Vivian Cheruiyot

Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot, born on 11 September 1983, is a Kenyan long-distance runner who represented Kenya at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2016. At the 2012 London Games she won silver in the 5,000 metres and bronze in the 10,000 metres, and at the 2016 Rio Games she took gold in the 5,000 metres with an Olympic record and silver in the 10,000 metres. She was world champion in the 5,000 metres in 2009 and 2011, won the 10,000 metres at the 2011 and 2015 World Championships, and is a three-time Diamond League champion. She holds the Kenyan records for 2,000 and 10,000 metres, was voted Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year in 2012, and is nicknamed the pocket rocket.