Doris Chepkwemoi Changeywo (born 12 December 1984) is a Kenyan professional

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who specialises in the

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and

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. She began to enjoy success in

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in 2006, becoming the East African cross country champion and winning at the first Shoe4Africa Women's 10km race. She gained her first major title at the

2007 Military World Games The 2007 Military World Games, officially the 4th CISM Military World Games were held at the twin-cities Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad - Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India from 14–21 October 2007. Some parts of the games were also hel ...

, winning the

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. The following year she came third at the Kenyan cross championships and gained selection for the

2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 30, 2008. The races were held at the Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All race ...

, where she finished in fourth place and helped Kenya to the women's team

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. She was the winner of the 2008 edition of the

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and also won the Würzburger Residenzlauf that year. At the

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, she ran over 10,000 m and took fifth place. Changeywo represented Kenya at the

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in October and won the silver medal, finishing as runner-up to compatriot Grace Momanyi. She made her debut over the

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at the

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two months later, where she came tenth in a time of 1:10:40. She ran at the Cross Internacional Zornotza in January the following year and came second behind Pauline Korikwiang. She missed out on a place on the World team that year, finishing ninth at the trials, but was selected to compete at the 2011 African Cross Country Championships instead. She took the

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as part of a Kenyan medal sweep with Mercy Cherono and

Viola Kibiwot Viola Jelagat Kibiwot (born 22 December 1983 in Keiyo District) is a runner from Kenya who specialises in the 1500 metres. Kibiwot won her first international medal as a junior runner at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where s ...

. In April, she won the Würzburger race with a 10K best of 31:26 minutes and then ran a half marathon best of 1:08:49 hours in

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. On the track she claimed the 10,000 m gold medal at the

2011 Military World Games The 2011 Military World Games (), officially known as the 5th CISM Military World Games (), was hosted from July 15–24, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 5th Military World Games was the largest military sports event ever held in Brazil, wit ...

in Rio de Janeiro, beating fellow Kenyan Lineth Chepkurui to defend her title. Turning to the roads again, she won the

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and then was the runner-up behind Aselefech Mergia at the

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10-miler in October. She took third place on the podium at the 2012 Great Manchester Run and World 10K Bangalore races. She is married to Kenya's long-distance runner

Moses Masai Moses Ndiema Masai (born 1 June 1986 in Kapsogom, Mount Elgon District) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres. Masai is from Bugaa village, four kilometres from Kapsokwony town. Born to John Barasa Masai and Leonida Cherop ...

as the couple has a daughter.

Achievements

Personal bests

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- 15:18.01 min (2008) *

- 31:31.01 min (2008) *10 km (road) - 31:26 min (2011) *

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- 1:08:49 hrs (2011)

References

External links

Focus on Athletes
article from IAAF
Pace Sports Management
__NOTOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Changeywo, Doris Living people 1984 births People from Mount Elgon District Kenyan female long-distance runners Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Kenyan female cross country runners Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Kenyan sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics