m s'chase 9:19.11
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2nd3000 m s'chase 9:07.12
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 3rd3000 m s'chase 9:04.03
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 8th3000 m s'chase 9:13.53
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 3rd3000 m s'chase 9:05.39

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