Vivian Cheruiyot (born September 11, 1983 in Keiyo District) specialises in long distance running. She represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. Cheruiyot won a silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and became the world champion in the event at the 2009 edition. After taking a silver at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, she won a number of outdoor titles that year, becoming African champion, Commonwealth Games champion and IAAF Continental Cup champion, as well as winning the 2010 IAAF Diamond League title. She holds the Kenyan record and Commonwealth record for the 5000 m with her best time of 14:20.89, which was set at the DN Galan in 2011. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_CheruiyotBiography: http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=ken/athcode=132800/index.html
She was gunning for a double at the 2011 World Athletics Championships in Daegu. Cheruiyot snagged gold in the women's 10,000m on the opening day of the Daegu worlds thanks to a fine tactical display from her three team-mates, leading to a 1-2-3-4 sweep. She has also just taken gold in her speciality, 5,000m.
Vivian Cheruiyot wins women's 5,000 at worlds
DAEGU, South Korea (AP) — Vivian Cheruiyot completed a long-distance double by winning the women's 5,000-meter race at the world championships on Friday and giving Kenya its fifth gold medal. Cheruiyot, who won the 10,000 on the first day of the championships, crossed the finish line 14 minutes, 55.36 seconds to finish .85 seconds ahead of teammate Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet. Meseret Defar of Ethiopia took the bronze in 14:56.94.
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