Helena Loshanyang Kirop
Helena Loshanyang Kirop (born September 9, 1976 ) is a Kenyan marathon runner .
In 2006 she won the Casablanca Marathon , third in the Ottawa Marathon , second in the Amsterdam Marathon and won the Trecate Half Marathon.
The following year she was sixth in the World's Best 10K , second in the Rotterdam Marathon and third in the Berlin Marathon . In 2008, after finishing sixth in the RAK half marathon , she came in third again in Berlin.
In 2009 she was nominated third in the Dubai and fifth in the Boston Marathon for the World Athletics Championships in Berlin , but did not finish there. A month later, she triumphed in the Portugal half marathon .
In the following season she was third in the Dubai marathon and third in the Stramilano , set a course record in the Prague marathon with 2:25:29 h and won the Nairobi marathon . In 2011 she finished ninth in Dubai, sixth in the Lisbon Half Marathon , third in the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon , second in the Portugal Half Marathon and set course records in the Venice Marathon and Taipei International Marathon . In 2012 she finished third in the Tokyo Marathon .
Personal bests
- 10K road run : 32:43 min, February 25, 2007, San Juan
- Half marathon : 1:08:57 h, September 25, 2011, Lisbon
- Marathon: 2:23:37 h, October 23, 2011, Venice
Web links
- Helena Kirop in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Athlete portrait on the World Marathon Majors website
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Sang defends, Kirop surprises at Portugal Half Marathon ( Memento from October 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). 4th October 2009
- ^ IAAF: Kirop smashes women's record in Venice ( Memento of October 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). October 23, 2011
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SURNAME | Kirop, Helena Loshanyang |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan marathon runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1976 |