Edna Kiplagat

Edna Kiplagat
Kiplagat at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameEdna Ngeringwony Kiplagat
NationalityKenyan
Born (1979-11-15) 15 November 1979 (age 44)
EmployerPuma
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
CountryKenya
SportAthletics
EventLong-distance running
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2012 London
  • Marathon - 19th
World finals
  • 2011 Daegu
  • Marathon -  Gold
  • 2013 Moscow
  • Marathon -  Gold
  • 2015 Beijing
  • Marathon - 5th
  • 2017 London
  • Marathon -  Silver
  • 2019 Doha
  • Marathon - 4th
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Daegu Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2013 Moscow Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2017 London Marathon
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1996 Sydney 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Annecy 3000 m
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2010 New York Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2014 London Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2017 Boston Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2021 Boston Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2011 London Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2013 London Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2016 Chicago Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2019 Boston Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tokyo Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Boston Marathon

Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat (born 15 November 1979) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She was the 2011 and 2013 World Champion in the marathon.[1] She established herself as an elite marathon runner with wins at the Los Angeles and New York City Marathons in 2010. Her personal best for the distance is 2:19:50 hours, set at the London Marathon in 2012. At age 37, Kiplagat won the 2017 Boston Marathon in a time of 2:21:52 hours, and won the marathon silver medal at the IAAF World Championships in London.[2] At age 39, she was second at the 2019 Boston Marathon and fourth in the event at the following World Championships. At age 41, she won the 2021 Boston Marathon, becoming the oldest-ever winner of a World Marathon Major (male or female).

  1. ^ "Women's Marathon - Kiplagat leads historical sweep for Kenya". German Road Races. IAAF. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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