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Beatrice Chepkoech

1991 - Today

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Beatrice Chepkoech Sitonik (born 6 July 1991) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She won gold medals at the 2019 World Championships and 2018 African Championships and silver medal at the 2023 World Championships. In the 1500 metres, Chepkoech took silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2015 African Games. She is the world record holder for the 3000 m steeplechase with a time of 8:44.32 set in 2018 in Monaco. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Beatrice Chepkoech is the 4,766th most popular athlete (down from 4,398th in 2024), the 121st most popular biography from Kenya (down from 114th in 2019) and the 91st most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Beatrice Chepkoech ranks 630Before her are Issam Jebali, Jakub Słowik, Isaiah Canaan, Zlatan Alomerović, Gyasi Zardes, and Namika. After her are Henry Surtees, Anastasia Vinnikova, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, Anna Odobescu, James Tavernier, and Marcus Rohdén.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Beatrice Chepkoech ranks 121 out of 150Before her are Benjamin Limo (1974), Edna Kiplagat (1979), Binyavanga Wainaina (1971), Priscah Jepleting Cherono (1980), Paul Bitok (1970), and Mubarak Hassan Shami (1980). After her are Pauline Konga (1970), Erick Wainaina (1973), Nancy Langat (1981), William Mutwol (1967), Eunice Sum (1988), and Nicholas Bett (1990).

Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Beatrice Chepkoech ranks 91Before her are Abraham Kibiwot (1996), Benjamin Limo (1974), Edna Kiplagat (1979), Priscah Jepleting Cherono (1980), Paul Bitok (1970), and Mubarak Hassan Shami (1980). After her are Pauline Konga (1970), Erick Wainaina (1973), Nancy Langat (1981), William Mutwol (1967), Eunice Sum (1988), and Nicholas Bett (1990).