Eva Cherono
Eva Cherono (born 15 August 1996 in Kericho, Kenya) is a professional long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 5000 metres and cross country. She represented Kenya at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, finishing seventh, and helped the team win silver at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Her personal best in the 5000 metres is 14:40.25, set in 2019.
Cherono grew up in Kericho and started running when she was young. Her uncle, former runner Johnstone Simotwo, encouraged her to pursue the sport. She first competed at the Kenyan Athletics Championships at age 14. She had success in youth events in 2013, 2014, and 2015, moving to the senior ranks in 2016. That year she began competing on the professional circuit and started focusing on longer distances.
In 2018 she was runner-up to Hellen Obiri at the Kenyan trials for the Commonwealth Games and finished seventh at the Games in Gold Coast. She also worked as a pacemaker at several European meetings and began racing on the European track circuit, posting personal bests of 8:41.69 for 3000 metres and 15:09.42 for 5000 metres. She won races at Leiden Gouden Spike and Singelloop Utrecht and also won the Cross Internacional de la Constitución.
In 2019 she finished fifth at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships, then placed eighth at the World Cross Country Championships, helping Kenya to a team silver. She won the Würzburger Residenzlauf road race, lowered her 5000m best to 14:40.25 in London, and competed at the Memorial Van Damme Diamond League final. She ended the year by winning Singelloop Utrecht and Cross Internacional de la Constitución again.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 17:27 (CET).