Sharon Jemutai Cherop is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She won a bronze medal at the age of sixteen in the 5000 metres at the World Junior Championships. She was the bronze medal winner in the marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and won the Boston Marathon in 2012.
Cherop at the half-way point of the 2012 Boston Marathon
2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile between 17 and 22 October 2000.
Host stadium in Chile.
Rutger Smith of the Netherlands won the shot put gold and discus bronze.
Veronica Campbell won a sprint double for Jamaica.