Nancy Cherop

Nancy Cherop (born 6 April 2006) is a Kenyan middle distance and cross country runner.

Early life Ten daughter of Geoffrey Kiprotich and niece of James Kwalia, Cherop attended Chelebei Secondary School in Mount Elgon.

Career In 2022, she won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia over 3000 metres in a time of 9:05.85.

Cherop was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships but was unable to travel to Australia due to a VISA issue. She won gold medals at the 2023 African U18 Championships in Ndola, Zambia in April 2023, winning over 800 metres, and 1500 metres. She set a new 1500 personal best finishing sixth at the senior Kenyan national championships in Nairobi in June 2023, running 4:09.90. In August 2023, she was the winner of golds in both the 1500m and 3000m at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago, setting a new games record over 1500m of 4:12.38.

She was selected for the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Serbia.