Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jemima Jelagat Sumgong[1] | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||
Born | Nandi District, Kenya | 21 December 1984||||||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Spouse | Noah Talam[1] | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Track & field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Claudio Beradelli[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 2:20:41[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 15 August 2016 |
Jemima Jelagat Sumgong (born 21 December 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner specialising in marathon races.
She has won the London, Rotterdam and Las Vegas Marathons, and has finished runner-up at the Boston, Chicago and New York City Marathons. She has a personal best of 2:20:48 for the distance. In the 2016 Olympic Games, at age 31, she won the marathon in warm conditions with a time of 2:24:04, becoming the first female winner from Kenya since women's marathon was introduced to the Olympics in 1984.
Sumgong is currently serving a 8 year ban (until 2027) from athletic competitions after she was tested positive for the banned substance EPO, fabricated her medical records and lied about her whereabouts after the positive test.