Viola Cheptoo Lagat

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Country Kenya Sport Track and field		Name Viola Lagat
Born 13 March 1989 (age 35) ( 1989-03-13 )

Viola Cheptoo Lagat (born 13 March 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres. She competed at the 2015 World Championships, 2016 World Indoor Championships and 2016 Summer Olympics.

She comes from a family of runners that includes sister Mary Chepkemboi and brothers Bernard Lagat and Robert Cheseret.

Personal bests

Outdoor

800 metres – 2:02.05 (Tomblaine 2015)

1000 metres – 2:42.58 (Linz 2013)

1500 metres – 4:04.10 (Lignano Sabbiadoro 2015)

One mile – 4:28.82 (Rovereto 2016)

3000 metres – 8:52.34 (Rieti 2013)

5000 metres – 15:35.12 (Palo Alto 2014)

Indoor

1000 metres – 2:40.72 (Boston 2014)

1500 metres – 4:10.45 (Portland 2016)

One mile – 4:29.87 (New York 2016)

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