Peres Jepchirchir
Kenyan long-distance runner
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Peres Jepchirchir 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 womenβs only world record.
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Jepchirchir wins in women's only world record timeOlympic champion Peres Jepchirchir storms to victory in a women's only world-record time of two hours 16 minutes and 16 seconds at the London Marathon.BBC Sport - Published | |
'My goodness!' - Kenya's Jepchirchir wins London MarathonWatch as Kenyan Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir, wins the London Marathon in a new women's-only world record time - the fastest time in a race without male pace makers.BBC Sport - Published |
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