Mercy Cherono

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Mombasa]], Kenya
|23rd
|Junior race (6&nbsp;km)
|[[2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race|22:32]]
|-
|[[2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]
|[[Ostrava]], Czech Republic
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m
|8:53.94
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m
|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres|8:58.07]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games|Commonwealth Youth Games]]
|[[Pune]], India
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m
|9:06.01
|-
|rowspan=4|2009
|rowspan=2|[[2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Amman]], Jordan
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Junior race (6&nbsp;km)
|[[2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race|20:17]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Junior team
|18 pts
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2009 African Junior Athletics Championships|African Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Bambous, Mauritius|Bambous]], Mauritius
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m
|8:54.96
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|5000 m
|16:12.65
|-
|rowspan=4|2010
|rowspan=2|[[2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Junior race (5.833&nbsp;km)
|[[2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race|18:47]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Junior team
|10 pts
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Moncton]], Canada
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|3000 m
|[[2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres|8:55.07]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|5000 m
|[[2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres|15:09.19]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
|[[2011 African Cross Country Championships|African Cross Country Championships]]
|[[Cape Town]], South Africa
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Senior race (8&nbsp;km)
|27:13
|-
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu]], South Korea
|5th
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|15:00.23
|-
|| 2013
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Moscow]], Russia
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|14:51.22
|-
|| 2014
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Glasgow]], Scotland
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|15:07.21
|-
|2015
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Beijing, China]]
|5th
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|15:01.36
|-
|2016
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|14:42.89
|}