Here are some of Kenya's richest athletes as per their net worth

Being an athlete is not an easy job. The training which you have to go through isn't an easy thing mostly for the faint hearted. Even though its not an easy job our Kenyan athletes are doing really well and winning great prizes including being rewarded with chunks of money.

Here are some of the richest athletes in Kenya.

1.Vivian Cheruiyot

She is one of the greatest long distance runners in the world breaking world records. Her net worth is approximated to be 5 million dollars.

2.Asbel Kiprop

He is a middle distance runner who specialises with the 1500m metres and has won World Championship titles. He is said to have a net worth of 3m dollars.

3. Ezekiel Kemboi

He is one of the few athletes to win both the World golds events and the olympics. Kemboi is one of the fastest athletes with a net worth of about 2.8m dollars.

4.Julius Yego

He is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes in the Javelin throw. He became the first Kenyan to win the the Commonwealth games gold medal in an event.

He is estimated to have a net worth of  2.4 million dollars.

5. David Rudisha

He is the world record holder in the 800 metres Rudisha is the first and only person to ever run under 1:41 for the event, and he holds the three fastest, six of the eight fastest, and half of the twenty fastest times ever run in this event.

His net worth is 5 m dollars.