What was Nike's Breaking4 project in 2025?

An attempt for a woman to run a mile under four minutes

What did Kipyegon do between 2018 and 2019?

Took time off to have a daughter

Faith Kipyegon Quiz: 1500 Meter Titles and Records

A runner from Bomet County in Kenya has won the women's Olympic 1500 m in Rio, Tokyo and Paris, and this Faith Kipyegon quiz traces her record-breaking career. Play 10 interactive questions on her three golds, world titles, the 2023 records in Florence and Monaco, the mile, the 5000 m and Nike's Breaking4 attempt in 2025.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Which country does Faith Kipyegon represent?
Golds
How many Olympic 1500 m gold medals has Kipyegon won?
First
Where did Kipyegon win her first Olympic gold?
Record city
In which Italian city did she break the 1500 m world record in 2023?
Mile
Where did she set a mile world record in 2023?
5000
Which other world record did she set in Paris in 2023?
Breaking4
What was Nike's Breaking4 project in 2025?
Worlds
Which world title has she won several times?
Coach
In which Kenyan training center has she worked with coach Patrick Sang's group?
Motherhood
What did Kipyegon do between 2018 and 2019?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which country does Faith Kipyegon represent?
Answer: Kenya
She grew up in Bomet County.
Q2: How many Olympic 1500 m gold medals has Kipyegon won?
Answer: Three
She won in 2016, 2021 and 2024.
Q3: Where did Kipyegon win her first Olympic gold?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro
She beat Genzebe Dibaba in 2016.
Q4: In which Italian city did she break the 1500 m world record in 2023?
Answer: Florence
She ran 3:49.11 at a Diamond League meet.
Q5: Where did she set a mile world record in 2023?
Answer: Monaco
She ran 4:07.64.
Q6: Which other world record did she set in Paris in 2023?
Answer: 5000 meters
It came a week after her 1500 m record in Florence.
Q7: What was Nike's Breaking4 project in 2025?
Answer: An attempt for a woman to run a mile under four minutes
Kipyegon ran about 4:06 in specially paced conditions.
Q8: Which world title has she won several times?
Answer: 1500 meters
Her titles include 2017, 2022 and 2023.
Q9: In which Kenyan training center has she worked with coach Patrick Sang's group?
Answer: Kaptagat
The group also includes Eliud Kipchoge.
Q10: What did Kipyegon do between 2018 and 2019?
Answer: Took time off to have a daughter
She returned to win world silver in 2019.

Faith Kipyegon Quiz – Kenya's Middle-Distance Queen

Faith Kipyegon grew up in Bomet County, Kenya, and became the leading women's 1500 m runner of her era. She won Olympic gold in Rio in 2016, Tokyo in 2021 and Paris in 2024.

In 2023 she broke the 1500 m world record in Florence, the mile record in Monaco and the 5000 m record in Paris within weeks. She has won several world titles in the 1500 m.

After taking time off to have a daughter, she returned stronger. She trains with Patrick Sang's group at Kaptagat, home to Eliud Kipchoge, and in 2025 ran about 4:06 in Nike's Breaking4 attempt at a sub-four-minute mile.

What This Quiz Teaches

Running fans will enjoy these questions.

Where Kipyegon comes from
Which Olympic titles she won
Which records she set
What Breaking4 was
How motherhood shaped her career

Did You Know?

Kipyegon often runs in front from the start.
Her sister Beatrice Mutai is also a runner.
The women's mile record had stood for years before 2023.
Kenya dominates middle and long distances.
She started running barefoot at school.