- Eunice Jepkorir
Eunice Jepkorir (born
17 February 1982 ) is aKenya n long-distance runner.She is from
Eldama Ravine . Her parents are farmers and she has eight siblings (four brothers and four sisters). She started serious running at the age of 15 while at high school. In 2003 she competed at some road races in Germany IAAF, August 28, 2007: " [http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/news/kind=2/newsid=40872.html Led by Jepkorir, Kenyans closing the gap in the women’s Steeplechase] "] .She finished seventh in the long race at the 2004 World Cross Country Championships, while the Kenyan team, of which Jepkorir was a part, won the silver medal in the team competition. She finished fourteenth at the 2006 World Road Running Championships, helping the Kenyan team win the team competition.
She beat 3000m steeplechase Kenyan record at the
Bislett Games inOslo on 15 June, 2007 by running 9:19.44 [IAAF, June 15, 2007: [http://www.iaaf.org/GLE07/news/Kind=2/newsId=39116.html "Defar slashes World 5000m record in Oslo - IAAF Golden League"] ] . Two weeks later, on July 2, 2007 in Athens she run 9:14.52, which is an African and Commonwealth record b] . The previous African record (9:15.04) was held byDorcus Inzikuru ofUganda . At the 2007 World Championships, she won bronze medal in 3000m steeplechase.On June 14, 2008 she bettered her African Record to 9:11.18 in
Huelva ,Spain [IAAF, June 14, 2008: [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=45309.html Jepkorir lowers African record to 9:11.18 in the Steeplechase in Huelva] ] . At the2008 Summer Olympics she won silver medal by running 9:07.41, thus setting a new African record again.She is married to
Kiprono Menjo , another Kenyan runner [IAAF, January 28, 2008: [http://www.iaaf.org/WXC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43054.html Menjo, Jepkorir take the spoils in San Sebastián] ] .Personal bests
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3000 metres steeplechase - 9:07.41 min (2008)
*5000 metres - 15:09.05 min (2004)
*10,000 metres - 32:58.0 min (2003)References
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