27 Facts About Joyce Chepkirui

Joyce Chepkirui was born on 20 August 1988 and is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running events.

Joyce Chepkirui established herself as a half marathon runner, winning races in Granollers, Bogota and Gothenburg.

Joyce Chepkirui set a best of 1:06:19 hours to win the 2014 Prague Half Marathon.

Joyce Chepkirui competes in 10K road races and her personal best of 30:38 minutes makes her fifth fastest woman ever.

Joyce Chepkirui competes on the track over 1500 metres and was the silver medallist at the 2011 All-Africa Games.

Joyce Chepkirui grew up in the Buret District of Kenya's Rift Valley Province.

Joyce Chepkirui tried the 3000 metres steeplechase in 2008, but managed only fifth at the national junior championships.

Joyce Chepkirui changed her focus to road running competitions the following year.

Joyce Chepkirui travelled to Spain and had top five finishes in a number of races, highlighted by a win in Almodovar del Rio with a time of 1:11:47 hours.

Joyce Chepkirui established herself as an elite level half marathon runner in 2010.

Joyce Chepkirui won a series of Spanish races, taking titles in Alicante, Torrevieja, Albacete, San Sebastian and Logrono.

Joyce Chepkirui improved her best to 1:09:51 hours at the San Sebastian race and won the Barcelona and Granollers Half Marathons.

Joyce Chepkirui was selected to represent Kenya at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and she ran a best of 1:09:30 hours to take fifth place and help Kenya to the team title.

Joyce Chepkirui closed the season with further wins in Spain, winning in Cordoba and setting another best of 1:09:25 hours at the Valencia Half Marathon.

Joyce Chepkirui ended the year with a win at the 15K Baringo race in Kenya.

Joyce Chepkirui began 2011 with a win at the Lago Maggiore Half Marathon, followed by a fourth-place finish at the Prague Half Marathon.

Joyce Chepkirui won the Bogota Half Marathon by a margin of twenty seconds, over runner-up Mare Dibaba.

Joyce Chepkirui won the first women's half marathon title in Baringo with a course record of 1:10:57.1 minutes.

Joyce Chepkirui decided to compete in cross country at the start of 2012 and had immediate success, winning the Discovery Kenya Cross Country meet and the national title at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships, before going on to win the gold medal and team title at the 2012 African Cross Country Championships.

Joyce Chepkirui attempted a marathon debut at the 2012 London Marathon, but failed to finish the distance.

Joyce Chepkirui won the World's Best 10K at the start of 2013.

Joyce Chepkirui's run of 30:37 minutes in Berlin was a new personal best and the fastest ever on German soil for the 10K distance.

Joyce Chepkirui improved her half marathon best at the Prague Half Marathon in April 2014, taking victory in a course record time of 1:06:19 hours.

Joyce Chepkirui finished second in the 2016 New York City Half Marathon on March 20 with a time of 1:07:41, narrowly beaten by Molly Huddle at the finish line.

Joyce Chepkirui finished fourth in the 2016 New York City Marathon in 2:29:08.

Joyce Chepkirui was stripped of this title by a ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sports, due to anomalies in her athlete biological passport.

Joyce Chepkirui is married to Erick Kibet who is a runner.