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Sharon Cherop

1984 - Today

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Sharon Jemutai Cherop (born 16 March 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She won a bronze medal at the age of sixteen in the 5000 metres at the World Junior Championships. She was the bronze medal winner in the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and won the Boston Marathon in 2012. After her junior medals, it was not until 2010 that she enjoyed senior level success. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sharon Cherop is the 5,988th most popular athlete (up from 6,848th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Kenya (down from 156th in 2019) and the 118th most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sharon Cherop ranks 5,988 out of 6,025. Before her are Justin Kripps, Taylor Averill, Mariama Jamanka, Florentina Iușco, Francisco Cortés Juncosa, and Solomon Mutai. After her are Chen Yang, Filip Mihaljević, Ana Gallay, Regino Hernández, Brian McKeever, and Carolin Schäfer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Sharon Cherop ranks 1,416. Before her are Kota Fukatsu, Yukihiro Yamase, Yuichi Yamauchi, Yuki Okubo, Artyom Rebrov, and Heiner Mora. After her are Shintaro Hirai, Ádám Marosi, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Junya Hosokawa, Giorgos Merkis, and Dorothea Brandt.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Sharon Cherop ranks 157 out of 150. Before her are Johanna Omolo (1989), Reuben Kosgei (1979), Micah Kogo (1986), Rhonex Kipruto (1999), David Powell (null), and Paul Kipsiele Koech (1981). After her are Yasemin Can (1996), Polat Kemboi Arıkan (1990), Amos Kipruto (1992), Ali Kaya (1994), Abel Mutai (1988), and Isaac Kimeli (1994).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Sharon Cherop ranks 118. Before her are Belal Mansoor Ali (1988), Reuben Kosgei (1979), Micah Kogo (1986), Rhonex Kipruto (1999), David Powell (null), and Paul Kipsiele Koech (1981). After her are Yasemin Can (1996), Polat Kemboi Arıkan (1990), Amos Kipruto (1992), Ali Kaya (1994), Abel Mutai (1988), and Isaac Kimeli (1994).

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