KOECH Nancy Chelangat

Date of Birth: 16 Apr 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T11

Place of birth: KERICHO

Birth Country:

Kenya

Place of residence : KERICHO

Residence Country:

Kenya

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 1500m - T11	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m - T11 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m - T11 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
2	1500m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4:42.12
16	200m - T11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	29.88
World Championships
3	1500m - T11	2019	Dubai, UAE	4:56.28
9	400m - T11	2019	Dubai, UAE	1:03.25
DNS	1500m - T11	2017	London, GBR	DNS

Singing. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Swahili

2016 for Kenya, in Tunisia (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

She took up the sport in 2004 in school. (Athlete, 08 Sep 2016)

To compete in the T11 400m and 1500m events at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (the-star.co.ke, 02 Mar 2020)

Winning a silver medal in the T11 1500m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Kenyan middle-distance runner Hellen Obiri, Kenyan long-distance runner Brigid Kosgei. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Her brother Geoffrey Rotich. (Athlete, 08 Sep 2016)

In 2016 she was named Sportswoman with an Impairment of the Year at the Sports Personality of the Year Awards [SOYA] in Kenya. (Safaricom PLC Twitter page, 20 Jan 2017; hapakenya.com, 20 Jan 2017)

General Interest

Classification
T11, F11 (IPC, 17 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 07 Nov 2019)

Guide
Geoffrey Rotich [brother] (the-star.co.ke, 15 Jan 2020)

Legend

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

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