Vivian Chebet Kiprotich

Vivian Kiprotich
Personal information
Full nameVivian Chebet Kiprotich
NationalityKenyan
Born (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996
Sport
SportAthletics
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800m: 1:58.26 (Nairobi, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
African Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Accra800 m
African Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 Accra1500 m

Vivian Chebet Kiprotich (born 7 January 1996), also known as Vivian Kiprotich[1][2] or Vivian Chebet,[3][4] is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes as a middle-distance runner.[5]

Biography

In May 2023, she ran a personal best time of 2:00.53 for the 800 metres at the Kip Keino Classic.[6] In June 2023 she lowered her personal best to a time of 1:58.80 for 800 metres in Huelva.[7] She competed for Kenya at the 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres in Budapest.[1]

She was selected to compete for Kenya at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[8] 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.[9]

In March 2024, she won bronze in the 800 metres at the African Games.[3] 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.[10] She finished second in the 800 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.[11]

She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, where she reached the semi-finals.[12]

She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[4] In July 2025, she was runner-up at the Athletics Kenya World Championship Trials.[2] 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] She represented Kenya in the 800 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Moraa Through To 800m Semis In Budapest As Korir, Chebet Fall Off". Capitalfm.co.ke. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024. Vivian Kiprotich and Naomi Korir were not lucky after finishing fourth and seventh in their respective heats
  2. 1 2 Chavez, Chris (22 July 2025). "2025 Athletics Kenya Trials For 2025 Tokyo World Championship: Notable Results". Citiusmag.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025. Vivian Kiprotich (2:14.05) and Sarah Moraa (2:14.31) finished second and third, respectively
  3. 1 2 Koech, James (20 March 2024). "ATHLETICS Africa Games: Vivian Chebet win's bronze in 800m race". Athletics.co.ke. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024. with the 2019 World 800m champion Halima Nakaayi] from Uganda winning the silver medal in 1:58.59 with Vivian Chebet claiming bronze for Kenya in 1:58.67
  4. 1 2 "Kenya selects 10 athletes for Nanjing". World Athletics. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025. Vivian Chebet, who placed fourth in the 800m at last year's edition in Glasgow, also features on the team
  5. ↑ "Vivian Chebet KIPROTICH". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Andrews, Glen (13 May 2023). "Kenyans dominate distance races at 2023 Kip Keino Classic – Recap". World-Track. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Record breaking week for Africa's superstars". Supersport. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ↑ Vaselyne, John (8 February 2024). "Kenya selects a lean team to World Indoor Games as Jacob Krop drops out". Athletics.co.ke. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Women's 800m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Katzberg throws 84.38m to highlight hammer in Nairobi". World Athletics. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  11. ↑ Johnson, Robert (2 June 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  14. ↑ Moses, Martin (22 July 2025). "World Athletics Championships: Faith Kipyegon, Omanyala, Chebet Lead Team Kenya to Tokyo". Toku.co.ke. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "African Athletics Championships 2026: Julius Yego wins historic sixth javelin gold, Zimbabwe stuns favourites to win 4x400m title". Olympics.com. 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026. Kenya added another silver medal through Vivian Kiprotich Chebet, who clocked 4:15.50 to finish just behind South Africa's Karabo More
  16. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
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