Sally Chepyego Kaptich ( ja, シェリー・チェピエゴ; born 3 October 1985) is a Kenyan

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who competes mainly in

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and road running events. She established herself at the

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in 2001, winning the

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title. She moved to Japan several years later to compete for the Kyudenko running team. She has won several corporate track running titles for the team. Chepyego has twice represented Kenya as a senior athlete: first at the 2006 International Chiba Ekiden, where she broke an African record, and then at the

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, where she placed seventh in the

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. Chepyego is currently part of the

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, an international team of elite long-distance runners managed by

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, Netherlands.

Career

Born near Keiyo District in Kenya's Rift Valley Province, Chepyego's first success came at the

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where, running barefoot, she held off Ethiopia's

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to win the gold medal in the

. She competed only at local competitions for the next few years and was the 2004 Rift Valley High Schools champion. At age nineteen, she placed third at the North Rift Valley championships. In 2006, she emigrated to Japan to take up professional running. She gained her first international selection soon after for the International Chiba Ekiden. Running in a team of Philes Ongori,

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, Catherine Ndereba,

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and

Lucy Wangui Kabuu Lucy Wangui Kabuu (born 24 March 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres events. She has represented Kenya twice at the Summer Olympics, finishing in the top ten of the 10,000 m race in both 200 ...

, she won the race and helped break the African record for the marathon ekiden distance. The following year she competed on the Japanese track circuit and won the Miyazaki

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. She did not compete in 2008 and changed location for the 2009 season, entering a series of road races in Europe. Her best performances were a win at the Würzburg half marathon, third at the Kö-Lauf in a personal best 33:41 minutes, and a fourth-place finish at the Hamburg Half Marathon in another best of 75:27 minutes.Sally Chepyego
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-02-23. Chepyego returned to running in Japan in 2010. After a runner-up finish at the

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, she won the end-of-year

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. She signed up with the Kyudenko corporate running team in 2011 and performed well on the track circuit, almost going undefeated that season with wins at the

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, Hokuren Shibetsu Meet,

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and the Hyogo Relays. Her sole defeat on the track came at the

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, where she was runner-up to Ann Karindi. On the roads she set a new best of 72:03 minutes to place second to

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at the Sapporo Half Marathon. She improved to 69:58 minutes at the

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, although that time was only enough for third as race winner Yukiko Akaba set a new course record. Chepyego was Kyudenko's top performer at the

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. In 2011, Chepyego took a

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double at the Japan Corporate Championships, but failed in her aim to make the 10,000 m team for Kenya at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was runner-up at the Sanyo 10K that year. She focused on the track event in 2013 and was rewarded with her first major international selection. After winning the 10,000 m at the Hyogo Relays, she placed third at the Kenyan trials. This earned her a place at the

. In the final she ran a personal best of 31:22.11 minutes, which brought her seventh place overall. She won the Sanyo Half Marathon in December, setting a personal best and course record time of 68:24 minutes.Mulkeen, Jon (2013-12-24)
Chepyego smashes course record in Okayama
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-23.

Competition record

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chepyego Katpich, Sally Living people 1985 births Kenyan female long-distance runners People from Elgeyo-Marakwet County