Reynold Cheruiyot
{{Short description|Kenyan athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot
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| image = Reynold Cheruiyot (cropped).jpg
| caption = Reynold Cheruiyot in 2023
| nationality = Kenyan
| sport = Athletics
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|7|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bomet, Kenya
| death_date =
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| height =
| weight =
| pb =1500m: 3:30.30 (Chorzow, 2023)
One Mile: 3:48.06 (Eugene, 2023) (WU20R)
5000m: 13:16.40 (Doha, 2025)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2022 Cali|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|African U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Ndola|1500m}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Cross Country Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Bathurst|Junior team}}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Bathurst|Junior race}}
}}
Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot (born 30 July 2004) is a Kenyan runner who competes in track and field and cross-country.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/reynold-kipkorir-cheruiyot-14997479|website=World Athletics|accessdate=19 August 2023|title=R.Cheruiyot}} He previously held the world junior record in the mile run.
Early and personal life
He hails from Bomet County in Kenya. Both of his parents were athletes, but only raced in Kenya. He is not a relation of Timothy Cheruiyot but he has described him as his role model.{{cite web|url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/family/466334-world-20-champ-dedicates-medal-athletic-parents-didnt-big-gold/|accessdate=19 August 2023|website=tuko.co.ke|title= Reynold Cheruiyot Dedicates Medal to Athletic Parents Who Didn't Make It Big:" This Gold Is for Them"|date=August 5, 2022| first= Susan|last= Mwenesi}} He slowed down to allow Timothy Cheruiyot to overtake him at the finish line of the Kenyan World Championship Trials in July 2023 out of respect for him.{{cite web|url= https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2023-07-14-kipkorir-explains-why-he-slowed-down-for-cheruiyot-to-take-victory-at-national-trials/|website=the-star.co.ke|title= Kipkorir explains why he slowed down for Cheruiyot to take victory at national trials|date=14 July 2023}}
Career
In August 2022, he won gold at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in the 1500m race.{{cite web|accessdate=19 August 2023|date=August 4, 2022|first=John|last=Vaselyne|title=Reynold Cheruiyot wins the second gold medal for Kenya in Cali|url=https://athletics.co.ke/reynold-cheruiyot-wins-the-second-gold-medal-for-kenya-in-cali/|website=athletics.co.ke}}{{cite web|url= https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/world-under-20-championships-kenyan-duo-storm-1500m-final-3899464|website=Nation.Africa|accessdate=19 May 2024|title=Kenyan Duo storm 1500 final|date=1 August 2022}}
In January 2023, he finished second at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, in the U20 race. In April 2023 he won gold in the 1500m at the African U20 Championships in Ndola, Zambia.{{cite web|url=https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/athletics/story/world-championships-1500m-title-reclamation-begins-as-abel-kipsang-and-reynold-cheruiyot-head-to-silesia-2023071213462341627 |website=Pulse Sports|accessdate=19 August 2023|title= World Championships 1500m title reclamation begins as Abel Kipsang and Reynold Cheruiyot head to Silesia|first=Abigael|last=Wafula|date=13 July 2023}} He also finished second at the 5k at the Lille Half Marathon.{{cite web|url=https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/athletics/story/trailblazing-reynold-cheruiyot-faces-stern-test-at-la-grand-prix-2023052509295826120|title= Trailblazing Reynold Cheruiyot faces stern test at LA Grand Prix|first=Abigael|last=Wafula|date=26 May 2023|website=Pulse Sports|accessdate=19 August 2023}}
In May 2023, he lowered his personal best for the 1500m to 3:32.02 in Nairobi.{{cite web|url=https://www.milesplit.com/videos/651973/18-yr-old-reynold-cheruiyot-runs-pb-33202-in-nairobi-1500m|website=Milesplit.com|accessdate=19 August 2023|title= 18-Yr-Old Reynold Cheruiyot Runs PB 3:32.02 In Nairobi 1500m|first=Joe|last=Battaglia|date=May 13, 2023}} Later that month he ran 1500m in 3:32.01 in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2023/05/timothy-wins-battle-of-cheruiyots-in-la-as-20-year-old-hobbs-kessler-arrives-with-332-pb/|accessdate=19 August 2023|title= Timothy Wins Battle of Cheruiyots in LA|first=Jonathan|last=Gault|date=May 27, 2023|website=Lets Run}} He lowered it to 3:30.30 at the Diamond League event in Silesia in July 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.mozzartsport.co.ke/athletics/news/budapest23-reynold-cheruiyot-shifts-focus-on-worlds-after-pb-in-silesia/32415|website=Mozzartsport.coke|accessdate=19 August 2023|title= Budapest23: Reynold Cheruiyot shifts focus on worlds after PB in Silesia|date=18 July 2023|first=Lynette|last=Matheka}}
Selected for the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, he qualified for the final, in which he finished eighth.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4545/men-s-1500m-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|website=Watch Athletics|title= Men's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023|date=20 August 2023|accessdate=20 August 2023}} In September 2023, he set a new under-20 world record for the mile, running 3:48.06 at the Diamond League final in Eugene, Oregon.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/ingebrigtsen-out-duels-nuguse-at-diamond-league-final-1039971626/|accessdate=4 October 2023|title= Ingebrigtsen out-duels Nuguse at Diamond League final|first=Jason|last=Henderson|date=September 16, 2023 |website=World Athletics}} This time improved the previous record of İlham Tanui Özbilen by over a second and was ratified by World Athletics in November 2023.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/ratified-world-records-crouser-duplantis-tsegay-cheruiyot|website=World Athletics|accessdate=24 November 2023|title=Men’s world U20 mile record}}
On 20 April 2024, he won the 1500 metres at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya in a time of 3:31.96.{{cite web|url= https://olympics.com/en/news/kip-keino-classic-2024-bednarek-wins-100m-world-lead-katzberg-moraa-lindsey|website=Olympics.com|accessdate=21 April 2024|date=20 April 2024|title= KIP KEINO CLASSIC 2024: KENNY BEDNAREK WINS 100M AS KATZBERG, MORAA, LINDSEY AND NDORI SET WORLD LEADS|first= Rory |last=Jiwani}} In May 2024, he finished third in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League event.{{cite web|url= http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/testbed/article/2001494903/komen-stuns-former-world-champion-cheruiyot-to-win-1500m-in-doha|website=standard media|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= Komen stuns former World Champion Cheruiyot to win 1500m in Doha|date=11 May 2024}}
In June 2024, he won the Kenyan Olympic trial in Nairobi over 1500 metres and was subsequently named in the Kenyan team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.tnx.africa/amp/thenairobian/athletics/2001497290/faith-leads-chase-for-glory-as-olympics-squad-is-unveiled|website=tnx.africa|accessdate=16 June 2024|title= Faith leads chase for glory as Olympics squad is unveiled|first=Dennis|last= Okeyo | date=June 16, 2024}} He competed in Paris in the 1500 metres race, reaching the semi-final.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5825/men-s-1500m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 August 2024|title= Men's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=6 August 2024}}
He won the 5000 metres at the 2025 Doha Diamond League in his debut Diamond League event at that distance in May 2025.{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Henderson|date=16 May 2025|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/molly-caudery-enjoys-diamond-league-win-in-doha-1040001712/|title= MOLLY CAUDERY ENJOYS DIAMOND LEAGUE WIN IN DOHA|accessdate=17 May 2025}} The following week he was runner-up in the 1500 metres at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, also part of the 2025 Diamond League.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 May 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/rabat-2025-chebet-el-bakkali-bol|title= Chebet storms to second on world 3000m all-time list with 8:11.56 in Rabat |date=25 May 2025}}
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 800 metres – 1:49.64 (Gap 2022)
- 1500 metres – 3:30.30 (Chorzów 2023)
- Mile run - 3:48.06 (Eugene 2023)
- 2000 metres – 4:48.14 (Brussels 2023)
- 3000 metres – 7:38.83 (Zagreb 2022)
- 5000 metres – 13:33.05 (Nairobi 2022)
Road
References
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{{Footer World Junior Champions men's 1500 metres}}
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Category:Kenyan male middle-distance runners
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:World Athletics U20 Championships winners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya