Lineth Chepkurui
Lineth Chepkurui (born February 23, 1988 in Bomet ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner .
Life
She started running in Bukacha Primary School. After graduating from Kirimwok Secondary School in 2004, she moved to Iten where she continued her training.
In 2005 she won the half marathon competition of the Nairobi Marathon . Because of this success, her starts at international races were arranged, of which she won the first, the half marathon of the Dallas White Rock Marathon , which took place a month later .
In 2006 he won the Philadelphia Half Marathon and the Delhi Half Marathon . In 2007 she was recruited into the Kenyan Air Force . After her basic training, she not only won the half marathon in Nairobi again, but also the Lagos half marathon. In 2008 she was sixth in the World's Best 10K and twelfth in the Cross Country World Championships . She then paused to heal an injury.
At the 2009 World Cross Country Championships in Amman, she finished fourth and won gold with the Kenyan team.
In 2010 she was fifth at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz and won team gold again. In the summer she set a course record at the Beach to Beacon 10K with 31:00 min.
Lineth Chepkurui is 1.57 m and weighs 43 kg. She is supervised by KIMbia Athletics and trained by Dieter Hogen and Godfrey Kiprotich.
Personal bests
- 10,000 m : 31: 31.92 min, July 11th 2009, Birmingham
- 10-km- road race : 30:45 min, April 3, 2010, New Orleans
- Half Marathon : 1:10:09, September 17, 2006, Philadelphia
Web links
- Lineth chepkurui in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait at KIMbia Athletics (English)
- Portrait at IAAF - Athlete Profile , October 17, 2017
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Course record for Chepkurui in Cape Elizabeth 10K ( Memento of October 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). August 8, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chepkurui, Lineth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bomet |