Restituta Joseph

Restituta Joseph ( Restituta Joseph Kemi ; born July 30, 1971 in Singida ) is a Tanzanian middle and long distance runner .

Life

She took part in the Olympic Games three times . In 1996 in Atlanta , she started in the 800-meter run , but was eliminated in the preliminary round. In her other Olympic competitions - in 2000 in Sydney in the 10,000-meter run and in 2004 in Athens in the 5000-meter run - she was unable to qualify for the final.

Joseph made his international breakthrough in cross-country running in the late 1990s . In 1998 and 1999 she was fifth on the short distance at the World Cross Country Championships . At the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, she then finished thirteenth in the 10,000 meter run.

However, she had her greatest successes in road runs . In 1997 and 1999 she won the Corrida de Langueux . In 2000 she won the 10-kilometer race of the Paderborn Easter Run and the Malmö Half Marathon . She was third in the Tilburg Ladies Run 10 K and won the Great South Run and the Zurich New Year's Run . The following year she worked as a pacemaker at the London Marathon (and finished the race in 2:43:52 h), triumphed at the Darmstadt City Run and again at the Great South Run and finished fifteenth at the 2001 World Half Marathon Championships in Bristol. In 2002 she won the Montferland Run , and in 2003 she won the Dam tot Damloop and the Route du Vin within a week . In 2005 she finished second in the Portugal Half Marathon .

Restituta Joseph is 1.64 m tall and weighs 56 kg.

Personal bests

• 800 m: 2: 08.31 min, July 26, 1996, Atlanta
• 1500 m : 4: 10.01 min, June 13, 2001, Kassel
• 3000 m : 8: 44.28 min, July 20, 2001, Monaco
  • Hall: 8: 51.23 min, February 2, 2003, Stuttgart (Tanzanian record)
• 5000 m: 15: 05.33 min, July 22, 2001, London
  • Halle: 15: 04.73 min, February 5, 2003, Dortmund (Tanzanian record)
• 10,000 m: 31: 32.02 min, June 13, 1999, Villeneuve-d'Ascq (Tanzanian record)
• Half marathon : 1:07:59 h, June 12, 2000, Malmö (Tanzanian record)

Web links

• Restituta Joseph in the database of World Athletics (English)