Peres Jepchirchir

Peres Jepchirchir
Jepchirchir at the 2022 Boston Marathon
Personal information
NationalityKenyan
Born (1993-09-27) 27 September 1993 (age 31)
Turbo, Kenya
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Marathon
World Half Marathon Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Cardiff Individual
Gold medal – first place 2016 Cardiff Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Gdynia Individual
Gold medal – first place 2023 Riga Individual
Silver medal – second place 2020 Gdynia Team
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2021 New York Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2022 Boston Marathon
Gold medal – first place 2024 London Marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2023 London Marathon

Peres Jepchirchir (born 27 September 1993) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes mainly in road running competitions. She won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Jepchirchir was the champion at the 2016 and 2020 World Half Marathon Championships. She claimed victories at the 2021 New York City and 2022 Boston Marathon and finished third at the 2023 London Marathon. She claimed a further victory at the 2024 London Marathon, finishing in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds and breaking the women’s only world record (that is, the world record for the fastest time by a female marathon runner without using male pace makers).[1][2]

Her best time for the half marathon of 1:05:06, set on 10 February 2017 in the UAE, is a former half marathon world record. She holds the women's only half marathon world record of 1:05:16 set at the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland, which was an improvement on her own previous record.[3]

  1. ^ "Jepchirchir breaks women-only world marathon record in London". IAAF. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  2. ^ Lewis, Aimee (21 April 2024). "Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir wins London Marathon women's elite race and breaks women's-only world record". CNN.
  3. ^ Matias Grez (17 October 2020). "Peres Jepchirchir breaks own world record at World Athletics Half Marathon Championships". CNN. Retrieved 18 October 2020.