Rita Jeptoo Sitienei

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Rita Jeptoo Sitienei athletics

Rita jeptoo 2013 boston marathon.jpg
at the 2013 Boston Marathon
Full name Rita Jeptoo Sitienei
nation KenyaKenya Kenya
birthday 15th February 1981 (age 39)
place of birth Kapsabet ,  Kenya
Career
discipline Long distance running
status blocked
End of career 2014
last change: September 16, 2018

Rita Jeptoo Sitienei (born February 15, 1981 in Kapsabet ) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon .

Career

Since 2000, the runner , who comes from the Nandi tribe , has competed in road races mainly in Italy . In 2000 she was third in Roma - Ostia and in 2001 fourth in the Udine Half Marathon. In 2003 she finished fourth in the Prague Half Marathon and set a course record in the South Tyrolean Spring Half Marathon .

In the following season she switched to the marathon route and won the Stockholm Marathon and the Milan Marathon . She also won the half marathon of the Nairobi Marathon .

In 2005 she was third in the Turin Marathon , seventh in the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki and second in the Delhi Half Marathon .

In 2006 she won the Boston Marathon after the Paris Half Marathon . At the road running world championships in Debrecen over 20 km she took bronze in 1:03:47 h behind Lornah Kiplagat and Constantina Tomescu , both of whom remained below the old world record times, and she came fourth in the New York City Marathon .

In 2007 she won the Lisbon half marathon after finishing fifth in the RAK half marathon . A fourth place in Boston, a third in the Great Manchester Run and a seventh in the marathon of the World Championships in Osaka was followed by victory in the Obudu Mountain Run . The following year she was third in Boston, won the Great Wales Run and the Portugal Half Marathon . and finished fourth in New York City.

In 2013 she finished third in the RAK half marathon in 1:06:27 h, not only personal best, but also the fifth fastest time of a woman over this distance. In the same year she won the Boston Marathon for the second time , for which it took 2:26:25 h. At the Chicago Marathon , she was able to improve her personal best of 2:22:04 h, set in the same place in 2012, by over two minutes to 2:19:57 h, marking the world's best time for the year. In 2014 she was fifth in the RAK half marathon in 1:08:49 h. Her first place in the 2014 Boston Marathon was stripped of her because of doping.

Doping ban 2014

At the end of September 2014, Jeptoo tested positive for the illegal use of Epo during a doping control . The then 33-year-old was banned by the Kenyan Association for two years until October 29, 2016. In the ARD documentary Doping Secret Matter: In the Shadow Realm of Athletics (2015) she reported on the inadequate anti-doping fight in Kenya.

In October 2016, the World Athletics Federation ( IAAF) obtained an extension of Jeptoo's suspension to four years until October 30, 2018 before the CAS International Court of Sports because of aggravating circumstances. Her victories at the Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon 2014 were stripped of her.

Personal bests

Web links

Commons : Rita Jeptoo Sitienei  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IAAF: Cheruiyot, Jeptoo victorious in Boston . April 17, 2006
  2. ^ IAAF: Jeptoo and Kipchumba steal the half marathon show in Lisbon . March 18, 2007
  3. ^ IAAF: Jeptoo, Awash cruise to Obudu Mountain victories ( Memento of November 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). November 24, 2007
  4. ^ IAAF: Jeptoo sets course record in Cardiff ( Memento of July 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). July 27, 2008
  5. ^ IAAF: Sang, Jeptoo set course records en route to Half Marathon victories in Lisbon ( Memento of September 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). September 28, 2008
  6. ↑ HDsports.at: RAK half marathon, the fastest in history! . February 15, 2013
  7. ^ IAAF: Athlete Profile - Progression Outdoor . October 14, 2013
  8. ↑ Rita Jeptoo tested positive during training control. Report on t-online.de of October 31, 2014 (accessed on November 6, 2014).
  9. ↑ Marathon star: Association confirms doping ban for Jeptoo spiegel.de January 30, 2015
  10. ↑ Doping scandal overshadows athletics before the start of the World Cup. Retrieved August 8, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Kenyan Jeptoo blocked until 2018 . Mirror online. October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  12. ^ Boston Marathon: Doping sinner loses title sport.de December 12, 2016
  13. ↑ Press release - 2016. In: chicagomarathon.com. October 26, 2016, accessed April 30, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Sitienei, Jeptoo Rita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cheptoo, Rita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Kapsabet