15 Facts About Jemima Sumgong

Jemima Jelagat Sumgong was born on 21 December 1984 and is a Kenyan long-distance runner specialising in marathon races.

Jemima Sumgong has won the London, Rotterdam and Las Vegas Marathons, and has finished runner-up at the Boston, Chicago and New York City Marathons.

Jemima Sumgong has a personal best of 2:20:48 for the distance.

Jemima Sumgong started to establish herself as a runner on the American road circuit in 2005.

Jemima Sumgong won the Ogden Newspapers Classic Half Marathon and Maggie Valley Moonlight Run that year.

Jemima Sumgong came third at the Azalea Trail Run the following year.

Jemima Sumgong made her European debut at the 2007 Frankfurt Marathon and she came fourth in an improved time of 2:29:41.

Jemima Sumgong signed up to work for the Kenyan Armed Forces in 2009.

Jemima Sumgong was seventh at the highly competitive Kenyan Cross Country Championships at the start of 2012.

At the 2012 Boston Marathon, high-profile withdrawals and hot running conditions worked in her favour as the race came down to a sprint finish against Sharon Cherop, with Jemima Sumgong taking the runner-up spot two seconds behind.

Jemima Sumgong tested positive for the banned substance prednisolone in her post-race anti-doping test and was given a two-year ban from competition by Athletics Kenya.

However, she was cleared on appeal by the IAAF in September 2012, as the local injection which Jemima Sumgong had received was permitted under the governing body's rules.

Jemima Sumgong finished in fourth place at the Boston Marathon in her fastest ever time of 2:20:41.

Jemima Sumgong was to defend her title at the 2017 London Marathon on April 23, but two weeks prior to the race she was suspended after testing positive for erythropoietin in an out-of-competition test conducted by the International Association of Athletics Federations in Kenya, announced on April 6,2017.

Jemima Sumgong was eventually suspended for 4 years on it was announced on 7 November 2017 and her ban would start from 3 April 2017 which is when she was provisionally suspended.