Gladys Cherono

Gladys Cherono
Gladys Cherono at the Prague Half Marathon 2012
Full name	Gladys Cherono Kiprono
nation	Kenya
birthday	12th May 1983 (age 37)
place of birth	Kenya
Career
discipline	Long distance running
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Half marathon world championship 2 × 0 × 0 × African Championships 2 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships silver Moscow 2013 10,000 m  Half marathon world championships gold Copenhagen 2014 singles gold Copenhagen 2014 team  African Championships gold Porto-Novo 2012 5000 m gold Porto-Novo 2012 10,000 m
last change: January 18, 2020

Gladys Cherono Kiprono (born May 12, 1983 ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner .

Career

In 2005 she won the Santa Pola half marathon and the Gavà half marathon. In 2007, she won in the 10km from A Coruña and the half-marathon competition of Reims à toutes jambes . The following year she was third in the Porto half marathon , won the Reims à toutes jambes half marathon and came second in the Trofeo José Cano. In 2009 a second place followed in Porto and victories at the Valladolid Half-Marathon, the 10 km from A Coruña and the Trofeo José Cano.

At the end of 2011 she reported back with a win at the Zhuhai Half Marathon in competition. In 2012 she was third in the RAK half marathon and third in the Prague half marathon . At the African Athletics Championships in Porto Novo , she managed a double victory over 5000 and 10,000 meters . Then she won the Bogotá half marathon . and the Tilburg 10 K .

In 2013 she set a course record in the Prague Half Marathon and won the World 10K Bangalore . As the winner of the Kenyan elimination bouts over 10,000 meters, she drove to the World Athletics Championships in Moscow , where she won the silver medal.

At the end of March 2014 she became the half marathon world champion in Copenhagen . It took 1:07:29 h for the route.

On September 27, 2015 she won the Berlin Marathon in 2:19:25 h. In 2017 she was successful again in Berlin (2:20:23 h). On September 16, 2018, after 2:18:11 h, she won the Berlin Marathon for the third time with a personal best and a new course record.

Gladys Cherono is supported by the International Athletics Consultancy .

Personal bests

• 3000 m : 8: 34.05 min, August 22, 2013, Stockholm
• 5000 m: 14: 47.12 min, August 29, 2013, Zurich
• 10,000 m: 30: 29.23 min, June 27, 2013, Ostrava
• 10-km- road race : 30:56, 2015 May 23 min, Ottawa
• Half marathon : 1:06:07 h, February 12, 2016, Ras al-Khaimah
• Marathon : 2:18:11 h, September 16, 2018, Berlin

Web links

• Gladys Cherono in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF: Cherono takes 10,000m for second title in Porto-Novo - African champs, Day 4 . July 1, 2012
2. ^ IAAF: Kirui and Cherono dominate Bogotá Half Marathon . July 30, 2012
3. ^ IAAF: Cherono breaks course record in Prague as Tadese out-sprints team-mate . April 6, 2013
4. ↑ International Athletics Consultancy: Gladys Cherono Kiprono ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )