Milcah Chemos Cheywa

About Milcah Chemos Cheywa

Milcah Chemos Cheywa is a runner from Kenya who specialises in 3000 metres steeplechase. She is African record holder at the distance and is the gold medalist of the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.

Career success:

• In 2010, Chemos won gold medals in the 3000 metre steeplechase at the African Championships and the Commonwealth Games, heading a Kenyan clean sweep of the medals in the latter. She also took Diamond League victories in Oslo, Rome, Eugene and London, en route to capturing the overall Diamond League title in the steeplechase.
  
• As a result of her successes during the 2010 season, Chemos was one of five females shortlisted for the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award, won by high jumper Blanka Vlašic.
  
• Chemos entered the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea as favourite for the 3000 metres steeplechase, having won all five of the Diamond League races in which she had competed prior to the championship. However, she was unable to improve upon her bronze medal of two years previous, finishing in third place, over 10 seconds behind race winner Yuliya Zaripova. Chemos subsequently lost again to Zaripova at the final Diamond League meeting of the season – the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels – but the Kenyan had already established an unbeatable lead in the Diamond Race standings and thus retained her title.
  

Milcah Chemos Cheywa Achievements

Medal Records:

World Championships

• Gold medal – first place2013 Moscow3000 m st.
  
• Bronze medal – third place2009 Berlin3000 m st.
  
• Bronze medal – third place2011 Daegu3000 m st.
  

Commonwealth Games

• Gold medal – first place2010 Delhi3000 m st.
  
• Silver medal – second place2014 Glasgow3000 m st.
  

Continental Cup

• Silver medal – second place2010 Split3000 m st.