Faith Chepgetich Kipyegon (born on January 10, 1994 in Bomet in the Rift Valley) is a Kenyan athlete, specialist in long-distance and middle-distance running. She is a triple Olympic champion in the 1500 m, in 2016 in Rio, in 2021 in Tokyo and in 2024 in Paris, and a triple world champion in this distance, in 2017, 2022 and 2023. In Budapest in 2023, she also won the 5000 m and became the first female athlete to achieve this performance at a world championship.
In 2023, she set three world records: in 1500m on June 2, 2023 at the Golden Gala meeting in Florence clocking 3 min 49.11, in 5000m a week later on June 9, 2023 at the Paris Meeting in 14 min 5.20, and in the mile on July 22, 2023 at the Herculis Meeting in Monaco in 4 min 7.64. She is currently the female reference in African athletics.
