Kipkoech ("Kip") Cheruiyot (born December 2, 1964) is a retired middle distance runner from

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Biography

At the 1982 African Championships, he won 1500 metres gold medal, leaving the famous

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to second place. Cheruiyot was then slightly less than 18 years old. In 1983, he broke the world junior record at men's 1500 metres by running 3:34.92 in

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. He represented Kenya at the Athletics at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

and finished 7th in the men's 1500 metres race, which was won by his compatriot

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. At the 1987 World championships, he was 11th in the 1500 metres final. At the

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, he failed to reach the semifinals He was gold medalist at the

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/ref> At the time he was based at Mount St. Mary's University (College) located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. His twin brother Charles Cheruiyot is also a former athlete.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheruiyot, Kipkoech 1964 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Kenya Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Kenyan twins Twin sportspeople Universiade gold medalists for Kenya 20th-century Kenyan people