Viola Kibiwot

Viola Jelagat Kibiwot ( viola Chelagat Kibiwot; born December 22, 1983 at Keiyo District ) is a Kenyan middle and long distance runner.

Kibiwot finished at the Cross Country World Championships 2000 in Vilamoura third place in the junior race. 2001 in Oostende, 2002 in Dublin, they were each Junior World Champion. At the Track Junior World Championships in 2002 in Kingston, she won the gold medal in the 1500 meter race.

Comparable success in the adult area could not achieve Kibiwot first. In the Cross Country World Championships in 2003 in Lausanne, she took on the short distance to 22nd place in 2005 in Saint- Galmier the 23th Place. Better results they achieved temporarily on the web. In the 1500 -meter run it was. During the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne Sixth, at the World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka Fifth and the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart 2007 Fourth At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 and at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009, however, she could not qualify for the finals themselves. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, she took seventh place.

Their first international medal in the adult area, eventually won Kibiwot at the Cross Country Championships Africa 2011 in Cape Town, where she placed second behind her compatriot Mercy Cherono.

Bests

  • 800 m: 2:04,99 min 23 May, 2007, Nijmegen
  • 1500 m: 4:02,10 min, September 2, 2007, Osaka
  • 3000 m: 8:40,14 min, August 15, 2003, Zurich
  • 5000 m: 14:33,48 min, June 13, 2013, Oslo
Long-distance running 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 2007 World Championships in Athletics 2009 World Championships in Athletics 2011 African Cross Country Championships 3000 metres 5000 metres
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