Emily Kimuria
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| Full name | Emily Chepar Kimuria | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 June 1975 Kenya | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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Emily Chepar Kimuria (born 10 June 1975) is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who came second at the 2003 Berlin Marathon. She won the 2004 Hamburg Marathon and the 2005 Venice Marathon.
Career
[edit]Kimuria came second at the 2003 Berlin Marathon, in a time of 2:28:18.[1][2] In 2004, Kimuria won the Hamburg Marathon in a time of 2:28:57. She won the race by one second from fellow Kenyan Alice Chelangat.[3] It was her first marathon win.[4] In the same year, she came second at the Amsterdam Marathon in a time of 2:29:45.[5] In 2005, she won the Venice Marathon, after breaking away from Ethiopian Leila Aman after 30 kilometres (19 mi).[4]
In 2006, Kimuria came third at the Singapore Marathon,[6] and won the Greifenseelauf road race in Switzerland.[7] In 2008, she came second at the Prague Marathon, in a time of 2:35:55.[8][9] In 2009, Kimuria came third at the Amsterdam Marathon.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Berlin Marathon". Detroit Free Press. 29 September 2003. p. 4. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kenyan sets world record mark". The Courier-Journal. 29 September 2003. p. 75. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brazil and Kenya take Hamburg Marathon honours". World Athletics. 18 April 2004. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Shami, Kimuria take the wins at the 20th Venice Marathon". World Athletics. 23 October 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Amsterdam Marathon". The Burlington Free Press. 18 October 2004. p. 14. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kenyans turn on a masterclass" (PDF). Tchoukball Singapore (pdf). 4 December 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Greifenseelauf Half Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Prague Marathon". The Boston Globe. 12 May 2008. p. 38. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mungara wins Prague Marathon; Kenya sweeps". Record-Journal. 12 May 2008. p. 14. Retrieved 23 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kenyan Cheboror Runs Record Time to Win Amsterdam Marathon". Voice of America. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
