Pauline Chemning Korikwiang was born on 1 March 1988 and is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running competitions.
15 Facts About Pauline Korikwiang
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Pauline Korikwiang rose in the youth ranks in 2005, taking a 3000 metres silver medal at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics and took the world junior cross country title at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
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Pauline Korikwiang won two bronze medals at the 2011 All-Africa Games and a gold medal at the 2015 Military World Games.
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Pauline Korikwiang began competed at the national junior level in 2003 and gained selection for the African Junior Athletics Championships that year, where she came fifth in the 5000 metres.
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Pauline Korikwiang was named as the most promising sportswoman at the end-of-year SOYA Awards.
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However, an error with the final lap bell meant Pauline Korikwiang mistakenly treated the second to last lap as the ultimate one.
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Pauline Korikwiang failed to make the track team for the 2008 Summer Olympics later that summer.
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Pauline Korikwiang came eleventh in the race, but was only the sixth best Kenyan at the event.
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Pauline Korikwiang missed out on both the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and decided to switch to a new event, the 10,000 metres, instead.
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Pauline Korikwiang's focus returned to cross country in 2011, as she won at the Cross Zornotza, came third at the Cross Internacional de Italica, and then gained selection at the national championships.
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Pauline Korikwiang came seventh at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and was part of the winning Kenyan women's team.
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Pauline Korikwiang travelled to the United States the following month and was edged into second at the Carlsbad 5000 by Aheza Kiros.
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Pauline Korikwiang was third at the Elgoibar Cross Country, Trofeo Alasport and Carlsbad 5000 races at the start of 2012.
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Pauline Korikwiang skipped the rest of the season after failing to make the Kenyan Olympic team and only returned in the 2015 season.
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Pauline Korikwiang was runner-up at the Nairobi Half Marathon later that month but again competed infrequently, with the next highlight being a win at the Eldoret Half Marathon at the end of 2017.