Jepkorir Rose Chepyator-Thomson
Jepkorir Rose Chepyator-Thomson (* 1954 in Kenya) is a former Kenyan middle and long distance runner . She is currently a professor in the Department of Exercise Science at the University of Georgia .
Career
She grew up as the oldest of eleven siblings in a Kalenjin family in Kapkonga in the Rift Valley Province . She walked five kilometers to and from school twice a day. In 1974 she married the American teacher Norman Frederic Thomson. Although she soon became a mother, she continued her running career.
In 1978 she won bronze in the 1500 m at the Pan-African Games in Algiers. At the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton she was eliminated over 1500 m in the preliminary run and was eighth over 3000 m .
The following year she was East and Central Africa champion over 3000 m. At the 1979 African Athletics Championships , she won silver in the 1500 m and 3000 m.
In the same year she moved with her husband and their two children to the United States , where they began studying at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . The boycott of Kenya prevented participation in the Moscow Olympic Games .
In 1990 she did her doctorate on Stratification in an American secondary school: Issues of race, class, gender, and physical ability in physical education. She then taught sports science and was a trainer at the State University of New York at Brockport until she moved to the University of Georgia in 1996.
She had three sons with her husband Norm Thomson, also a professor at the University of Georgia, who died in 2013.
Best times
- 1500 m: 4: 16.08 min
- 3000 m: 9: 17.37 min
Publications
- (Ed.): African Women and Globalization. Africa World Press, 2005, ISBN 1592213537
- with Shan-Hui Hsu (Ed.): Global Perspectives on Physical Education and After-School Sport Programs. University Press of America, 2013, ISBN 0761861181
literature
- Alex Crevar: The front of the pack: From Kenya to UGA, professor Rose Chepyator-Thomson sets a pace that brings everyone up to speed . In: Georgia Magazine. Vol. 82, No. March 2, 2003
Web links
- Curriculum Vitae on the University of Georgia website
- Running a New Course , portrait on the Big Ten Conference website , February 9, 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chepyator-Thomson, Jepkorir Rose |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thomson, Rose |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan middle and long distance runner and exercise scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kenya |