Eunice Kirwa
Kirwa at the 2016 Olympics
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| Born |
20 May 1984 (age 32) Kenya |
| Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
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| Personal best(s) | 1500 m – 4:27.62 (1999) 3000 mS – 10:18.3 (2005) 10 km – 31:57 (2012) Half marathon – 1:08:31 (2014) Marathon – 2:21:41 (2012) |
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Medal record
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Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa (born 20 May 1984) is a Kenyan-Bahraini long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running. She has a personal best of 2:21:41 hours for the distance, set in 2012. Having switched countries in 2013, she is the Bahraini record holder with 2:25:37 hours. She was the gold medallist in the marathon at the 2014 Asian Games.
At the start of her career she represented Kenya at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics over 1500 metres. She changed to road running and reached the top level of the sport in 2012 after moving up to the marathon distance. Her husband, Joshua Kiprugut Kemei, is also a long-distance runner. The couple have one son.
Kirwa made her international debut for Kenya at the age of fifteen at the inaugural 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics. She finished fifth over 1500 metres at the competition, while her compatriot Sylvia Kibet took silver. She returned to the distance at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics but did not make the final on that occasion. She did not compete at major events over the next few years and tried out the steeplechase instead. She was runner-up at the 2004 North Rift Championships in the 2000 m steeplechase, then came third in the 3000 m version at the Kenyan Athletics Championships later that year.
Failing to make the transition to senior success on the track, she switched to road running around 2006 and began competing on the circuit in North America. Her best result that year was a run of 32:52 minutes over a 10K run in Toronto. A Brazilian tour in 2008 saw her in the top two in all her races, including a best of 75:00 minutes at the São Paulo Half Marathon. She returned to the country the following year to set a best of 73:34 minutes in São Paulo and win the Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon. In 2010, she and her husband Joshua Kiprugut Kemei were a victorious couple at the Rio de Janeiro race. She had a third straight victory at the competition in 2011, setting a new best of 70:29 minutes in the process.
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