{{Short description|Kenyan steeplechase runner (born 1992)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi Beijing 2015.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Jepkemoi in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|1|13|df=y}} | birth_place = | height = 1.62 m | weight = 42 kg | country = {{KEN}} | sport = Athletics | event = 3000 metres steeplechase | pb = {{ubl |'''3000 m s'chase:''' 9:00.01 (Eugene 2016) }} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{KEN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|{{nowrap|3000 m s'chase}}}} {{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|{{nowrap|3000 m s'chase}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2015 Beijing|{{nowrap|3000 m s'chase}}}} {{MedalBronze|2017 London|{{nowrap|3000 m s'chase}}}} {{Medal|Competition|All-Africa Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Maputo|{{nowrap|3000 m s’chase}}}} {{Medal|Competition|African Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2012 Porto-Novo|{{nowrap|3000 m s'chase}}}} }} '''Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi''' (born 13 January 1992) is a Kenyan steeplechase runner. She won gold at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics and 2011 All-Africa Games, and bronze at the 2017 World Championships and 2012 African Championships in Athletics. At the Olympic Games, she won silver in Rio de Janeiro and bronze in Tokyo. {{As of|August 2021}}, her personal best time of 9:00.01 ranks her 6th on the world all-time list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middle-long/3000-metres-steeplechase/outdoor/women/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2021-08-04|title=3000 Metres Steeplechase Women (all-time table as of 2021-08-04)|website=worldathletics.org|access-date=2021-08-04}}</ref>
==Career== Early in her career, Jepkemoi competed in a variety of events; her main event was the 5,000 metres, in which she placed fifth at the 2011 Kenyan Championships.<ref name="sna"/><ref name="tp">Tilastopaja profile for [http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/at.php?Sex=2&ID=77189 Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi]</ref> At the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo she competed in both the 5,000 metres and an event completely new to her, the 3,000 metres steeplechase;<ref name="sna">{{cite news |url=http://sportsnewsarena.com/debutant-steeplechaser-grabs-kenya-s-first-athletics-gold |author=Watta, Evelyn |title=Debutant steeplechaser grabs Kenya's first Athletics Gold |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=8 June 2015 |publisher=Sports News Arena}}</ref> she placed fourth in her main event but won an unexpected gold in the steeplechase, running 10:00.50 and outkicking Ethiopia's Hiwot Ayalew to win Kenya's first athletics gold medal at the Games.<ref name="sna"/><ref name="tp"/>
In 2012, Jepkemoi started concentrating on the steeplechase and her times improved; her best time that year was 9:23.53, which she ran at the Gugl Games in Linz.<ref name="tp"/> She scored her first IAAF Diamond Race points with a third place at Weltklasse Zürich after Sofia Assefa, the original winner, was disqualified for a lane violation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diamondleague.com/fileadmin/IDL_Zurich/user_upload/DiamondRaceStandings_2012.pdf |publisher=IAAF Diamond League |title=Diamond Race Standings |date=7 September 2012 |access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/bolt-dashes-1966-aman-defeats-rudisha-in-zuri |title=Assefa DQ gives Chemos series victory |author=Ramsak, Bob |publisher=IAAF |access-date=8 June 2015 |date=30 August 2012}}</ref> At the Kenyan Championships, Jepkemoi placed second and gained selection for the African Championships in Porto-Novo, where she won bronze despite falling at the water jump.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/article/2000059968/jepleting-for-benin |title=Jepleting for Benin |author=Pilipili, Oscar |date=17 June 2012 |access-date=8 June 2015 |publisher=Standard Digital News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsnewsarena.com/african-championships--kenya-sweep-medals-in-mens--5000m--yego-picks-javelin-gold- |publisher=Sports News Arena |date=2 July 2012 |access-date=8 June 2015 |title=African Championships: Kenya sweep medals in {{as written|mens' [sic]}} 5000m, Yego picks Javelin gold |author=Watta, Evelyn}}</ref> At the Kenyan Olympic Trials, however, she only placed fifth and failed to qualify for the Olympic team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/rudisha-runs-14212-at-altitude-kenyan-olymp |publisher=IAAF |date=23 June 2012 |access-date=8 June 2015 |title=Rudisha runs 1:42.12 at altitude – Kenyan Olympic Trials |author=Mutuota, Mutwiri}}</ref> ''Track & Field News'' ranked Jepkemoi ninth in the world for 2012, her first top ten ranking.<ref name="tfnrank">{{cite magazine |url=http://trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/Rankings/06-wstrank.pdf |title=World Rankings — Women's Steeple |magazine=Track & Field News |access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref>
In 2013, Jepkemoi only placed fourth at the Kenyan Championships but third at the World Championships Trials, qualifying for the Kenyan team to the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.<ref name="tp"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2013/07/13/49-get-moscow-nod-after-killer-trials/ |title=49 get Moscow nod after killer Trials |date=13 July 2013 |access-date=8 June 2015 |publisher=capitalfm.co.ke}}</ref> At the World Championships, she placed sixth with a new personal best time of 9:22.05;<ref name="tp"/> she ended the year ranked seventh in the world, up two places from the previous year.<ref name="tfnrank"/> In 2014, Jepkemoi's best race was at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting, where she ran 9:22.58 and narrowly won ahead of Morocco's Salima Alami.<ref name="tp"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201406180066.html |title=Kenya: Ndiku, Jepkemoi Dazzle in Ostrava |author=Mutuota, Mutwiri |work=AllAfrica.com |date=18 June 2014 |access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref>
Jepkemoi opened 2015 with a near-personal-best of 9:22.11 at the Doha Diamond League meeting, placing third behind Ethiopian runners Virginia Nyambura and Ayalew.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2015/05/15/rabbit-nyambura-steals-doha-steeple-victory/ |title=Rabbit Nyambura steals Doha steeple victory |author=Mutuota, Mutwiri |publisher=capitalfm.co.ke |date=15 May 2015 |access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref> In her next Diamond League meeting, the Golden Gala in Rome, she improved her personal best by almost seven seconds and won in a meeting record 9:15.08, defeating both Nyambura and Ayalew.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2015/06/05/yego-drops-another-nr-kiyeng-rules/ |title=Yego drops another NR; Kiyeng rules |author=Mutuota, Mutwiri |publisher=capitalfm.co.ke |date=5 June 2015 |access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref> Three days later she was runner-up to Nyambura at the British Grand Prix in Birmingham, her third consecutive Diamond Race points finish.<ref name="tp"/>
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she secured the silver medal with a time of 9:07.12, where only Ruth Jebet ran faster than her. She won the bronze medal five years later in Tokyo finishing behind Peruth Chemutai and Courtney Frerichs.
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- |rowspan=2|2011 |rowspan=2|All-Africa Games |rowspan=2|Maputo, Mozambique |4th |5000 m |15:42.64 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |3000 m s'chase |10:00.50 |- |2012 |African Championships |Porto-Novo, Benin |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |3000 m s'chase |9:45.95 |- |2013 |World Championships |Moscow, Russia |6th |3000 m s'chase |9:22.05 |- |2015 |World Championships |Beijing, China |bgcolor=gold|1st |3000 m s'chase |9:19.11 |- |2016 |Olympic Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |bgcolor=silver|2nd |3000 m s'chase |9:07.12 |- |2017 |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |3000 m s'chase |9:04.03 |- |2019 |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |8th |3000 m s'chase |9:13.53 |- |2021 |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |3000 m s'chase |9:05.39 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics}}
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