Vincent Chepkok
Kenyan long-distance runner
Vincent Kiprop Chepkok (born 5 July 1988) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.
Chepkok was born in Kapkitony in the Keiyo District of Kenya's Rift Valley Province. He won the silver medal in the junior race at the 2007 World Cross Country Championships, finished ninth at the 2009 World Championships and seventh at the 2009 World Athletics Final. He gained a major 5000 m win on the 2010 IAAF Diamond League circuit, winning at the British Grand Prix.
He came second at the Cross Internacional Zornotza behind Joseph Ebuya at the start of 2011. He gained a place on the senior Kenyan World team after coming third at the Kenyan National Cross Country Championships. He repeated that position at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, securing the bronze medal behind Imane Merga and Paul Tanui, as well as sharing in the team gold with the Kenyan men. On the 2011 IAAF Diamond League circuit he was third at the Golden Gala, won at Athletissima, then came third at the Memorial van Damme final to place second overall in the 5000 m rankings.
At the start of the cross country season in November 2011, he came fourth at the Cross de Atapuerca but won the Cross de Soria a week later. He finished second to Edwin Soi at the Campaccio race, then finished behind Ebuya at the Cross Zornotza for a second year running.
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