Nancy Langat

Nancy Jebet Langat

Personal information
Born	August 22, 1981 (1981-08-22) (age 30)
Height	5 feet 0 inches (1.52 m)
Weight	108 pounds (49 kg)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Event(s)	800 m, 1500 m
College/university team	Kenya Air Force
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2008 1500 m, 1st 2004 1500 m, 7th in semi-finals
Personal best(s)	800 m: 1:57.75 1500 m: 4:00.23
Medal record Women’s athletics Competitor for  Kenya Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing 1500 m Commonwealth Games Gold 2010 Delhi 800 m Gold 2010 Delhi 1500 m

Nancy Jebet Langat (born 22 August 1981) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. She won the 1500 metre final at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in a personal best time of 4:00.23.

She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the finals. In her younger days she mainly competed in the 800 metres, and was successful as a junior.

She won gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and became the second Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold. The first one was Pamela Jelimo, who won 800 metres at the same Olympics.

At the 2009 World Championships, Langat did not advance past semifinals, but finished the season with a win at the World Athletics Final.

She is married to marathon runner Kenneth Cheruiyot. Her oldest son turned six on the day that she won Olympic Gold. She is recruited by Kenya Air Force and is based at the Moi Air Base in Nairobi.^[1] Her father Joseph Langat was an international level long-distance runner.^[2]

In 2010 she won the prestigious Diamond League tally for the 1500 meters. She went undefeated in all of her races against the best runners in the world.

During her appearance in the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup on September 5, 2010, Nancy Langat broke out controversy as she grabbed Hind Dehiba by the arm as they were near the finish line on the 1500m Split. As Nancy tried to pull Hind down by the arm in the final meters as what was clearly an attempt to drop her, Nancy herself fell down face first on the track and Hind took the victory. Nancy, who could have taken 2nd place points at that race, finished in 8th place after her dramatic face plant on the track.^[3] She won the Kenyan Sportswoman of the Year award in 2010.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	3rd	800 m
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	2nd	800 m
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	1st	800 m
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Congo	1st	800 m
2005	World Cross Country Championships	Saint-Étienne, France	8th	Short race
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	3rd	1500 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	1st	1500 m
2009	World Athletics Final	Thessaloniki, Greece	1st	1500 m
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	1500 m
	IAAF Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	8th	1500 m
	2010 Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	1st	1500 m

References

• IAAF profile for Nancy Langat

1. ^ The STandard, August 24, 2008: Bungei, Jebet strike gold
2. ^ Daily Nation, August 20, 2010: Uncelebrated Lagat adds another feather to her cap
3. ^ Universal World Sports, September 5, 2010: Lagat falls on the track as she tries to win by making another runner fall
4. ^ The Standard, December 11, 2010: Rudisha and Lagat crowned Soya best athletes

Persondata
Name	Lagat, Nancy
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Date of birth	1981-08-22
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