Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa

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Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa 2016 in Rio

Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa (born May 20, 1984 ) is a Bahraini long-distance runner of Kenyan origin.

2014 won the marathon at the Asian Games in Incheon in 2:25:37 h. With a new course record, she won the women's marathon in Nagoya on March 8, 2015 in 2:22:08 h. In late August, she won the bronze medal in the marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing . It took 2:27:39 h for this run.

On February 7, 2016, she won the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon after 1:08:06 h. On March 13, 2016, she successfully defended her title at the Nagoya Marathon. On August 14, 2016, she won the silver medal in the marathon of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with a time of 2:24:13 h.

On February 5, 2017, she won the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon again , and on March 12, 2017, she won the Nagoya Marathon for the third time in a row.

After a positive doping test on Epo , she was banned for four years retrospectively from May 7, 2019 by the Integrity Commission of the World Association (AIU) after a provisional suspension.

Personal best

Web links

Commons : Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Decision of the AIU (English) June 14, 2019, accessed on June 29, 2019.