Sheila Chepkirui

Sheila Chepkirui
Chepkirui at the 2024 London Marathon
Personal information
Full nameSheila Chepkirui Kiprotich
NationalityKenyan
Born (1990-12-27) 27 December 1990 (age 33)
Sport
CountryKenya
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Middle-, Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2024 New York Marathon
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 10,000 m
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Durban 5000 m
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Marrakech 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Ostrava 1500 m
African Cross Country Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Yaoundé Senior race

Sheila Chepkirui Kiprotich (born 27 December 1990) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner who competed earlier mainly in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. She won the 2024 New York City Marathon and the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Chepkirui was the 5000 m 2016 African champion, setting the championship record.

As of September 2022, she placed fourth in the 10 km road race on the world all-time list.

Career

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In her youth, Sheila Chepkirui competed in age category competitions. She defeated Yuriko Kobayashi over 1500 m at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics to claim her first international gold medal. Her finishing time of in a 4:12.29 minutes was a championship record.[1] She returned to defend her title two years later, but ended up as bronze medallist at the 2007 event.[2] She failed to improve at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and did not get past the heats. She dropped out of the sport after that year.[3]

Chepkirui joined up with Kenya Defence Forces and began competing at their track competitions again around 2012.[4] She returned to top-level competition in late 2015. Good performances at national cross country running meets culminated in her finishing third at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships.[5][6][7] She was chosen for the 2016 African Cross Country Championships and in her senior debut she took the silver medal as part of a Kenyan podium sweep with Alice Aprot and Beatrice Mutai.[8] Later that year she won the 5000 m at the Kenyan Athletics Championships, and won her first senior title competing in the event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics, setting a championship record of 15:05.45 minutes.[9][10]

In September 2022, she came close to the women-only 10 kilometres world record at the Brașov Running Festival in Brașov, Romania. With her time of 30:07 Chepkirui, who set her 29:46 personal best in a mixed race in Valencia in 2020, broke the Romanian all-comers's record by more than two minutes, and was only six seconds off the women-only world record.[11]

In November 2024, Chepkirui won the New York City Marathon's women's race, securing her first major marathon title with a time of 2:24:35.[12]

International competitions

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Representing  Kenya
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2005 World Youth Championships Marrakech, Morocco 1st 1500 m 4:12.29
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 3rd 1500 m 4:19.26
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 15th (h) 1500 m 4:24.21
2016 African Cross Country Championships Yaoundé, Cameroon 2nd Senior race 30:44
1st Senior team 11 pts
African Championships Durban, South Africa 1st 5000 m 15:05.45 CR
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 7th 5000 m 14:54.05
2022 2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States – 10,000 m DNS
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd 10,000 m 31:09.46

National titles

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References

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  1. ^ Event Report - Girls' 1500 metres Final. IAAF (2005-07-15). Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  2. ^ Girls 1500m Final. IAAF (2007-07-13). Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  3. ^ Sheila Chepkirui Kiprotich. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  4. ^ Mutuota, Mutwiri (2012-05-12). Obiri polishes off opponents in Nairobi. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  5. ^ Mills, Steven (2016-01-31). Karoki dominates proceedings in Eldoret – cross-country round-up. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  6. ^ Mills, Steven (2015-12-20). McCormack finally claims elusive win in Brussels – cross-country round-up. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  7. ^ Mutuota, Mutwiri (2016-02-13). Kamworor and Aprot win at penultimate IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting in Nairobi. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  8. ^ Kenya rules at African Cross Country Championships. IAAF (2016-03-12). Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  9. ^ Botton, Wesley (2016-06-23). Sprint double for Ivory Coast but hosts South Africa dominate at African Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  10. ^ Sheila Chepkirui. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-07-02.
  11. ^ "Fast 10km times from Kipkorir and Chepkirui as records fall in Brasov". World Athletics. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  12. ^ Cacciola, Scott (3 November 2024). "Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui Win New York City Marathon". The New York Times.
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