Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet
Kenya
Track & Field Olympic Athlete; Event: 5000m
Professional Information
Professional Areas:
Athletics
Position:
Athlete
Working primarily in:
Kenya
Biographical Information
Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet
(At a Glance)
Date of Birth: Mar/18/1984
Gender: female
Place of Origin: Kenya
Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet will make her Olympic debut for Kenya in this summer's 2008 Beijing Olympics. She will be competing in the women's 5000m. The team has high hopes for Kibet considering her successful track record. In 2007, she won gold at the Kenyan Championships in 16 minutes,
5.67 seconds, finished fourth at the World Championships in Osaka in
14:59.26 and clocked a personal-best 14:57.37 in a runner-up finish at
the IAAF World Athletics Final.