Daisy Jepkemei

Daisy Jepkemei
Personal information
Born (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996
Kenya[1]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Junior Championships
2012 Barcelona 3000 m steeplechase
World Youth Championships
2013 Donetsk 2000 m steeplechase
African Youth Championships
2013 Warri 2000 m steeplechase
2013 Warri 3000 m

Daisy Jepkemei (Kazakh: Дейзи Джепкемей; born 13 February 1996) is a Kenyan-born long distance running athlete. Since 29 January 2022, she represents Kazakhstan.[2] While representing Kenya at age 16, she was the steeplechase champion at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics (for athletes under age 20) as well as the 2013 African Youth Athletics Championships. She was also second place in the 3000 metres at those same championships. Her personal best of 9:06.66, set in 2019 at the Weltklasse Zürich meet ranks her in the top 50 athletes of all time.[3]

Jepkemei competed for Kazakhstan at the 2022 Asian Games in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase and women's 5000 metres events. She also represented Kazakhstan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase and women's 10,000 metres events.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "JEPKEMEI Daisy". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ "4 Kenyan athletes switch allegiance to Kazakhstan". pulselive.co.ke. 4 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Women's 3000m steeplechase". alltime-athletics.com.