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Beatrice Chepkoech Sitonik (born 6 July 1991) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the steeplechase over 3000 meters. She won gold at the 2019 World Championships, silver at the 2018 African Championships, and bronze at the 2023 World Championships. Chepkoech won silver in the 1500m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2015 African Games. She holds the world record for the 3000 m steeplechase with a time of 8:44.32 set in Monaco in 2018. With that time, she became the first woman in the event to break the 8:50 and 8:45 barriers.

Chepkoech is a two-time Diamond League champion in the 3000 m steeplechase and a Kenyan national champion.

Career
Beatrice Chepkoech began her running career on the road, finishing third in several low-key races in Germany and the Netherlands in 2014. In 2015, she switched to track running and won the KBC Night of Athletics with a 1500m personal best of 4:03.28. She finished the season just outside the top twenty athletes, and she was the fifth-fastest Kenyan.  At the 2015 African Games, he won a bronze medal in the event. 

Chepkoech finished second in the 2000m steeplechase at the ISTAF Berlin, beating 2015 world bronze steeplechase medalist Gesa Felicitas Krause. 

She finished fourth in 9:10.45 at the London World Championships in August after missing a water jump and having to run back in the final. At the end of August, she broke the nine-minute barrier for the first time, finishing second in the Zürich circuit final in 8:59.84. 

 
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, she finished second in the 1500 m. On July 20, that year, at the Monaco Herculis meeting, the athlete broke the women's 3000 m steeplechase world record by more than eight seconds with a time of 8:44.32 (highlights Video on YouTube). She broke the previous record of 8:52.78 set by Kenyan-Bahraini Ruth Jebet in 2016. 

The following month, Chepkoech won gold in the event at the African Championships, setting a championship record of 8:59.88 in the process. She won her first Diamond League title in her specialty event that year, winning three of the five events, including the final in Brussels. 

In 2019, she finished seventh in the senior women's race at the World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, in March. She won the 3000 m steeplechase at the Doha World Championships in Qatar in September with a time of 8:57.84, breaking the championship record in the process. Chepkoech won her second Diamond Trophy steeplechase that year, winning four of the five events, including the final in Zürich. 

She broke the 5 km road world record in 14 minutes and 43 seconds at the Monaco Run in February 2021. Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui set the previous world record in a mixed gender race in 2018 with a time of 14:48. Chepkoech's time broke Sifan Hassan's women-only record of 14:44, which she set in 2019. Chepkoech finished seventh in her signature event at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in August with a time of 9:16.33. 

Due to an injury, she was forced to withdraw from the 2022 World Championship in Eugene, Oregon, in July.

Achievements 

Personal bests 

• 1500 metres – 4:03.09 (Gold Coast 2018)
• 3000 metres – 8:22.92 (Doha 2020)
• 2000 metres steeplechase – 6:02.47 (Berlin 2015)
• 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:44.32 (Monaco 2018) World record

Road

• 5 km – 14:43 (Monaco 2021)
• 10 km – 32:35 (Hem 2014)

International competitions 

Representing  Kenya

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	3rd	1500 m	4:19.16
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	3000 m s'chase	9:16.05
2017	World Cross Country Championships	Kampala, Uganda	1st	Mixed relay	22:22
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	4th	3000 m s'chase	9:10.45
2018	World Indoor Championship	Birmingham, United Kingdom	7th	1500 m	4:13.59
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	2nd	1500 m	4:03.09
	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:59.88 CR
	Continental Cup	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:07.92 CR
2019	World Cross Country Championships	Aarhus, Denmark	7th	Senior race	22:22
			2nd	Senior team	25 pts
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:57.84 CR
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	7th	3000 m s'chase	9:16.33