Faith Kipyegon World Record Bio Wiki Age Height Husband Coach and Net Worth
Faith Kipyegon is a noted Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. She is currently world record holder for the 1500 meters, and 5000 meters, all set in 2023. She won a gold medal in the 1500 m in both the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Moreover, she is the only female athlete to win both the 1500 m and 5000 m events at the same world championships in 2023.
When she was a junior, she won gold medals at the 2011 and 2013 World Cross Country Championships. Kipyegon also won the 1500 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships and the 2012 World Junior Championships.
She was born in Bomet, Bomet County, Kenya on January 10, 1994. Kipyegon is29 years oldand celebrates her birthday every year on January 10.
She is a woman of average stature. Kipyegon stands at a height of5 ft 2 in( approx. 1.57m ).
She was born in Bomet, Bomet County, Kenya to her loving parents. Kipyegon holds Kenyan nationality and she is from a Kalenjin tribe. Her parents areSamuel Kipyegon Koechwho was a 400 m and 800 m runner in his youth andLinah Koech. She is the eighth born in a family of nine children. She has an older sisterBeatrice Mutaiwho is a 10 km and half marathon specialist and her former training partner.
She is married to her supportive husbandTimothy Kitum. Timothy is a one-time Olympic bronze medalist for the Men’s 800m in August 2012. The duo has a daughterAlynborn in June 2018.
She played soccer until she was introduced to athletics at school aged 14. Kipyegon would line up for a one-kilometre run in P.E. class and also won that race by 20 meters. She received her high school education from Winners Girls High School in Keringet.
As of 2023, Kipyegon is the world record holder for the 1500 meters, and 5000 meters, all set in 2023. In August 2015, she received her first World Championship silver medalist in the 1500 m event at the World Championships held in Beijing. In 2017, she won a Gold medal for the World Championships in London, United Kingdom for the 1500 m at 4:02.59. Moreover, she also won a Gold medal in 2022 for Eugene, OR, United States at 3:52.96 in 1500m.
On June 9, 2023, she participated in the 5000 meters World held in Paris, France and emerged the Gold medal winner with a time of 14:05.20. She also participated in the Letesenbet Gidey’s 5000 meters world standard on June 9, 2020. Kipyegon had her second-world record
Since 2011, she has participated in several world championships in the 1500 m race and managed to win most of the races. In 2023, she participated in the 1500m world championship race held in Budapest, Hungary. She won her Gold medal taking 3:54.87 in the race. In addition, she has also won a gold medal in the 1500 m at the 2017, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships.
Kipyegon’s coach is Patrick Sang who has coached her since the end of 2017 as she trains in Kaptagat and Kapsabet. Patrick is a famous triple global 3000 m steeplechase silver medalist whose coach was marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge.
Kipyegon participated in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she received a Gold medal in the 1500 m.
Kipyegon is a 29-year-old Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner who through her successful running career, she has attained decent fortune. Her net worth is$1.2 Million.
Yes. She is married to Timothy Kitum and they have a daughter Alyn, born in June 2018.
Kipyegon is from Kenya in Bomet, Bomet County.
Kipyegon is a 29-year-old Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. She is currently world record holder for the 1500 metres, and 5000 metres, all set in 2023. She won a gold medal in the 1500 m both the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In addition, she is the only female athlete to win both the 1500 m and 5000 m events at the same world championships in 2023.
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