Charity Cherop
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| Born | 4 July 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long distance running, Cross country running | ||||||||||||||
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Charity Cherop (born 4 July 2007) is an Ugandan long distance runner.[1]
Career
[edit]2024
[edit]She won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru with a personal best 15:25.02.[2][3][4]
She travelled to Europe for the 2024–25 World Athletics Cross Country Tour and won the Cardiff Cross Challenge in November 2024, her first World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold race win.[5][6] That month, she finished third at the Cross Internacional de Itálica behind Beatrice Chebet.[7][8]
2025
[edit]She placed third in the World Cross Country Tour Gold event in Hannut, Belgium, in January 2025.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Charity Cherop". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Eisa runs championship record to retain world U20 5000m title in Lima". World Athletics. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Women's 5000m Results - World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Uganda's Charity Cherop wins bronze medal as Ethiopia's Medina Eisa smashes 5000m championship record in Lima". Softpower.ug. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (Nov 9, 2024). "Ugandans rule at Cardiff Cross Challenge". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Kiprop retains title, Cherop holds off late challenge at Cardiff Cross". World Athletics. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Charity Cherop: Uganda's rising star shiny bright in international conpetetions". newvision.co.ug. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "Chebet and Ndikumwenayo victorious in Seville". World Athletics. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ "Kibet and Jebet claim cross country crowns in Hannut". World Athletics. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.