Name: Sally Kipyego

Sport: Track and Field

Event(s): 10,000-meter, Marathon

Height: 5-4

DOB: 12/19/1985

Birthplace: Elgeyo Marakwet, Kenya

Hometown: Eugene, Ore.

High School: Moi Girls Kapcherop Secondary School ‘03

College: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center ’09, General Nursing

Team/Club: Oregon Track Club Elite

Coach(es): Mark Rowland

Olympic Experience

• Two-time Olympian (2012, 2020); one-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 17th (marathon)
• Olympic Games London 2012, silver (10,000-meter); 4th (5,000-meter)

World Championship Experience

• Most Recent: 2015 – 5th (10,000-meter)
• Years of Participation: Outdoor – 2011, 2015 (both representing Kenya)
• Medals: 1 (1 silver)
• Silver – 2011 (10,000-meter)

Personal: Married Kevin Chelimo in 2008...Became a U.S. citizen in 2017...Represented Kenya at the London Games...Mother to Emma and Jerop...First Kenyan to capture an NCAA cross country individual championship and the first female in Division I history to capture three consecutive NCAA cross country titles...Grows her own food when in Kenya...Speaks Swahili...Hobbies include reading and cooking

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