1. Beatrice Chepkoech Sitonik was born on 6 July 1991 and is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
15 Facts About Beatrice Chepkoech
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Beatrice Chepkoech won gold medals at the 2019 World Championships and 2018 African Championships and silver medal at the 2023 World Championships.
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Beatrice Chepkoech began her career in road running, taking top three placings at several low-key races in Germany and Netherlands in 2014.
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Beatrice Chepkoech switched to track running in 2015 and set a 1500 metres personal best of 4:03.28 to win the race at the KBC Night of Athletics.
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Beatrice Chepkoech ended her 2015 season with a run in the 2000 metres steeplechase at the ISTAF Berlin, finishing a close second in a quality field and beating 2015 world bronze steeplechase medallist Gesa Felicitas Krause.
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Beatrice Chepkoech made a successful transition and the steeplechase her main focus in 2016.
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Beatrice Chepkoech ranked fifth in the world upon entry to the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she finished fourth with a time of 9:16.05.
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Beatrice Chepkoech set a new personal best of 9:10.86 in Paris later that month.
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Beatrice Chepkoech beat the mark of 8:52.78 set by Kenyan-born-Bahraini Ruth Jebet in 2016.
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Beatrice Chepkoech then claimed the gold medal in the event at the African Championships the following month, setting a championship record of 8:59.88 in the process.
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Beatrice Chepkoech earned her first Diamond League title in her specialist event that year, securing three victories out of the five events, including final in Brussels.
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Beatrice Chepkoech won her second steeplechase Diamond Trophy that year, winning four of the five events, including final in Zurich.
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Beatrice Chepkoech's time bettered Sifan Hassan's women only record of 14:44 set in 2019.
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Beatrice Chepkoech placed seventh in her signature event with a time of 9:16.33 at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in August.
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Beatrice Chepkoech was forced to withdraw from the 2022 World Championship held in Eugene, Oregon in July due to an injury.