Stacy Ndiwa of Kenya at the 2018 African Athletics Championships

Stacey Chepkemboi Ndiwa (born 6 December 1992) is a Kenyan female

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who competes across cross country, track and

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disciplines. She was a gold medallist at the

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in the

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and was a team silver medallist at the

IAAF World Cross Country Championships World Athletics Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Formerly held annually and organised by World Athletics (formerly the IAAF), it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the In ...

in 2015, where she was fifth individually. She was also a bronze medallist in the 1500 m at the

2011 African Junior Athletics Championships The 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships were held at the University of Botswana Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana from 12 to 15 May. It was the tenth edition of the continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger ...

. Ndiwa competed for the

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team, and won the team championships in the

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in 2013 and the cross country championship in 2015. She won the

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in 2012. Her

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debut came at the 2014

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meet. Though she was only seventh at that meet, she had success at lower level meets, with wins at the Meeting Citta di Padova,

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and

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. On the roads, she won the Giro Podistico di Pettinengo and the

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.Stacy Ndiwa

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. Retrieved 2018-02-09. Sixth place at the

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in 2015 brought her her first senior international selection for the world event. After a two-year gap in racing, she returned in 2017 focused on road running, being runner-up at the Azkoitia-Azpeitia Half Marathon and Zwolle Half Marathon. She set a personal best of 1:09:09 hours for the event at the Ústí nad Labem Half Marathon, where she was fourth. She closed the year with a win at the Houilles 10K.Guillon, Quentin (2017-12-31)
Wanders and Ndiwa triumph at Houilles 10km
IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-09.

Personal bests

– 4:06.10 min (2014) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

– 8:30.54 min (2014) *

– 15:15.14 min (2014) *

10K run The 10K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of . Also referred to as the 10K road race, 10 km, or simply 10K, it is one of the most common types of road running event, alongside the shorter 5K and longer half ...

– 31:27 min (2017) *

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– 1:09:09 (2017)

International competitions

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ndiwa, Stacey Chemkemboi Living people 1992 births Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female cross country runners Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games African Championships in Athletics winners Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Kenyan sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics