Selah Jepleting Busienei (born 27 December 1991) is a Kenyan female middle-distance runner who mainly runs in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

. She holds a personal best of 4:06.28 minutes for that event. Born in Uasin Gishu County, she made her first major appearance at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

, reaching the 1500 m final. She was also a finalist at that year's

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. She closed the year with a win at the

Shoe4Africa 5km The Shoe4Africa 5 km is an annual women's road running event over five kilometres that is held on Christmas Eve in the village of Iten, Kenya. Many world marathon stars have run this event. The 2012 Boston Marathon winner Sharon Cherop cam ...

. The following year she was selected for Kenya's distance medley relay team at the

2015 IAAF World Relays The 2015 IAAF World Relays was the second edition of the biennial, global track and field relay competition between nations. As in the previous year, it was held in May in Nassau, Bahamas. Apart from contesting for the Golden Baton for the best t ...

and (running alongside

Joy Nakhumicha Sakari Joy Nakhumicha Sakari (born 6 June 1986 in Chepkoya, Kenya) is a Kenyan sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Kenya at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and ...

, Sylivia Chematui Chesebe, and Virginia Nyambura Nganga) she helped set an

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and Commonwealth record for the event at 10:43.35 minutes for the silver medal behind the American women. Individual success followed at the

2015 Military World Games The 2015 Military World Games ( ko, 2015년 세계 군인 체육 대회, Icheon sip-o nyeon segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, 2015 World Military Sports Festival), officially known as the 6th CISM Military World Games ( ko, 제6회 세계 군인 체육 ...

, where she claimed 1500 m gold and also placed fifth in the 800 m. Her winning time in the 1500 m of 4:07.58 minutes was also a personal best. Busienei returned at continental level for the

2016 African Championships in Athletics The 20th African Championships in Athletics was held in Durban, South Africa from 22 to 26 June 2016. It was the second time that Durban and South Africa hosted this competition. 720 athletes from 43 African national federations participated. Meda ...

and placed eighth again for the second time running.

Personal bests

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

– 2:01.17 min (2013) *

– 4:06.28 min (2016) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 8:42.01 min (2016) * Distance medley relay – 10:43.35 min (2015) All information from All-Athletics profile.Selah BUSIENEI
All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-30.

International competitions

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Busienei, Selah Jepleting Living people 1991 births People from Uasin Gishu County Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province Kenyan female middle-distance runners Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Military World Games gold medalists for Kenya Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field)