Hellen Obiri

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Hellen Obiri
Hellen Obiri Golden Gala 2017.jpg
Obiri after her win at the Golden Gala meet in Rome in 2017
Personal information
Full nameHellen Onsando Obiri
Born (1989-12-13) 13 December 1989 (age 34)
Kisii, Kenya
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country Kenya
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Middle-, Long-distance running
Team On Athletics Club
Coached by Dathan Ritzenhein (2022–)
Ricky Simms (–2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 5000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 5000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Marathon
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 London 5000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Doha 5000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Eugene 10,000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Moscow 1500 m
World Relays
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Nassau 4×1500 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Istanbul 3000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Sopot 3000 m
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 5000 m
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Marrakech 1500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Asaba 5000 m
World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Aarhus Senior race
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Aarhus Senior team
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Boston Marathon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 New York Marathon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Boston Marathon

Hellen Onsando Obiri (born 13 December 1989) [1] is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. She is the only woman to have won world titles in indoor track, outdoor track and cross country. Obiri is a two-time Olympic 5,000 metres silver medallist from the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she also placed fourth over the 10,000 metres. She is a two-time world champion after winning the 5,000 m in 2017 and again in 2019, when she set a new championship record. Obiri also took world bronze for the 1,500 metres in 2013 and silver in the 10,000 m in 2022. She won the 3,000 metres race at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, claimed silver in 2014, and placed fourth in 2018. She is the 2019 World Cross Country champion. Obiri triumphed in the 2023 Boston Marathon, her second marathon race. She places fifth in the half marathon on the world all-time list. [2]

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She won a bronze medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Women's marathon.

Obiri is the former Kenyan national record holder for the mile and the 5000 metres. Both those records were only recently broken by Faith Kipyegon on her way to setting the current mile World Record of 4:07.64 set in Monaco on 21 July 2023. Kipyegon is also the national 5000 metre record holder, by reason of being the immediate former 5000 metre World Record holder with a time of 14:05.20 set in Paris France on 9 June 2023.

Obiri was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2017. [3]

Early life and background

Hailing from Kisii in south-western Kenya, Obiri was the fourth child in a family of six children. At age 14, she was recruited as a 200 and 400 metres sprinter to attend Riruta Central Secondary School in Nairobi. However, she lost interest in the sport and stopped running altogether in 2006 and 2007 to focus on her studies. She only re-engaged with athletics to join the military. In 2009, Obiri graduated from Kenya Defence Forces Recruit Training School in Eldoret. Her first major race was at the 2010 Kenya Armed Forces Cross Country Championships, where she finished 32nd. She placed fifth after some training the following year. She is a member of the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF). [4]

She is married to Tom Nyaundi, a former runner, and they have a daughter, Tania 'Blessing' Macheche, born in May 2015 through caesarean section. Obiri resumed racing within seven months. [5]

Career

Hellen Obiri gained her first international experience at the 2011 Military World Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she won the bronze medal for the 800 metres and placed fourth in the 1500 metres. She debuted in the World Championships in Athletics held in 2011 in Daegu, South Korea the following month, competing at the latter distance. Obiri set a personal best time of 4:07.59 in the heats but fell in the final, bringing pre-event favourite Morgan Uceny down with her, and finished 10th. [1] She later said, "After Daegu I went back to Kenya and started training seriously." [4]

In 2012, the 22-year-old took her first global title at the Istanbul World Indoor Championships, clocking 8:37.16 over the 3000 metres. This became the turning point of her career. That same year, she debuted in the Olympics at the London Games, finishing initially 12th and last in the 1500 m final, upgraded to eighth after subsequent doping disqualifications.[ citation needed ]

On 1 June 2013, Obiri won her first Diamond League race with 1500 m victory in USA's Eugene, setting a new personal best and meet record of 3:58.58. [1] She earned bronze in the event at the World Championships in Athletics held in August in Moscow. Obiri then earned the silver medal in the 3000 m at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, behind multiple world record-holder Genzebe Dibaba. On 9 May that year at the Doha Diamond League, she set an African record in the outdoor event with a time of 8:20.68, improving her personal best by more than 13 seconds. [4] In August, she added 1500 m title at the African Championships. [1]

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Obiri competed in the 5000 metres and earned the silver medal in a time of 14:29.77, behind compatriot Vivian Cheruiyot in an Olympic record of 14:26.17 and ahead of Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana who ran 14:33.59. [6]

Obiri dominated the 5000 m at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London. Hellen Obiri wins 5000m at London 2017.jpg
Obiri dominated the 5000 m at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London.

Obiri represented Kenya at the 2017 World Championships in London in the same event and won the gold medal with a time of 14:34.86, ahead of Ayana and Sifan Hassan. [7]

2018 saw her take two more gold medals in the 5000 m events, at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and at the African Championships. [1]

In March 2019, Obiri won the senior women's race at the World Cross Country Championship held in Aarhus, Denmark, beating on a 10.2 km course second-placed Dera Dida by two seconds with a time of 36:14. [8] [9] After she posted best female times of the year in the 5000 metres in 2017 and 2018, Obiri successfully defended her title at the Doha World Championships in October, setting a championship record of 14:26.72 in the process. Her compatriot Margaret Kipkemboi (14:27.49) and Konstanze Klosterhalfen (14:28.43) finished second and third, respectively. [10]

Obiri represented Kenya at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in both the women's 5000 m and 10,000 m events. [11] She won the silver medal at the former in a time of 14:38.36, finishing behind only Hassan who ran 14:36.79; Gudaf Tsegay took bronze in 14:38.87. [12] Obiri placed fourth in the 10,000 m final in a personal best behind, 1–3, Hassan, Kalkidan Gezahegne and Letesenbet Gidey. [13]

At the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Obiri came second in the 10,000 m. She was beaten to gold by Gidey in a close finish (the top 3 were only separated by 0.13 s). [14]

She capped her fine 2022 season (64:22 PB at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in February; wins at Istanbul Half Marathon, Great Manchester Run and Great North Run) in November debuting in the marathon at the New York City Marathon, where she placed sixth. [15] [16]

Obiri got her 2023 campaign off to strong start. In February, she won the RAK Half and then the New York City Half Marathon in March. On 17 April, the 33-year-old ran her second marathon, competing in the Boston Marathon against the deepest elite women’s field ever assembled. She won with a personal best time of 2:21:38, 12 seconds clear of second-place finisher Amane Beriso who had by far the fastest personal best heading into the race (2:14:58). [17] [18] Obiri went on to win the 2023 New York City Marathon in a time of 2:25:49. [19]

Achievements

Obiri claimed her first global title with win in the 3000 m at the 2012 World Indoor Championships held in Istanbul. Hellen Obiri Istanbul 2012.jpg
Obiri claimed her first global title with win in the 3000 m at the 2012 World Indoor Championships held in Istanbul.
Vivian Cheruiyot (R) and Hellen Obiri (L), 1-2 in the 5000 m, celebrate their success at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Hellen Obiri and Vivian Cheruiyot at Rio 2016.jpg
Vivian Cheruiyot (R) and Hellen Obiri (L), 1–2 in the 5000 m, celebrate their success at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Obiri (R) en route to the 5000 m victory at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha. Women's 5000m final at 2019 World Athletics Championships.jpg
Obiri (R) en route to the 5000 m victory at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
2011 Military World Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil3rd800 m 2:01.86
4th1500 m 4:19.32
World Championships Daegu, South Korea10th1500 m 4:20.23
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey1st3000 m i 8:37.16
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom8th1500 m 4:16.57
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia3rd1500 m 4:03.86
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland2nd3000 m i 8:57.72
IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas1st4 × 1500 m relay 16:33.58
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom6th1500 m 4:10.84
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco1st1500 m 4:09.53
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd5000 m 14:29.77
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom1st5000 m 14:34.86
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom4th3000 m i 8:49.66
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia1st5000 m 15:13.11
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria1st5000 m 15:47.18
2019 World Cross Country Championships Aarhus, Denmark1stSenior race 36:14
2ndSenior team 25 pts
World Championships Doha, Qatar1st5000 m 14:26.72 CR
5th10,000 m 30:35.82
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan2nd5000 m 14:38.36
4th10,000 m 30:24.27 PB
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States2nd10,000 m 30:10.02 PB
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France3rdMarathon2:23:10
Road races
2018 San Silvestre Vallecana Madrid, Spain2nd10 km29:59
2019 Great Manchester Run Manchester, United Kingdom1st10 km31:23
2020 Cursa dels Nassos Barcelona, Spain1st10 km30:53
2021 Istanbul Half Marathon Istanbul, Turkey3rdHalf marathon1:04:51
Weltklasse Zürich Zürich, Switzerland2nd5 km14:30
Great North Run Newcastle, United Kingdom1stHalf marathon1:07:42
2022 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates2ndHalf marathon1:04:22 PB [20]
Istanbul Half Marathon Istanbul, Turkey1stHalf marathon1:04:48
World 10K Bengaluru Bangalore, India2nd10 km30:44
Great Manchester Run Manchester, United Kingdom1st10 km30:15 CR
Great North Run Newcastle, United Kingdom1stHalf marathon1:07:05
2023 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates1stHalf marathon1:05:05
New York City Half Marathon New York, NY, United States1stHalf marathon1:07:21 CR
Great Manchester Run Manchester, United Kingdom1st10 km31:14
World Marathon Majors
2022 New York City Marathon New York, NY, United States6thMarathon 2:25:49
2023 Boston Marathon Boston, MA, United States1stMarathon 2:21:38 PB
New York City Marathon New York, NY, United States1stMarathon 2:27:23
2024 Boston Marathon Boston, MA, United States1stMarathon 2:22:27
Cross country races
2022 Northern Ireland International Cross Country Dundonald, Belfast, Northern Ireland1stXC 8.0 km26:44

Circuit wins and titles

National titles

Personal bests

TypeEventTimePlaceDateNotes
Track 800 metres 2:00.54 London, United Kingdom5 August 2011
1500 metres 3:57.05 Eugene, OR, United States31 May 2014
One mile 4:16.15 London, United Kingdom22 July 2018 NR
3000 metres 8:20.68 Doha, Qatar9 May 2014 NR
3000 metres indoor8:29.41 Birmingham, United Kingdom18 February 2017 NR
Two miles 9:14.55 Eugene, OR, United States20 August 2021
5000 metres 14:18.37 Rome, Italy8 June 2017 NR
10,000 metres 30:10.02 Eugene, OR, United States16 July 2022
4 × 1500 m relay 16:33.58 Nassau, Bahamas24 May 2014 African record
Road 5 km 14:30 Zürich, Switzerland8 September 2021
10 km 30:15 Manchester, United Kingdom22 May 2022(also 29:59 not legal)
Half marathon 1:04:22 Ras Al Khaimah, Dubai19 February 2022 Mx 5th all-time [23]
Marathon 2:21:38 Boston, MA, United States17 April 2023

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