Priscah Jeptoo

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Priscah Jeptoo
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Priscah Jeptoo at the 2011 Paris Marathon
Personal information
Nationality Kenyan
Born (1984-06-26) 26 June 1984 (age 39)
Nandi, Kenya
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight108 lb (49 kg)
Sport
Country Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Half marathon: 1:06:11
  • Marathon: 2:20:14
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Daegu Marathon
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London Marathon

Priscah Jeptoo (born 26 June 1984) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She has won marathons in New York, Paris, Turin, and London and has a best time of 2:20:14 for the distance. She was the runner-up in the marathon at both the World Championships in Athletics in 2011 and the 2012 London Olympics. She ranks third all-time over the half marathon distance with her best of 66 minutes and 11 seconds (and 65:45 minutes on the Great North Run downhill course).

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Career

She began competing at top level competitions in 2008 and made the top ten women at the Saint Silvester Road Race that year. [1] In 2009 she began with two wins in Portugal, at the Douro-Tal Half Marathon and then the Corrida Festas Cidade do Porto 15K race. [2] These preceded a course record-breaking run at the Porto Marathon in November, as she recorded a time of 2:30:40 hours for her debut effort. [3] At the start of the following year she took second place at the Padua Marathon. [4] Jeptoo showed marked improvement at the Turin Marathon in November, at which she outran Fate Tola to win the race in a new best time of 2:27:02 hours. [5]

She returned to Kenya in 2011 and came second at the Discovery Kenya Cross Country behind Priscah Jepleting. [6] She won the Goyang Joongang Half Marathon in March, setting a new personal best of 1:10:26 hours for the distance. [7] Jeptoo had a significant breakthrough at the 2011 Paris Marathon: although she did not expect to win, she successfully held off challenges from Agnes Kiprop and Koren Yal to be the first woman across the line, recording a time of 2:22:55 hours. This knocked off more than four minutes from her previous best and was the second fastest run ever recorded on the course. [8]

She won the silver medal in the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, finishing in 2:29:00 and placing second behind countrywoman Edna Kiplagat. Jeptoo was part of a Kenyan sweep of the medals, with Sharon Cherop taking the bronze, making it the first time that a country had taken all the medals in the World Championships marathon. [9] She turned to cross country in November 2011 and came third at the Cross de Atapuerca race then won the Cross de Soria. [10] [11] She ran a new course record at the New Year's Eve Saint Silvester Road Race, beating Wude Ayalew to win the event. [12]

At the start of 2012 she finished second to Joyce Chepkirui at the Discovery Kenya Cross Country. [13] She ran a personal best of 2:20:14 at the 2012 London Marathon, taking third place. This performance gained her a place on the Kenyan Olympic team and she went on to take the silver medal in the Olympic marathon. Her time of 2:23:12 was faster than the previous Olympic record, but five seconds behind the winner Tiki Gelana. [14] After the Olympics she won the Portugal Half Marathon and the end-of-year São Silvestre De Luanda races. [15]

She moved up to third on the half marathon all-time lists with a time of 66:11 minutes at the RAK Half Marathon in February 2013, although the exceptionally fast race saw her finish second behind Lucy Kabuu. [16] She won the 2013 London Marathon in a time of 2:20:15, beating the Olympic champion Tiki Gelana, who fell mid-race. [17] In July she won the Bogotá Half Marathon by a margin of over two minutes. [18] In November 2013, she won the New York City Marathon with a time of 2:25:07. [19]

After dropping out of the 2014 London Marathon with a leg injury, Priscah Jeptoo marked her return from injury with a very fast time at the Seven Hills Run 15 km road-race in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Her time 46:59 makes her the 4th fastest all-time. [20]

Personal life

Jeptoo met Abel Kirui at a training camp and he invited her to visit the Seventh-day Adventist Church that he was a member of. Jeptoo regularly visited the church and got baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist Church and she also married a fellow member. [21] Jeptoo along with fellow Seventh-day Adventists Abel Kirui and Amos Tirop Matui founded Better Living Marathon. [22]

Achievements

World Marathon Majors results

World Marathon Majors 20122013201420152016
Tokyo Marathon -----
Boston Marathon -----
London Marathon 3rd 1st DNF 7th 8th
Berlin Marathon -----
Chicago Marathon -----
New York City Marathon - 1st - 6th -

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