Rose Cheruiyot

Rose Jelagat Cheruiyot (born 21 July 1976) is a runner from Kenya. She competed in the 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/rose-cheruiyot-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025249/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/rose-cheruiyot-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Rose Cheruiyot Olympic Results |accessdate=11 November 2017}}

She is married to Ismael Kirui.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/6th-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-1268http://www2.iaaf.org/WIC97/bio/m/1425.html|title=World Indoor Championships 1997|accessdate=27 April 2016}}{{Dead url|date=December 2023}} The couple completed an unusual double, when they both won their senior races at the Belfast International Cross Country in 1995.

Cheruiyot broke the 5000 metres Kenyan record in 1996, timing 14:46.41. The record was beaten in September 2000 by Leah Malot, the new record was 14:39.83.{{cite news|publisher=Daily Natio|department=Sunday Nation|date=3 September 2000|accessdate=8 April 2010|url=http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/03092000/Sports/Sports11.html|title=Games reject Malot breaks Africa record|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040509230032/http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/03092000/Sports/Sports11.html|archivedate=9 May 2004|url-status=dead}}

Achievements

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{KEN}}
rowspan=4\|1994 \|World XC Championships \|Budapest, Hungary \|bgcolor="silver" align="center"\|2nd \|Junior race (4.3 km) \|14:05
rowspan=2\|African Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Algiers, Algeria \|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center"\|3rd \|1500 metres \|4:22.38
bgcolor="silver" align="center" \|2nd \|3000 metres \|9:04.80
World Junior Championships \|Lisbon, Portugal \|4th \|1500m \|4:17.12
rowspan=3\|1995 \|World XC Championships \|Budapest, Hungary \|align="center"\|8th \|Long race (6.47 km) \|20:54
All-Africa Games \|Harare, Zimbabwe \|bgcolor="gold" align="center"\|1st \|5000 metres \|15:37.9
World Championships \|Gothenburg, Sweden \|align="center"\|7th \|5000 metres \|15:02.45
rowspan=2\|1996 \|World XC Championships \|Stellenbosch, South Africa \|bgcolor="silver" align="center"\|2nd \|Long race (6.3 km) \|20:18
Olympics \|Atlanta, USA \|align="center"\|8th \|5000 metres \|15:17.33
rowspan=2\|2000 \|World XC Championships \|Vilamoura, Portugal \|align="center"\|12th \|Short race (4.18 km) \|13:22
Olympics \|Sydney, Australia \|align="center"\|11th \|5000 metres \|14:58.07
rowspan=2\|2001 \|World XC Championships \|Ostend, Belgium \|align="center"\|8th \|Short race (4.1 km) \|15:07
World Championships \|Edmonton, Canada \|align="center"\|9th \|5000 metres \|15:23.18
2002 \|World XC Championships \|Dublin, Ireland \|align="center"\|8th \|Long race (7.974 km) \|27:28
2006 \|Amsterdam Marathon \|Amsterdam, Netherlands \|bgcolor="gold"\|1st \|Marathon \|2:28.26
2007 \|World Championships \|Osaka, Japan \|align="center"\|24th \|Marathon \|2:38:56

colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}}

rowspan=4|1994

|World XC Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|bgcolor="silver" align="center"|2nd

|Junior race (4.3 km)

|14:05

rowspan=2|African Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Algiers, Algeria

|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center"|3rd

|1500 metres

|4:22.38

bgcolor="silver" align="center" |2nd

|3000 metres

|9:04.80

World Junior Championships

|Lisbon, Portugal

|4th

|1500m

|4:17.12

rowspan=3|1995

|World XC Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|align="center"|8th

|Long race (6.47 km)

|20:54

All-Africa Games

|Harare, Zimbabwe

|bgcolor="gold" align="center"|1st

|5000 metres

|15:37.9

World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|align="center"|7th

|5000 metres

|15:02.45

rowspan=2|1996

|World XC Championships

|Stellenbosch, South Africa

|bgcolor="silver" align="center"|2nd

|Long race (6.3 km)

|20:18

Olympics

|Atlanta, USA

|align="center"|8th

|5000 metres

|15:17.33

rowspan=2|2000

|World XC Championships

|Vilamoura, Portugal

|align="center"|12th

|Short race (4.18 km)

|13:22

Olympics

|Sydney, Australia

|align="center"|11th

|5000 metres

|14:58.07

rowspan=2|2001

|World XC Championships

|Ostend, Belgium

|align="center"|8th

|Short race (4.1 km)

|15:07

World Championships

|Edmonton, Canada

|align="center"|9th

|5000 metres

|15:23.18

2002

|World XC Championships

|Dublin, Ireland

|align="center"|8th

|Long race (7.974 km)

|27:28

2006

|Amsterdam Marathon

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|bgcolor="gold"|1st

|Marathon

|2:28.26

2007

|World Championships

|Osaka, Japan

|align="center"|24th

|Marathon

|2:38:56

=Road running and marathons=

2001 Zevenheuvelenloop – 1st
2002 Berlin Half Marathon – 1st
2005 Saint Silvester Road Race – 2nd
2005 Portugal Half Marathon – 1st
2006 Hamburg Marathon – 2nd
2006 Amsterdam Marathon – 1st
2007 Seoul International Marathon – 2nd
2007 Great South Run – 1st
2008 Dubai Marathon – 4th

= Other achievements =

1994/95 IAAF World Cross Challenge – 2nd
1995/96 IAAF World Cross Challenge – 1st
2001 Cross Internacional de Soria winner

Personal best

class="wikitable"

! Distance

! Time

! Date

! City

1,500 m

|4:13.05

|May 23, 2000

|Nijmegen

3,000 m

|8:39.88

|August 18, 2000

|Monaco

5,000 m

|14:46.41

|August 16, 1996

|Cologne

10 km

|31:43

|September 18, 2005

|Zaandam

10 km

|31:43

|March 31, 2002

|La Courneuve

15 km

|48:00

|November 20, 2005

|Nijmegen

20 km

|1:08:09

|April 23, 2006

|Hamburg

Half Marathon

|1:09.32

|April 7, 2002

|Berlin

25 km

|1:24:46

|May 8, 2005

|Berlin

30 km

|1:43:19

|April 23, 2006

|Hamburg

Marathon

|2:25:48

|January 18, 2008

|Dubai

Personal life

Cheruiyot's younger sister, Pasca Myers, a Seminole two-time runner up at the NCAA D-I Cross Country Championships,{{cite news

|first=Jim

|last=Lamar

|title=FSU Men, Women Place Second In Nation

|date=23 November 2010

|work=Tallahassee Democrat

|location=Tallahassee, Florida

|pages=17, 18

|language=en

}} cites Rose's positive influence in her collegiate and post-collegiate running career.{{cite news

|first=Brian

|last=Metzler

|title=Pasca Cheruiyot's All-American Journey

|date=10 March 2011

|work=Runner's World

|publisher=Hearst

|location=Easton, Pennsylvania

|url=https://www.runnersworld.com/advanced/a20829823/pasca-cheruiyots-all-american-journey/

|url-status=live

|accessdate=28 February 2022

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318053304/https://www.runnersworld.com/advanced/a20826636/trafeh-cherobon-bawcom-win-u-s-10-mile-championships/

|archivedate=18 March 2021

|language=en

}}