Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot (born 30 July 2004) is a Kenyan runner who competes in

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and cross-country. He previously held the world junior record in the

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Early and personal life

He hails from

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in Kenya. Both of his parents were athletes, but only raced in Kenya. He is not a relation of

Timothy Cheruiyot Timothy Cheruiyot (born 20 November 1995) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the event and the 11th fastest athlete all time over the distance. At the World Athle ...

but he has described him as his role model. He slowed down to allow Timothy Cheruiyot to overtake him at the finish line of the Kenyan World Championship Trials in July 2023 out of respect for him.

Career

In August 2022, he won gold at the

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, Colombia, in the

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race. In January 2023, he finished second at the

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in Bathurst, Australia, in the U20 race. In April 2023 he won gold in the 1500m at the African U20 Championships in

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, Zambia. He also finished second at the 5k at the

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. In May 2023, he lowered his personal best for the 1500m to 3:32.02 in

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. Later that month he ran 1500m in 3:32.01 in

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. He lowered it to 3:30.30 at the

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event in

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in July 2023. Selected for the 1500m at the

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, he qualified for the final, in which he finished eighth. In September 2023, he set a new under-20 world record for the mile, running 3:48.06 at the Diamond League final in

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. This time improved the previous record of

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by over a second and was ratified by

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in November 2023. On 20 April 2024, he won the 1500 metres at the

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in Kenya in a time of 3:31.96. In May 2024, he finished third in the 1500 metres at the

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event. In June 2024, he won the Kenyan Olympic trial in Nairobi over 1500 metres and was subsequently named in the Kenyan team for the

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. He competed in Paris in the 1500 metres race, reaching the semi-final. He won the 5000 metres at the

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in his debut Diamond League event at that distance in May 2025. The following week he was runner-up in the 1500 metres at the

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, also part of the

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. He won the 1500 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships in June 2025. He ran a personal best of 3:47.46 in the Bowerman Mile to finish fifth at the

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on 5 July.

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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– 1:49.64 (Gap 2022) *

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– 3:30.30 (Chorzów 2023) *

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- 3:48.06 (Eugene 2023) *

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– 4:48.14 (Brussels 2023) *

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– 7:38.83 (Zagreb 2022) *

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– 13:33.05 (Nairobi 2022) Road * 5K – 13:04 (Lille 2023) * 10K – 28:46 (Bengaluru 2022)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheruiyot, Reynold 2004 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics U20 Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kenya 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen Diamond League winners