23 Facts About Agnes Tirop

Agnes Jebet Tirop was a Kenyan professional long-distance runner.

Agnes Tirop won bronze medals in the 10,000 metres at the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships.

At the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Tirop became the second-youngest ever gold medallist in the women's race, after Zola Budd.

Agnes Tirop won a silver and a gold at the 2012 and 2014 African Cross Country Championships, respectively.

Agnes Tirop was killed at the age of 25 by multiple stab wounds to the neck and stomach.

Agnes Tirop was buried in her hometown in the Kenyan highlands at a funeral attended by over 1,000 mourners.

Agnes Tirop first came to prominence at the national level in 2012, when she was runner-up to world junior champion Faith Kipyegon at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships.

Agnes Tirop was Kenya's most prominent entrant for the 5,000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics and finished with a bronze medal in a personal best of 15:36.74 minutes, behind Ethiopian competition.

Agnes Tirop made progress on the track that year, setting personal bests of 8:39.13 minutes for the 3,000 metres and 14:50.36 minutes for the 5,000 metres, and on the roads, with a half marathon best of 71:57 minutes.

Agnes Tirop won the Kenyan cross country junior title and then dominated the junior race at the 2014 African Cross Country Championships, leading Kenya to victory by a 14-second margin.

Agnes Tirop entered the senior ranks in the 2015 season and immediately performed well, winning the Eldoret Discovery Cross Country in Kenya.

In 2017, Agnes Tirop participated in the World Championships held in London, winning the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres event, with a time of 31:03.50, her personal best in the distance.

Agnes Tirop won her second consecutive world bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, held in Doha, Qatar, running a new personal best of 30:25.20.

At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Agnes Tirop came fourth in the 5,000-metre event.

Agnes Tirop then ran a time of 30:01 at the Road to Records event hosted in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

Agnes Tirop was found dead in her home in Iten, Elgeyo-Marakwet County, on 13 October 2021; she had multiple stab wounds in the neck and abdomen.

Authorities believe a domestic altercation occurred and Agnes Tirop was stabbed, as they found her car windows had been shattered.

Agnes Tirop was then involved in a lengthy high-speed chase, trying to flee the country, and ultimately rammed his getaway vehicle into a truck near Mombasa.

Agnes Tirop was arrested and questioned about Tirop's death.

Agnes Tirop was buried near her parents' home in Kapnyamisa, Nandi County, on 23 October 2021.

Agnes Tirop subsequently crashed the car while attempting to escape to Tanzania and being pursued by the police.

Agnes Tirop's murder shook the Kenyan athletics community and the sports world.

In 2021, the NGO Agnes Tirop's Angels was founded by fellow athletes.