Faith Kipyegon

Faith Kipyegon is a Kenyan middle and long-distance runner, born on 10 January 1994 and raised on a farm in a village near Keringet in the Kenyan Rift Valley, who holds the world records for the 1500 metres and the mile. She is the only three-time Olympic champion in the 1500 metres, with gold at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Tokyo in 2020 and Paris in 2024, where she became the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 1500 m titles and also set a new Olympic record. She earned a silver medal in the 5000 metres after successfully appealing a disqualification. Her world titles include the 1500 metres in 2017, 2022, 2023 and 2025 and the 5000 metres in 2023. As a junior she won two World Cross Country titles and 1500 m gold at the 2011 World Youth Championships and the 2012 World Junior Championships. Since the end of 2017 she has been coached by Patrick Sang, and she is married to the middle-distance runner Timothy Kitum.