Rosefline Chepngetich (born 17 June 1997) is a Kenyan

steeplechase Steeplechase may refer to: * Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles * Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing ...

runner. She holds a personal best of 9:35.75 minutes for the

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and is ranked third on the all-time youth lists for the 2000 m steeplechase distance. In the youth category she was a gold medallist at the World Youth Championships,

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and the

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. She was a silver medallist at World Junior level.

Career

Born in Rift Valley Province and raised in

Keringet Keringet is a small town in Kenya's Rift Valley Province Rift Valley Province ( sw, Mkoa wa Bonde la Ufa) of Kenya, bordering Uganda, was one of Kenya's eight provinces, before the Kenyan general election, 2013. Rift Valley Province was the l ...

, she attended Keringet Winners Girls High School and began training as a steeplechase specialist under her coach Charles Ng'eno. She quickly established herself among the world's best young steeplechasers by running a time of 6:12.0 minutes for the

2000 metres steeplechase The 2000 meter steeplechase is a rarely run senior athletics and a standard youth athletics event for the steeplechase in track and field. The event is part of the athletics programme for boys and girls at the IAAF World Youth Championships in At ...

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in 2013, moving up to third on the all-time lists for the event. She won the gold medal in that event at the

2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the eighth edition of the biennial international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes. The five-day competition took place between 10 and 14 July at the RSC Olimpiyskiy stadium in ...

, running 6:14.60 minutes (the fourth fastest time ever) to defeat her compatriot

Daisy Jepkemei Daisy Jepkemei (born February 13, 1996) is a Kenyan born long distance running athlete. Since January 29, 2022, she represents Kazakhstan. While representing Kenya at age 16, she was the steeplechase champion at the 2012 World Junior ...

. It was her second gold medal for Kenya that year, as she was a team winner at the

2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24, 2013. The races were held at the Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Kenya topped the medal standings in the competition with 5 gold, and Ethiopia had the most overall ...

, where she placed seventh individually at age fifteen. A fourth-place finish in the junior race at the

2014 African Cross Country Championships The 2014 African Cross Country Championships was the third edition of the international cross country running competition for African athletes organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. It was held on 16 March at the Kololo Golf Course in ...

brought her another team gold. Chepngetich won two gold medals in the 2000 mm steeplechase in the 2014, taking the title at the

2014 African Youth Games The 2nd African Youth Games took place in Gaborone, Botswana's capital city from 22 to 31 May 2014. The Games featured approximately 2000 athletes from 51 African countries competing in 21 sports. Gambia, Eritrea and Mauritania were the only Afri ...

before winning at the

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(holding off Ethiopia's Zewdenesh Mamo both times). She held the world's four fastest times for the event that year. In the junior ranks she won the Kenyan junior title then moved into the top twenty of all-time for the 3000 m steeplechase with a run of 9:40.28 minutes to claim the silver medal at the

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, where she was only behind

Ruth Jebet Ruth Jebet (born 17 November 1996) is a Kenyan-born long-distance runner and steeplechase specialist who competes internationally for Bahrain. She was the world record holder and was the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 3000 metres steeplechase, ...

. She returned to grass for the 2015 World Cross Country junior race, but the Kenyan team was well-beaten by the Ethiopians and Chepngetich came twelfth as part of the silver medal-winning team. A third-place finish in a steeplechase personal best of 9:35.75 minutes at the

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brought her her first senior national selection. In 2017 Chepngetich was suspended for 8 months after she failed a

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.http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/former-world-heptathlon-champion-hanna-kasyanova-nine-month-doping-suspension-70126

Personal bests

– 6:12.0 min (2013) *

– 9:08.23 min (2018) *

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– 16:07.0 min (2012)

International competitions

References

External links

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ARRS profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chepngetich, Rosefline Living people 1997 births People from Rift Valley Province Kenyan female steeplechase runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Kenyan female cross country runners Doping cases in athletics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Kenya Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)