Irine Jepchumba Kimais
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (1998-10-10) 10 October 1998
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)5000m, 10,000m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000m: 15:29.74 (Wuhan, 2019)
10,000m: 30:37.24 (Hengelo, 2021)

Irine Jepchumba Kimais (born 10 October 1998) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.[1]

Career

Running for the Kenyan Defence Force, she ran 32:23.11 to qualify for the 2019 African Games in the 10,000m in Rabat in August 2019.[2] In March 2022, she won the half marathon in Rome, running 1:06:03, the fastest half marathon ever ran on Italian soil by a woman.[3] In August 2022, she won the Buenos Aires half marathon.[4]

In February 2023, she set a new half marathon personal best, running 1:04:37 in Barcelona to set a new course record.[5] She then won the half marathon in Prague in April 2023, running 1:06:00.[6] She also set a new 10km personal best, when she ran 30:23 in Herzogenaurach, Germany in April 2023.[7]

In June 2023 she won the Kenyan national title over 10,000 metres in Nairobi.[8] She was subsequently selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Irine Jepchumba Kimais". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kimais picks 10,000m ticket to African Games". standardmedia.co.ke. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Sawe and Kimais complete Kenyan double in Rome". Michezoafrika.com. March 6, 2022.
  4. ↑ "South American Half Marathon Championships 2022 results". August 23, 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Matheka, Lynette (20 February 2023). "Kimais, Langat complete Kenyan double in Barcelona".
  6. ↑ "Kenyans Roncer Kipkorir and Irine Jepchumba Kimais dominate in Prague". My Best Runs. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sawe storms a 26.49 10km to write new record in Germany". The-Star.coke. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kipyegon shines at Kenya's World Championships Trials". World Athletics. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Women's 10,000m Start list: Sifan Hassan and Letesenbet Gidey battle for world title". World-Track. August 19, 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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