Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui
Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | |
nation | Kenya |
birthday | 26th May 1994 (age 26) |
place of birth | Kericho, Kenya |
Career | |
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Best performance | 2:31:44 h (marathon) 1:05:07 h (half marathon) |
status | active |
last change: July 11, 2020 |
Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui (born May 26, 1994 in Kericho ) is a Kenyan medium and long-distance runner who competes in disciplines from 800 m to marathons and cross-country runs . She runs for the international athletics club Altay Athletics from Kazakhstan . She is the younger sister of cross-country skier Mercy Cherono Koech (* 1991).
successes
In 2011 Chepkoech Kipkirui became the African junior cross-country champion. Over 5000 m she was African junior champion in the same year and third over 3000 m at the Junior World Championships in Lille, France .
In Palo Alto , Chepkoech Kipkirui ran the 10,000 m on May 1st, 2016 in a time of 31: 16.38 min.
On February 9, 2018, she ran the half marathon in Ras al- Khaimah in a time of 1:05:07 h.
In January 2019 she won the Houston Half Marathon in 1:05:07 h in a personal best . A year later, on January 19, 2020, she was third in the Houston Half Marathon in a time of 1:08:13 h, behind the Japanese Hitomi Niiya (1:06:36 h) and Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech (1:08:08 h) .
Personal bests
discipline | time | date | place |
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800 m | 2: 16.49 min | June 24, 2010 | Nairobi |
1500 m | 4: 13.21 min | June 29, 2018 | Almaty |
3000 m | 8: 29.05 min | 4th May 2018 | Doha |
5000 m | 14: 27.55 min | 1st September 2017 | Brussels |
10,000 m (train) | 31: 16.38 min | May 1, 2016 | Palo Alto |
10 km (road) | 30:19 min | September 8, 2018 | Prague |
half marathon | 1:05:07 h | February 9, 2018 | Ras al-Khaimah |
Marathon run | 2:31:44 h | December 16, 2012 | Kisumu |
Web links
- Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chepkoech leads Houston Half Marathon field (January 9, 2019)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Chepkoech Kipkirui, Caroline |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1994 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kericho |