Nelly Chepchirchir

Nelly Chepchirchir
Nelly Chepchirchir (behind the woman with the number "12") in 2023
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 21)
Kapsabet, Kenya
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800m, 1500m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:58.23 (Grosseto, 2023) 1500m: 3:56.72 (Xiamen, 2023)

Nelly Chepchirchir (born 4 June 2003) is a Kenyan track and field athlete.[1]

Career

Chepchirchir competed at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colonbia and qualified for the final of the 800 metres.[2] In the final she ran a new personal best time of 2:01.42 to finish fourth.[3]

Chepchirchir ran a new personal best time of 1:58.23 in the 800m in Grosseto, Italy in May 2023.[4] The next month she set a new personal time best in the 1500m, clocking 3:58.96 in June 2023 in Hengelo. She won the 1500m at the Kenyan national trials, running 3:59.77 in Nairobi in July 2023.[5] She then won the Gyulai Istvan Memorial, World Athletics Continental Tour Gold, in Szekesfehervar, Hungary in July 2023 running 4:00.18.[6]

Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships, she won her heat and her semi-final in the 1500m to qualify for the final. In the final she ran a 3:57.90 personal best to finish fifth.[7] The following week, she lowered her personal best again, to 3:56.72 competing at the Diamond League in Xiamen, China.[8]

In May 2024, she finished third in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League.[9]

She competed in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, reaching the semi finals.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Nelly Chepchirchir". Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Chepchirchir through to 800m final at World U20 Athletics Championships". Michezoagrika.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Super Roisin Willis wins World U20 Championships 800m gold medal with 1:59.13CR". World-track.org.
  4. ^ "Chepchirchir sends tongues wagging with victory in Italy". nation.Africa. May 30, 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ^ Vaselyne, John (July 18, 2023). "Nelly Chepchirchir to highlight Memorial Gyulai in Hungary". Athletics.coke. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ^ Wafula, Abigael (19 July 2023). "Nelly Chepchirchir dazzles with 1500m meeting record in Hungary". pulsesports.co.ke.
  7. ^ "Women's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  8. ^ "RESULTS Women 1500 metres". Xiamen.diamondleague. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  9. ^ Collett, Jasmine (May 10, 2024). "Daryll Neita and Molly Caudery in winning form in Doha". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Women's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  11. ^ Okeyo, Dennis (June 16, 2024). "Faith leads chase for glory as Olympics squad is unveiled". tnx.africa. Retrieved 16 June 2024.


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