Charity Cherop

Charity Cherop (born 4 July 2007) is an Ugandan long-distance and cross country runner. In May 2026, she set a Ugandan national record in the 5000 m.

Biography 2023 Cherop placed thirteenth in the individual competition as she competed for Uganda in the U20 race at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, as the Ugandan women's U20 team placed fourth overall.

2024 She won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru with a personal best 15:25.02 (originally finished third behind Medina Eisa, but Eisa was later given a two-year ban for age falsification violations and stripped of her gold medal).

She travelled to Europe for the 2024–25 World Athletics Cross Country Tour and won the Cardiff Cross Challenge in November 2024, her first World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold race win. That month, she finished third at the Cross Internacional de Itálica behind Beatrice Chebet.

2025 She placed third in the World Cross Country Tour Gold event in Hannut, Belgium, in January 2025.

In July, Cherop broke the championship record in the 5000m as she ran 15:10.88 to lead a Ugandan 1-2 alongside Risper Cherop, at the 2025 African U20 Championships in Abeokuta, Nigeria. She set a new Ugandan under-20 national record at the 2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, part of the 2025 Diamond League, in Poland, with a run of 8:49.96 for the 3000 metres.

Cherop was a silver medalist behind Winfred Yavi at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games over 5000 metres.

2026 In January 2026, she competed in the Uganda U20 team at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, winning the gold medal in the team race and the bronze medal in the women’s individual race. Later in January 2026, she placed third at the Lotto Cross Cup de Hannut.

In May, she ran a Ugandan national record 14:39.38 for the 5000 m at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League. In June, she ran a personal best 8:39.22 for the 3000 metres at the 2026 Bislett Games. She won the gold medal for her country over 5000 metres at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships, running 15:03.88. Later at the championships she won the bronze medal in the 3000 metres finishing behind Shito Gumi of Ethiopia who also won medals in both distance events.