Violah Jepchumba

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Violah Jepchumba
Violah Jepchumba in Prague.jpg
Violah Jepchumba in Prague
Personal information
Full nameViolah Jepchumba Kilonzo Motosio
NationalityFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Born (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 35)
Kenya
Sport
Sport Long-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou 10,000 m

Violah Jepchumba Kilonzo Motosio (born 23 October 1990), also known as Violah Jepchumba is a Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner who competes in road running events up to the half marathon distance. During her career she has represented both Kenya and Bahrain. She is the current Asian Record holder in the half-marathon (established 1 April 2017) with a winning time of 1:05:22. In 2016, at Praha, she ran a personal best of 1:05:51, which then ranked her as the third fastest woman ever.

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Career

She began competing internationally in 2014 and was runner-up in her first European outing at the Parelloop. That year she won a series of lower-level German road races, including the Paderborner Osterlauf, as well as the Route du Vin Half Marathon in Luxembourg. In the 2015 season she improved her half marathon best to 1:11:46 at the Göteborgsvarvet, was runner-up at the Kärnten Läuft, then won the Udine Half Marathon in a new best of 1:09:29. [1]

Jepchumba raised her status with a win at the Discovery Kenya Cross Country in January 2016, beating athletes including world medallists Helah Kiprop and Hyvin Kiyeng, and elite marathon runner Jemima Sumgong. [2] She entered the Prague Half Marathon and delivered far beyond expectations with a winning time of 1:05:51. This was the fourth fastest time ever recorded for the distance. [3] Only Florence Jebet Kiplagat and Mary Jepkosgei Keitany had run faster at that point. [4] She extended her win streak at the Istanbul Half Marathon later that month. [5]

In July 2017 Jepchumba transferred her allegiance for athletics events from Kenya to Bahrain. [6]

She tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) in drug tests in August and September 2017 and received a four-year ban for doping. [7]

Jepchumba won the gold medal in the 10,000m at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. [8]

Circuit wins

References

  1. ↑ Viola Chepchumba. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 3 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Mills, Steven (31 January 2016). Karoki dominates proceedings in Eldoret – cross-country round-up. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-03.
  3. ↑ Dennehy, Cathal (2 April 2016). Jepchumba joins the greats at Prague Half Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-03.
  4. ↑ Senior outdoor Half Marathon women. IAAF. Retrieved on 3 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Ramsak, Bob (24 April 2016). Kaya and Jepchumba cruise to Istanbul Half Marathon titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-24.
  6. ↑ "ELIGIBILITY - TRANSFER OF ALLEGIANCE". IAAF. August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Sabuni Khwa Sabuni (5 September 2018). Viola Jepchumba banned for using EPO. Daily Sport (Kenya). Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  8. ↑ "Bahrain's Violah Jepchumba bags Asian Games gold". News of Bahrain. 30 September 2023.
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