Mercy Chepkemoi
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| Born | 19 October 2005 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long distance running, Cross Country Running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500m 4:12.60 (Nairobi, 2025) 3000m 9:10.54 (Lima, 2024) 5000m 15:33.29 (Lima, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Mercy Chepkemoi (born 19 October 2005) is a Kenyan long-distance and cross country runner.[1]
Career
Chepkemoi studied at the Tiloa Secondary School in Nakuru County, Kenya.[2] She later trained at the Tiloa Camp in Kuresoi, alongside runners such as Purity Chepkirui.[3] Chepkemoi won the under-20 women's 6km race at the Sirikwa Classic World Cross Country Tour in Kapseret, Uasin Gishu County, on 3 February 2024.[4] She ran for Kenya at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, in the U20 women's race, placing twelfth overall as the Kenyan team won the silver medal.[5][6][7]
Chepkemoi placed sixth in the final of the 2024 African Championships in the women's 5000 metres in Douala, Cameroon.[8] Chepkemoi then won the 3000m women's final during Athletics Kenya World Under-20 Trials in Nairobi.[9] She subsequently won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in August 2024, in a personal best of 15:33.29 (originally finished fourth behind Medina Eisa, but Eisa was later given a two-year ban for age falsification violations and stripped of her gold medal).[10].[11][12] She also placed ninth over 3000 metres at the championships.[13]
On 10 November 2024, she won on the 2024–25 World Athletics Cross Country Tour at the Cross Internacional de Soria, Spain.[14] The following weekend, she placed fifth behind race winner Beatrice Chebet at the Cross Internacional de Itálica, a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold race near Seville, Spain.[15]
On 31 May 2025, she placed seventh over 5000 metres at the Kip Keino Classic in 15:36.15.[16] She placed fourth over 1500 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships in June 2025. [17]
References
- ^ "Mercy Chepkemoi". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "Mercy Chepkemoi looking to emulate Faith Kipyegon's heroics at World U20 Championships". Mozzartsport.co.ke. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 15 Nov 2025.
- ^ Cheruiyot, Bernard (August 8, 2025). "Korir hails team Kenya heroics at African School Games in Algiers". Citizen.Digital. Retrieved 15 Nov 2025.
- ^ "Sirikwa Classic: Kipkoech, Chepkemoi claim junior titles". Nation.Africa. 3 Feb 2024. Retrieved 15 Nov 2025.
- ^ "Chebet is hopeful of retaining her World Cross title in Serbia". The Star. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "U20 RACE WOMEN". World Athletics. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "WXC Belgrade 24 U20 women's preview: Ethiopia set for double title defence". World Athletics. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "Kenyans eye second gold in World U-20 Championships". Nation.Africa. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 15 Nov 2025.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley. "World Athletics rejects five U20 world records due to age cheating" Canadian Running Magazine, March 5, 2026, accessed March 5, 2026 at https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/world-athletics-rejects-five-u20-world-records-due-to-age-cheating/
- ^ "'Thank God For Perfect Peru Weather,' – Kiptoo's Prayer After Striking Gold At World Under 20 Championships". Capitalfm.co.ke. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 15 Nov 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "Marion Jepngetich Settles For Silver In Lima". DailySport.co.ke. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 15 Nov 2025.
- ^ "Kwizera and Chepkemoi take the spoils in Soria". World Athletics. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "Chebet and Ndikumwenayo victorious in Seville". World Athletics. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "Kip Keino Classic 2025". Track Alerts. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 15 Nov 2025.
- ^ "Kenyan Champiosnhips". World Athletics. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 15 November 2025.