Viola Cheptoo Lagat (born 13 March 1989) is a Kenyan

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

specialising 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 competed at the 2015 World Championships, 2016 World Indoor Championships and

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. She comes from a family of runners that includes sisters

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and Everlyne Lagat as well as brothers Robert Cheseret and Olympic medalist

Bernard Lagat Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (born December 12, 1974) is a Kenyan-American middle and long-distance runner. Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya. Prior to his change of domicile to the US, Lagat had an extensive competitive career representing his ...

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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 ...

– 2:02.05 (Tomblaine 2015) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

– 2:42.58 (Linz 2013) *

– 4:04.10 (Lignano Sabbiadoro 2015) * One mile – 4:28.82 (Rovereto 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 ...

– 8:52.34 (Rieti 2013) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

– 15:35.12 (Palo Alto 2014) Indoor *

– 2:40.72 (Boston 2014) *

– 4:10.45 (Portland 2016) * One mile – 4:29.87 (New York 2016)

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* * * * * 1989 births Living people People from Nandi County Kenyan female middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Kenya 20th-century Kenyan women 21st-century Kenyan women {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub