Charity Cherop
Charity Cherop is an Ugandan long-distance and cross country runner.
Career
2023
Cherop placed fifteenth in the individual competition as she competed for Uganda in the U20 race at the 2023 [World Athletics Cross Country Championships] in Bathurst, Australia, as the Ugandan women's U20 team placed fourth overall.2024
She won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2024 [World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 5000 metres| 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships] in Lima, Peru with a personal best 15:25.02.She travelled to Europe for the 2024–25 World Athletics Cross Country Tour and won the Cardiff Cross Challenge in November 2024, her first World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold race win. That month, she finished third at the Cross Internacional de Itálica behind Beatrice Chebet.
2025
She placed third in the World Cross Country Tour Gold event in Hannut, Belgium, in January 2025.In July, Cherop broke the championship record in the 5000m as she ran 15:10.88 to lead a Ugandan 1-2 alongside Risper Cherop, at the 2025 African U20 Championships in Abeokuta, Nigeria. She set a new Ugandan under-20 national record at the 2025 [Kamila Skolimowska Memorial], part of the 2025 Diamond League, in Poland, with a run of 8:49.96 for the 3000 metres.
Cherop was a silver medalist behind Winfred Yavi at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games over 5000 metres.