Caroline Chepkurui (also known as Caroline Chepkurui Tuigong, Caroline Tuigong or Caroline Tuikong; born 12 March 1990) is a Kenyan

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runner. She was the 2006 World Junior and 2007 World Youth champion in the steeplechase, the former of which was done at age 16 running

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Biography

In 2006, Chepkurui burst onto the scene winning the 2006 World U20 Championships title in the

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in a championship record time of 9:40.95. The win was all the more impressive by the fact that she was only 16 years old and running

, competing against a field of mostly 18 and 19 year old athletes all wearing running spikes. Her winning time was also the second-fastest U20 time ever and a personal best by over 20 seconds. In 2007, Chepkurui won her second global gold medal at the 2007 World Youth Championships, this time competing against younger (U18) competitors over a shorter distance (the inaugural

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). Her winning time of 6:22.30 was again the second-fastest U18 time ever. In 2019, Chepkurui became a

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for the

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, including rabbiting for the

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women's steeplechase.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chepkurui, Caroline 1990 births Kenyan female steeplechase runners World Athletics U20 Championships winners World Youth Championships in Athletics winners Living people Pacemakers