Edith Chelimo

Career
Edith Chelimo
nation	Kenya Kenya
birthday	16th July 1986 (age 34)
discipline	Long distance running
Best performance	1:05:52 h ( half marathon )
last change: March 31, 2020

Edith Chelimo (born July 16, 1986 ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. Her favorite disciplines are road runs over 10 kilometers and the half marathon .

Career

Edith Chelimo started her international career in 2004 and ran mainly in the UK, France and the Netherlands. At the World Junior Athletics Championships 2004 in Grosseto (Italy) from July 12th to 18th, she represented her country in the 5000 meter run and was eleventh in the final. In 2005 she fell ill and did not race for a long time. From 2010 she took part in international races again. In the Cardiff half marathon on October 1, 2017, she ran a time of 65:52 minutes. and during this time it was 17th in the all-time world rankings (as of March 31, 2020). In the same year, Chelimo also won the 20-kilometer classic Marseille-Cassis , setting it in 65:58 minutes. set a new course record in a personal best.

Edith Chelimo's parents are long-distance runners as well, as is her older sister.

Personal bests

5000 m , 15: 44.0 min, Nairobi (Kenya), June 14, 2012
10,000 m , 32: 36.25 min, Ponzano Veneto , ( Italy ), July 29, 2012
5 kilometers ( road ), 16:23 min., Rennes (France), October 9, 2011
5 miles (road), 26:40 min., London (United Kingdom), March 26, 2011
10 km (road), 31:07 min, Brunssum (Netherlands), April 3, 2016
10 miles (road), 54:14 min., Twickenham (United Kingdom), October 16, 2011
20 kilometers (road), 65:58 min., Marseille - Cassis (France), October 29, 2017
Half marathon , 65:52 min, Cardiff (United Kingdom), October 1, 2017

Successes (selection)

29 September 2019, half marathon, 1:07:38 h, Glasgow (United Kingdom)
August 18, 2019, 10 kilometers (road), 32:35 min., Iten (Kenya)
July 11, 2019, 10,000 m , 33: 07.38 min., Nairobi (Kenya)
October 28, 2018, half marathon, 1:06:18 h, Valencia (Spain)
May 26, 2018, 10 kilometers (road), 31:47 min., Ottawa (Canada)
October 29, 2017, 20 kilometers, 1:05:58 h, Cassis (France)
October 1, 2017, Half Marathon, 1:05:52, Cardiff, United Kingdom
April 17, 2016, half marathon, 1:10:38 h, Annecy (France)
April 3, 2016, 10 kilometers (road), 31:07 min., Brunssum (Netherlands)
April 6, 2014, 10 kilometers (road), 32:04 min., Brunssum (Netherlands)
March 24, 2013, half marathon, 1:11:28 h, Azpeitia (Spain)
June 29, 2012, 10,000 m , 32: 36.25 min., Ponzano Veneto (Italy)
March 31, 2012, half marathon, 1:11:22 h, Azpeitia (Spain)
October 16, 2011, 10 miles (road), 54:14 min., Twickenham (United Kingdom)
September 25, 2011, 10 kilometers (road), 32:48 min., Swansea (United Kingdom)
March 20, 2011, Half Marathon, 1:11:22 AM, Reading, United Kingdom
October 10, 2010, half marathon, 1:13:33 h, Peterborough (United Kingdom)
May 9, 2010 6 miles (road), 32:53 Bristol, UK

Web links

Edith Chelimo in the database of World Athletics (English)
Video about Edith Chelimo from November 14, 2017 after her victory over 10 kilometers in Iten (Kenya) (Youtube 2:55 min.), Accessed: March 31, 2020.

Individual evidence

↑ Video Edith Chelimo , published November 14, 2017 (English), accessed: April 2, 2020.
↑ 17th place in the all-time world rankings , in: World Athletics All Time Toplists, accessed: April 2, 2020

↑ Yimer and Chelimo claim impressive victories at Marseille Cassis 20km World Athletics run report of October 29, 2017 about Chelimo's victory in Cassis, accessed: March 31, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Chelimo, Edith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Kenyan long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH	July 16, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kenya

[1] Video Edith Chelimo , published November 14, 2017 (English), accessed: April 2, 2020.

[2] 17th place in the all-time world rankings , in: World Athletics All Time Toplists, accessed: April 2, 2020

[3] Yimer and Chelimo claim impressive victories at Marseille Cassis 20km World Athletics run report of October 29, 2017 about Chelimo's victory in Cassis, accessed: March 31, 2020.