Caroline Jepchirchir Chepkwony
Caroline Jepchirchir Chepkwony (born April 27, 1985 ) is a Kenyan middle and long distance runner .
Life
In 2001 she was African junior runner-up in 16: 23.77 minutes over 5000 m . At the 2004 African Athletics Championships in Brazzaville, she won bronze over 800 m , at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne she was eliminated over the same distance in the preliminary run.
In the same year she switched to road running , setting a course record at the Corrida Bulloise and winning the Basel City Run and the Course de l'Escalade . In 2007 she triumphed in the Kassel City Run . In 2009 she won the 10 km run of the Regensburg Marathon , the Hamburg Half Marathon and again the Course de l'Escalade.
In 2010, she finished third in Koyang half marathon, she won the Düsseldorf Kö-run , the Alster , the Altoetting half marathon and the half marathon competition of the coast marathon . The following year she defended her title in Altötting.
In 2012 she won the Kerzerslauf , came third in the Berlin half marathon , won the 25 km from Berlin and seventh in the Berlin marathon . In 2013 she was third in the Paris half marathon , second in the Ústí half marathon and triumphed in the Ljubljana marathon .
Caroline Jepchirchir Chepkwony comes from the Marakwet District ( Rift Valley Province ) and is looked after by the German manager Alexander Hempel.
Personal bests
- 800 m: 2: 03.6 min, June 25, 2005, Nairobi
- 1000 m : 2: 43.96 min, June 9, 2005, Ostrava
- 1500 m : 4: 24.35 min, July 21, 2007, Algiers
- 10 km road run: 32:32 min, April 1, 2012, Berlin (intermediate time)
- 15 km road race: 49:43 min, March 17, 2012, Kerzers
- Half marathon: 1:08:36 h, April 1, 2012, Berlin
- 25 km road race: 1:22:56 h, May 6, 2012, Berlin
- Marathon : 2:27:27 h, October 27, 2013, Ljubljana
- 3000 m obstacle course : 10: 05.6 min, May 25, 2013, Nairobi
Web links
- Caroline Chepkwony in the database of World Athletics (English)
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Chepkwony beats the breeze in Ljubljana . October 27, 2013
- ↑ Frank Hellmann: Current School of Life ( Memento from May 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). In: Frankfurter Rundschau . June 1, 2007
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SURNAME | Chepkwony, Caroline Jepchirchir |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1985 |