Vivian Chebet Kiprotich
Kenyan athlete (born 1996)
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Vivian Chebet Kiprotich (born 7 January 1996) is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes as a middle-distance runner.[1]
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| Nationality | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 1:58.26 (Nairobi, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
In May 2023, she ran a personal best time of 2:00.53 for the 800 metres at the Kip Keino Classic.[2] In June 2023 she lowered her personal best to a time of 1:58.80 for 800 metres in Huelva.[3] She competed for Kenya at the 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres in Budapest.[4]
She was selected to compete for Kenya at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[5] She ran a personal best indoors time of 2:00.80 to qualify for the semi-final, and lowered it to 1:59.65 to qualify for the final. In the final she finished in fourth place.[6]
In March 2024, she won bronze in the 800 metres at the African Games.[7] She lowered her personal best to 1:58.26 as she finished runner-up to Mary Moraa at the Kip Keino Classic in April 2024.[8] She finished second in the 800 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.[9]
She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, where she reached the semi-finals.[10]
She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[11] In July 2025, she was runner-up at the Athletics Kenya World Championship Trials.[12] She subsequently competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[13][14]
In May 2026, she won the silver medal over 1500 metres at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics in Accra, Ghana, behind Karabo More of South Africa.[15]