SUM Eunice Jepkoech

Date of Birth: 10 Apr 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Place of birth: UASIN GISHU

Birth Country:

Kenya

Place of residence : ELDORET

Residence Country:

Kenya

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 800m

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 800m Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	800m	1500m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	SF (2:00.88)	-
2012	London, GBR	-	1R (4:16.95)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	800m
2019	Doha, QAT	5th (1:59.71)
2017	London, GBR	Heats (DNS)
2015	Beijing, CHN	3rd (1:58.18)
2013	Moscow, RUS	1st (1:57.38)
2011	Daegu, KOR	SF (1:59.94)

African Championships

Year	Location	800m
2018	Asaba, NGR	Heats (2:03.38)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	800m	1500m
2020	1 x 9th	-
2018	1 x 7th, 1 x 8th, 2 x 9th	1 x 9th
2017	2 x 3rd, 1 x 9th, 1 x 10th	-

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2017	800m	Lausanne, SUI	1:57.78
3	2017	800m	Doha, QAT	1:58.76
7	2018	800m	Lausanne, SUI	2:00.33
8	2018	800m	Eugene, OR, USA	2:00.41
9	2020	800m	Doha, QAT	2:02.42
9	2018	800m	Rabat, MAR	2:03.51
9	2018	800m	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	1:59.25
9	2018	1500m	Doha, QAT	4:05.38
9	2017	800m	Zurich, SUI	2:04.31
10	2017	800m	Oslo, NOR	2:03.04

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2020	800m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Nairobi, KEN	2:03.73

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2019	800m	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	2:04.79
10	2019	800m	World Challenge	Nanjing, CHN	2:04.13

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Supporting English football team Chelsea. (spikes.worldathletics.org, 13 May 2014)

Occupation:

Athlete, Police Officer

Kenya Police College, Kenya

Daughter Diana Jeruto

Languages spoken:

Kenya Police [Kenya]

Claudio Berardelli [personal], ITA

Sporting relatives:

Her cousin, Alfred Kirwa Yego, has represented Kenya internationally in middle distance running and won a gold medal in the 800m event at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan. (worldathletics.org, 18 Aug 2015)

Other sports:

She played handball at junior national level for her school. (capitalfm.co.ke, 03 Aug 2011)

She sustained a hamstring injury during the 2017/18 season. (citizentv.co.ke, 27 Nov 2018)

In 2017 she was forced to withdraw from the world championships in London, England due to illness. (athletics.africa, 10 Aug 2017)

She took up athletics in primary school but did not start training seriously until 2009. (capitalfm.co.ke, 03 Aug 2011)

She started training seriously in 2009 when Kenyan distance runner Janeth Jepkosgei told her that she could make a career in athletics. "I was just at home raising my daughter and looking after our cows when in 2009, Janeth came around looking for me. She told me I was young enough to develop my career and I decided to follow her. She has been more than a mentor to me. She helped me financially to take care of my child so that I could focus on my training." (capitalfm.co.ke, 03 Aug 2011)

She trains in Eldoret, Kenya. (nation.co.ke, 24 Sep 2019)

Kenyan runner Janeth Jepkosgei. (capitalfm.co.ke, 03 Aug 2011)

She was named 2014 Sportswoman of the Year at the Spirit of Youth Awards [SOYA] in Kenya. (soyaawards.co.ke, 01 Jan 2017; Safaricom PLC Twitter profile, 17 Jan 2015)

She was named 2013 Athletics Kenya Female Athlete of the Year. (standardmedia.co.ke, 02 Dec 2013)

General Interest

General
EARLY DAYS
As a child she was a naturally gifted runner but initially rejected the chance to train in order to pursue her other sporting passion, handball. "I was not interested in training and used to compete and beat other pupils at 200m and 400m and I would qualify for the districts without much effort. Handball was the game I took a liking to and I played for my team to the nationals. [My cousin] Alfred [Kirwa Yego] was urging me to take up running as he excelled in [it] but I did not take [it] that seriously." (capitalfm.co.ke, 03 Aug 2011)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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