Rose Cheruiyot

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Rose Jelagat Cheruiyot (born 21 July 1976) is a runner from Kenya. She competed in the 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. [1]

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She is married to Ismael Kirui. [2] The couple completed an unusual double, when they both won their senior races at the Belfast International Cross Country in 1995.

Cheruiyot broke the 5000 metres Kenyan record in 1996, timing 14:46.41. The record was beaten in September 2000 by Leah Malot, the new record was 14:39.83. [3]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
1994 World XC Championships Budapest, Hungary 2ndJunior race (4.3 km)14:05
African Junior Championships Algiers, Algeria 3rd1500 metres4:22.38
2nd3000 metres9:04.80
World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 4th1500m 4:17.12
1995 World XC Championships Budapest, Hungary 8thLong race (6.47 km) 20:54
All-Africa Games Harare, Zimbabwe 1st5000 metres15:37.9
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 7th5000 metres15:02.45
1996 World XC Championships Stellenbosch, South Africa 2ndLong race (6.3 km)20:18
Olympics Atlanta, USA 8th5000 metres15:17.33
2000 World XC Championships Vilamoura, Portugal 12thShort race (4.18 km)13:22
Olympics Sydney, Australia 11th5000 metres14:58.07
2001 World XC Championships Ostend, Belgium 8thShort race (4.1 km)15:07
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 9th5000 metres15:23.18
2002 World XC Championships Dublin, Ireland 8thLong race (7.974 km)27:28
2006 Amsterdam Marathon Amsterdam, Netherlands 1stMarathon2:28.26
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 24thMarathon2:38:56

Road running and marathons

Other achievements

Personal best

DistanceTimeDateCity
1,500 m4:13.05May 23, 2000 Nijmegen
3,000 m8:39.88August 18, 2000 Monaco
5,000 m14:46.41August 16, 1996 Cologne
10 km31:43September 18, 2005 Zaandam
10 km31:43March 31, 2002 La Courneuve
15 km48:00November 20, 2005 Nijmegen
20 km1:08:09April 23, 2006 Hamburg
Half Marathon 1:09.32April 7, 2002 Berlin
25 km1:24:46May 8, 2005 Berlin
30 km1:43:19April 23, 2006 Hamburg
Marathon 2:25:48January 18, 2008 Dubai

Personal life

Cheruiyot's younger sister, Pasca Myers, a Seminole two-time runner up at the NCAA D-I Cross Country Championships, [4] cites Rose's positive influence in her collegiate and post-collegiate running career. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rose Cheruiyot Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "World Indoor Championships 1997" . Retrieved 27 April 2016.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Games reject Malot breaks Africa record". Sunday Nation. Daily Natio. 3 September 2000. Archived from the original on 9 May 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Lamar, Jim (23 November 2010). "FSU Men, Women Place Second In Nation". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. pp. 17, 18.
  5. ↑ Metzler, Brian (10 March 2011). "Pasca Cheruiyot's All-American Journey". Runner's World. Easton, Pennsylvania: Hearst. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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