Nguriatukei Rael Kiyara

Kiyara at the Dublin Marathon (2007)

Nguriatukei Rael Kiyara (born April 4, 1984 ) is a Kenyan marathon runner .

Kiyara finished third in the 2007 Dublin Marathon , won the Madrid Marathon in 2008 and finished second in the Reims Marathon . In 2009 she set a course record at the Graz Marathon with 2:33:04 h. You set further course records at the Maratona di Sant'Antonio 2010 (2:30:18) and at the Luxembourg Marathon 2011 (2:34:30).

She set her best time of 2:25:23 h in fourth place at the 2011 Eindhoven Marathon .

At the end of April 2012, she was the first to cross the finish line at the Hamburg Marathon in 2:23:47 h. In July of the same year, Moni Wekesa, chairman of the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (KADA), announced that Kiyara had tested positive for a norandrosterone, a breakdown product of the anabolic steroid nandrolone . She decided not to open the B sample and was banned for two years until July 18, 2014.

On November 8, 2015, she won the Shanghai Marathon in 2:26:23 hours.

Web links

• Nguriatukei Rael Kiyara in the database of World Athletics (English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Nils Weber & Jan-Hendrik Schmidt: Marathon runner tested positive: doping scandal about Hamburg winner Rael Kiyara . In: Hamburger Morgenpost . July 23, 2012
2. ^ IAAF: Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation ( Memento of November 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). September 28, 2012 (PDF; 164 kB)