Gideon Chirchir

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|02|24|df=yes}}

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 3000 metres steeplechase

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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|1994 Victoria|3000 m steeplechase}}

{{MedalCompetition|All-Africa Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|1995 Harare|3000 m steeplechase}}

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Gideon Chirchir (born 24 February 1966) is a Kenya former steeplechase athlete.{{cite news |title=Johnson Rebounds With Swift 200; Kennedy Breaks 13 Minutes In 10K |url=https://www.deseret.com/1996/7/9/19253401/johnson-rebounds-with-swift-200-kennedy-breaks-13-minutes-in-10k |work=Deseret News |date=9 July 1996 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Kenya: Top Prisons Runners Skip Nairobi Meet |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200306030356.html |work=The Standard |publisher=AllAfrica |date=3 June 2003}}

Chirchir was a 3000 metres steeplechase silver medalist at both the 1994 Commonwealth Games and 1995 All-Africa Games. At the 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Durham, Chirchir was a member of the Kenyan team which claimed a gold medal in the senior men's race. He is now an athletics coach.{{cite news |title=Team Kenya coaches: We’ve done our bit |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/team-kenya-coaches-we-ve-done-our-bit-1224274 |work=Daily Nation |date=4 July 2020 |language=en}}