Sarah Chepchirchir

Sarah Chepchirchir
Sarah Chepchirchir, Paris, 2014
nation	Kenya
birthday	27th July 1984 (age 36)
place of birth	Nandi County , Kenja
Career
Best performance	1:06:04 h (half marathon) 2:19:47 h (marathon)
End of career	2019
last change: December 5, 2019

Sarah Chepchirchir (born July 27, 1984 in Nandi County ) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner .

Career

Sarah Chepchirchir is the sister-in-law of the Kenyan marathon runner and Olympic champion Jemima Jelagat Sumgong .

In 2009 she won the Seissan - Auch and Auray - Vannes half marathons and was third in the 20 km of Paris . In 2010 she finished third in the Lille Half Marathon , defended her title at Auray - Vannes, came eleventh at the World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning and won the Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon .

In 2011, Chepchirchir won the Humarathon with a personal half marathon best time of 1:08:07 h, the Grand Nancy Marathon and the 20 km from Paris. In 2012 she finished third in the Paris Half Marathon . In February 2017 she won the Tokyo Marathon and set a new course record with her winning time of 2:19:47 h.

In February 2019, the then 34-year-old was banned for violating the anti-doping rules of the IAAF.

successes

date	space	event	place	discipline	Time (h)
Feb. 26, 2017	1	Tokyo marathon	Tokyo	marathon	2:19:47
0Oct 2, 2016	1	Lisbon marathon	Lisbon	marathon	2:24:13
0Oct 9, 2011	1	20 km from Paris	Paris	half marathon	1:06:04
0Apr 3, 2011	1	Humarathon	Vitry-sur-Seine	half marathon	1:08:07

Web links

Commons : Sarah Chepchirchir  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Sarah Chepchirchir in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kenya suspends Chepchirchir over doping (February 11, 2019)
2. ↑ IAAF: Mwangangi and Chepchirchir triumph in Paris 20Km ( Memento from October 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). October 9, 2011
3. ↑ Doping! Ban for Kenyan (February 8, 2019)