Sally Kipyego

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sally Kipyego
Occupation	Long-Distance Runner
Date Of Birth	Dec 19, 1985(1985-12-19)
Age	39
Birthplace	Kapsowar
Country	Kenya
Birth City	Elgeyo-Marakwet County
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Sally Kipyego Biography

Sally Kipyego is one of the most popular and richest Long-Distance Runner who was born on December 19, 1985 in Kapsowar, Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya. Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (born 19 December 1985) is a Kenyan born American longand middle distance runners. She won silver in the 10,000-meter race in the race at the World Championships in Athletics and the silver medallist in the identical race in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Her personal record of 30:38.35 minutes in that race and her best 5000m time of 14:30.42 minutes puts her as two-time fastest Kenyan woman to run the distance.

On the 5th of May, the 5th of May, 2008 Kipyego was the first to break his NCAA 10,000-meter record at a speed that was 31:25.45 in the Stanford invitational (Palo Alto, CA), besting the previous record set by Lisa Koll by over 45 seconds. It stood more than two years before it was reclaimed by Koll on the same track in 2010.

As the nation’s top collegiate female cross country runner, Kipyego was selected to receive the 2008 Honda Sports Award.

In 2009, Kipyego was awarded her third consecutive Honda Sports Award. She was the first athlete to be honoured three times with the program’s cross-country award. Kipyego finished her college career at the 2009 Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships. She earned her ninth individual title by winning the 5000 meter. This tied her with Wisconsin’s Suzy Favor-Hamilton for the most NCAA individual championships. It took Kipyego only two and a half years to accomplish what Favor-Hamilton did in four. In her final collegiate race, the mile, three-tenths of a second separated Kipyego from winner Sarah Bowman of the University of Tennessee.

On the 13th of June, 2008. Kipyego took home her seventh title in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 5000 mrace, in an NCAA record time of. Kipyego followed this with an overall second place finish in the 1500 m race on 14 June. The first day of November 2008. Kipyego took home her first Big 12 Cross Country Championships with 19:45 as her time over 50 seconds quicker than her the second place teammates Lillian Badaru. Her win helped team Texas Tech women win their first championship in the conference. Kipyego was the only runner to win since the inception of the league to take home three consecutive conference championships.

Sally Kipyego Net Worth

Sally Kipyego is one of the richest Long-Distance Runner from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sally Kipyego 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After moving from in the United States, Kipyego continued her athletic career in the form of the South Plains College Texans track and cross-country team for three years prior to joining with the Texas Tech Red Raiders cross country and track and field teams. being the very first Kenyan woman to win an NCAA cross-country individual championship. She was voted as the most outstanding female college cross-country runner across the United States. This was the reason she was awarded the 2007 Honda Sports Award and gave her an automatic nomination for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Award of the Year. Kipyego is also among seven female athletes in NCAA history to have won four individual track championships in one season.

Kipyego began her studies as a freshman at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas. After her transfer from the college to Texas Tech, she applied to the nursing program in February of 2007. Kipyego was granted an acceptance letter and started her first nursing course on the 5th of July in 2007. Kipyego obtained her nursing degree in May 2009. Texas Tech cross country All-American Kevin Chelimo, now a volunteer assistant coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, was married to Sally Kipyego in 2008 summer.

On 14 March 2008, Kipyego won her sixth national title at the 2008 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 5000 m, again with a world-leading time. The US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named Kipyego the USTFCCCA Division I Indoor Track & Field Women’s Track Athlete of the Year for 2008. Later, the association also awarded Kipyego the Women’s Athlete of the Year honour for the 2008 outdoor season as well.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Sally Kipyego height 5 ft 4 in Sally weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Sally Kipyego Dating?

According to our records, Sally Kipyego married to Kevin Chelimo. As of December 1, 2023, Sally Kipyego’s is not dating anyone.

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Born in Kapsowar, Marakwet District, Kipyego attended Kaptiony Primary School. The school was demolished and, in January 2013, the newly constructed Shoe4Africa Sally Kipyego School replaced it. Kipyego’s running career started in 2000 when she was 14. The following year, she represented Kenya as a junior at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing eighth. However, a stress fracture kept her off both the 2002 and 2003 teams before entering college in the United States.

Facts & Trivia

Sally Ranked on the list of most popular Long-Distance Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Sally Kipyego celebrates birthday on December 19 of every year.

Sally Kipyego will debut at 2015 TCS New York City Marathon. 2015 NYC Marathon weather forecast a high of 65 on race day, with a 50% chance of rain and 9 mph winds.

Top Facts about Sally Kipyego

1. Sally Kipyego is a Kenyan-born American long-distance runner.
2. She won a silver medal in the 10,000 meters at the 2012 Olympics.
3. Kipyego has also won multiple NCAA championships while running for Texas Tech University.
4. Her personal best time in the half marathon is 1:06:57.
5. Kipyego became a U.S. citizen in 2017 and now competes for Team USA.
6. She has battled injuries throughout her career but continues to compete at a high level.
7. In addition to running, Kipyego is also an advocate for maternal health issues in Kenya.
8. She was named the Big 12 Conference Female Athlete of the Year twice (2009, 2010).
9. Kipyego has been sponsored by Nike since turning professional in 2009.
10. She graduated from Texas Tech with a degree in nursing and worked as a nurse before becoming a full-time athlete.