Winnie Jemutai

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Winnie Jemutai
Personal information
Full nameWinnie Jemutai Boinett [1]
Nationality Flag of Kenya.svg   Kenya
Born4 October 2003 (21 years, 28 days old) [2]
or 4 June 2003 (21 years, 150 days old) [3]
or 9 February 2002 (22 years, 266 days old) [4]
Home town Burnt Forest, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
Parent
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 5000 metres
2000 metres steeplechase
Club Uganda People's Defence Force [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 5000m :
14:39.05 (2023)

2000mSC :
5:52.92 (2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Nairobi 1500 m
Updated on 20 February 2024

Winnie Jemutai Boinett (born 4 October 2003, 4 June 2003, or 9 February 2002) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner as well as a steeplechase runner. She was the bronze medallist in the 1500 m at the 2021 World U20 Championships, and in 2023 she returned to racing setting the #3 all-time mark in the outdoor 2000 metres steeplechase.

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Career

Jemutai began her career in the 1500 metres, racing that distance six times in 2021. For a brief period of time, Jemutai represented the Uganda People's Defence Force at the 5th and 7th 2021 Ugandan National Trials, finishing runner-up at the former event. [5] [6]

At the 2021 Kenyan World U20 trials, Jemutai finished 2nd in 4:17.55, qualifying her for the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships. [7] At the championships, she finished 2nd in her semi-final to advance behind Diribe Welteji. [8] [9] [10] In the finals, Jemutai finished 3rd, winning her first international medal. [11]

Jemutai did not return to racing until 2023. After debuting in the 3000 metres steeplechase in 9:45.11 to win the Kenyan Defence Forces Championships, she traveled to France and won the Meeting National de Strasbourg 1500 m in a personal best of 4:09.62. [12] [13] Making her track 5000 m debut, Jemutai finished 2nd at the 2023 ISTAF Berlin meeting in 14:56, behind only Letesenbet Gidey who just missed the 5000 m world record ahead. [14] Five days later at the 2023 Memorial Van Damme, Jemutai improved her time to 14:39.05 to finish 4th. [15] Just two days after her new personal best, Jemutai ran 5:52.92 at the Hanžeković Memorial 2000 metres steeplechase, a mark making her the #5 performer of all time in that event and the #3 performer outdoors. [16] She finished her season in November by placing in two Spanish World Athletics Cross Country Tour meetings. [17]

At one of the aforementioned cross country races, she provided a sample which ultimately tested positive for exogenous testosterone. She was originally given a four-year ban; however, this was reduced to three years after she admitted to the doping violation. Her period of ineligibility began on February 29, 2024 and she was disqualified from all of her results since November 12, 2023 (the date the sample was provided). [18]

Personal life

Jemutai is from Burnt Forest, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. Her father is Micah Boinett, a former steeplechase runner who competed in the 1985 World Cross Country Championships and won the 1989 NJCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship representing the Blinn College Buccaneers. [19]

Statistics

Personal best progression

1500m progression
#MarkPl.CompetitionVenueDateRef.
14:24.56 A Silver medal icon.svg5th Ugandan National Trials Kampala, Uganda 9 Apr 2021 [20]
24:21.04 A Silver medal icon.svg(Heat 2)Kenyan World U20 Trials Nairobi, Kenya 1 Jul 2021 [21]
34:17.55 A Silver medal icon.svgKenyan World U20 Trials Nairobi, Kenya 2 Jul 2021 [22]
44:10.18 A Bronze medal icon.svg Kenya Defence Forces Championships Nairobi, Kenya 25 May 2023 [23]
54:09.62Gold medal icon.svgMeeting National de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France 15 Jun 2023 [24]
5000m progression
#MarkPl.CompetitionVenueDateRef.
116:10 (road)8thUrban Trail de Lille Lille, France 6 Nov 2021 [25]
214:56.99Silver medal icon.svg ISTAF Berlin Berlin, Germany 2 Sep 2023 [26]
314:39.054th Memorial van Damme Bruxelles, Belgium 7 Sep 2023 [27]

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