Nancy Lagat

Nancy Jebet Lagat (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.

She is married to marathon runner Kenneth Cheruiyot. Her oldest son turned six on the same day when she won Olympic Gold. She is recruited by Kenya Air Force and is based at the Moi Air Base in Nairobi [The STandard, August 24, 2008: [http://www.eastandard.net/sports/InsidePage.php?id=1143993261&cid=48& Bungei, Jebet strike gold] ] .

Achievements

Personal bests

*800 metres - 2:01.26 min (2000)
*1500 metres - 4:00.23 min (2008)

References

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